Assistant Manager, Campaign (Health Fund)

Building Service 32BJ Benefit Funds

New York, NY, USA

Published: 6/14/2022

Full Time

Job Description

Job Title: Assistant Manager, Campaign

Department:Health Fund Admin

Reports To: Manager, Campaign

FLSA Status:Exempt, Management

Created: 7/1/2025

Overview of the Health Fund:

The 32BJ Health Fund is a multiemployer labor-management fund that provides health benefits to members of SEIU Local 32BJ and their dependents. The Fund has approximately 190,000 covered lives across 11 states. The Fund is self-insured and is responsible for efficiently managing its resources. The Fund offers comprehensive coverage that includes benefits for medical, hospital, prescription drug, vision, dental, short- and long-term disability, and life insurance. To ensure that the Health Fund can deliver cost-effective high-quality care, it has embraced innovative purchasing strategies that encourage plan participants to use high-quality and cost-effective benefits and providers. The Fund also invests in innovative policy solutions that will lower healthcare costs for the Fund and its plan participants. In coordination with this effort, 32BJ SEIU partnered with the employers to establish the Labor Industry Cooperation Trust Fund and launch the Campaign for Affordable Hospitals in 2021. The Campaign for Affordable Hospitals plays a critical role in protecting quality healthcare benefits for 32BJ SEIU members by fighting for fair hospital pricing. Read more about the campaign at coalitionforaffordablehospitals.org.

Overview of the Role:

Reporting to the Campaign Manager, the Fund is seeking an Assistant Campaign Manager to join the Health Fund Policy Team. The Health Fund Policy team was created to address the changing regulatory landscape, evaluate health policy, and elevate the 32BJ Health Fund in public discussions on healthcare costs, hospital prices, and payment innovation.

The Assistant Campaign Manager will help plan and execute the Campaign for Affordable Hospitals in New York and New Jersey, supported by the experience and resources of the 32BJ Health Fund, 32BJ Labor Industry Cooperation Fund, and 32BJ SEIU. The Assistant Campaign Manager will oversee the day-to-day execution of the legislative campaigns in New York and New Jersey, which include managing multistakeholder coalitions comprised of labor unions, health care providers, community organizations, religious institutions, social justice advocates, and government entities – all fighting to bring awareness to and rein in hospital prices. In addition to coalition management, you will manage corresponding government affairs and communications consultants and work with the Campaign Manager to ensure the legislative campaign goals and progress align with those of the overall Hospital Campaign. You will also work closely with the Campaign Coordinator and others to ensure that the legislative campaign is adequately leveraging member storytelling and digital communication tools to support the campaign. The ideal candidate has legislative campaign and coalition management experience in New York or New Jersey, including working with diverse teams of field, communications, policy, research, and legislative staff.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities:

As the team is evolving, so is the role of the Assistant Campaign Manager. The essential duties and responsibilities include but are not limited to the following:

Manage a team of government affairs and communications consultants in each state to support legislative campaign goals.
Implement legislative campaign plans with allies including other unions, community and policy organizations, and employers.
Plan and execute legislative campaign events, including but not limited to rallies, press conferences, and public hearings.
Connecting work to union members and Fund participants to carry out campaign plans.
Articulating and presenting a positive vision of the project, the Union and Fund.
Assist in creating and adapting the legislative campaign plan to move the overall Campaign forward.
Help introduce, pass, and implement new legislative efforts that meet the goals of the Campaign and Coalition.
Manage designated relationships with Coalition members and political partners in multiple markets.
Help monitor the healthcare political and legislative landscape, working with consultants and partners, to identify opportunities for the Campaign to engage in other legislative efforts that support our mission to protect affordable and high-quality benefits for 32BJ Health Fund participants.
Amplify the work of the Coalition and Campaign for Affordable Hospitals by disseminating data-driven analyses, recommendations, and policy perspectives to Coalition partners across multiple markets.
Work with consultants and the Union to coordinate and attend meetings with legislators and their staff, and track meetings follow up.
Help synthesize data and policy analyses produced by the 32BJ Health Fund policy team about healthcare costs and hospital pricing to assist in the creation of public materials for dissemination through traditional means or social media.
Assist in content development and ensure political attendance and engagement for an annual conference on hospital prices.
Perform other relevant functions as necessary or as assigned by management.

Qualifications:

The ideal candidate is someone with at least four (4) years of campaign experience, with a focus on legislative campaign development and coalition management. This candidate should have a strong aptitude for relationship and vendor management, as well as event coordination and presentation skills. Qualifications for the role include:

An in-depth understanding of organizing and campaigning based on prior work experience, particularly executing large field, issue-based, and/or legislative campaigns.
Experience coordinating staff and members, and ability to work with people from diverse backgrounds.
Experience communicating and/or working with legislators and staff.
Strong relationship management, vendor management, and people management skills.
Ability and willingness to travel and occasionally work long hours, including weekend work as needed.
Ability to work independently and as part of a team.
Strong communication and presentation skills, both oral and written, demonstrated by an ability to coordinate and communicate with internal and external contacts.
Well organized, attentive to detail, and able to multitask and manage projects and events.
Ability to successfully implement Campaign initiatives in a timely manner and juggle multiple priorities.
Able to proficiently use MS Office software packages.
An understanding of New York State, New York City, and New Jersey health care and political landscapes is a plus.
Experience executing labor-centered legislative and issue-based campaigns preferred.
College degree or equivalent experience preferred.