Freelancers Union, a national non–profit organization, represents the needs and concerns of today's independent workforce through advocacy, information and service. We are passionate about our mission to improve working life for independent workers — a community representing 30% of the U.S workforce.

Freelancers Union is embarking on an ambitious political program capable of persuading Freelancers Union's 130,000+ members to contribute, to vote, and to take action. Through a combination of traditional grassroots organizing and online social media, an exceptional Lead Organizer (Field Director) is needed to help aggressively grow Freelancers Union's ranks, mobilize members, and raise money to support candidates and legislative priorities for the growing independent workforce. The Lead Organizer will report to the Associate director of Advocacy and Policy and will hold primary responsibility for developing Freelancers Union's member mobilization strategy.

Responsibilities include:

• Member Engagement/Volunteer Recruitment
  • Develop and implement Freelancers Union's member engagement and recruitment strategy
  • Set and monitor progress toward reaching quantifiable outreach and member mobilization goals
  • Develop and implement field plan to reach goals
  • Develop infrastructure to replicate / expand campaigns modeled in NY to other areas
  • Develop politically based or community–based expansion plan to recruit new members and increase member participation in and outside New York
  • Assist with turnout for member events
• Leadership Development and Training
  • Oversee bi–annual Member Elections and related member leadership strategy
  • Develop and implement a ladder of engagement and responsibility for member leaders
  • Develop and coordinate regular member trainings and meetings
• Online Organizing and Community Building
  • Develop strategies for engaging members online and recruiting them into offline activities to accomplish Freelancers Union's political goals
  • Conduct experiments with social applications, both within and beyond the Freelancers Union website
  • Increase member identification and participation with Freelancers Union
• Political Field Program
  • Develop and oversee field plan for impacting New York State's 2010 elections
  • Maintain relationships with campaigns of endorsed candidates
  • Set GOTV volunteer and fundraising targets
  • Develop and implement strategy to increase voter registration in targeted districts
• Fundraising
  • Oversee efforts to meet fundraising goals for freelancers Union's Political Action Committees
• Manage regional activites and organizers as needed

Successful candidates will have demonstrated:

• Experience overseeing field operations for at least two campaigns, including developing and implementing field plans, targeting member and voter outreach, and overseeing one or more organizers
• Strong experience developing and implementing strategies to energize and mobilize member or issue–based constituencies behind key initiatives
• Experience updating and maintaining volunteer databases. Experience with VAN and Convio a strong plus
• Expert familiarity and agility using new media
• The ability to manage and/or contribute to multiple projects, both individual and team–based
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills, a collaborative work style and an entrepreneurial spirit
• Successful candidates must believe in our mission, have a can–do attitude and real concern for the needs of independent workers

We offer a highly market–competitive compensation and excellent benefits (health insurance, dental insurance, 401(k) pension, disability insurance and TransitChecks) for this position.

To Apply:

Send a resume and cover letter with salary requirement addressed to Freelancers Union, via email to resume@freelancersunion.org. Resumes sent without a cover letter and salary requirement will not be considered. No phone calls, please.

We're located in DUMBO, just one subway stop into Brooklyn on the A, C, and F lines. To learn more about us, please visit www.freelancersunion.org.

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Freelancers Union, Inc., a national non-profit 501(c)(4) organization, along with Working Today, Inc., its 501(c)(3) policy and education adjunct, represent the needs and concerns of today’s independent workforce through advocacy, information and service. We are passionate about our mission to improve working life for independent workers - a community representing 30% of the U.S workforce.

In recognition of its goals, Freelancers Union has received grants and other support from the State and City of New York, as well as from leading foundations such as the Ford Foundation, John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation, J.P. Morgan Chase, New York Community Trust, United Hospital Fund, Rockefeller Family Fund, and others. Freelancers Union is also a four-time winner of Fast Company’s Social Capitalist Awards.

We are seeking a dynamic Senior Development Manager who will work closely with and report to the Executive Director. The Senior Development Manager will supervise all fundraising activities, including philanthropic, social enterprise and individual giving, that contribute to Freelancers Union’s ambitious development goals. The Development Manager will improve internal fundraising systems, with a particular focus on markedly increasing funding through grant sources; manage all development-related reporting requirements, and lead the development team in both strengthening current and creating new relationships.

Responsibilities:

• Design, develop and implement strategies focused on fostering fundraising partnerships (foundation, government, corporate and individual) and coordinate the involvement of senior leadership in relationship-building activities
• Work closely with the Event Planning team to ensure the success of new and existing donor-focused events by leveraging local and national networks, and recruiting, coordinating and motivating volunteers and supporters
• Manage, support and coordinate development team and external consultants as appropriate to maximize involvement and impact
• Manage all functions of the development department. This includes: designing and driving action plans to achieve annual fundraising goals; developing and fortifying fundraising systems and processes; and preparing budgets and forecasts and setting and tracking goals related to all fundraising activities
• Support the organization’s senior leadership, and align fundraising efforts with Freelancers Union’s overall strategic plan and organizational goals

Qualifications:

• Five to seven years of experience managing development functions with strong experience in grant–writing
• Demonstrated success developing and fostering fundraising relationships as well as experience with and/or knowledge of government fund sources. Knowledge of the New York philanthropic community preferred.
• Exceptional understanding of Development networks, practices and strategies across various sectors and industries, as well as the acumen and agility to implement and re-engineer them as needed.
• Strong management skills, with the ability to mentor, coach, and supervise development professionals in early stages of their careers
• A professional, resourceful style with the ability to work as a team member or independently
• Relentless energy and drive toward achieving goals, with an entrepreneurial approach to fund raising and problem-solving
• A friendly, collegial personality with compulsive integrity, and a well conditioned sense of humor
• Proficiency with Microsoft Office applications, development databases and social networking technologies
• Excellent interpersonal, verbal and written communication skills
• Bachelor’s degree or equivalent experience required; advanced degree preferred

To Apply: Please email a resume and thoughtful cover letter with brief salary history to: resume@freelancersunion.org. Resumes submitted without a cover letter will not be considered.

Our offices are located in DUMBO, one stop in Brooklyn off the A, C or F and one block from the East River and Fulton-Ferry State Park.

For more information, please visit our website at http://www.freelancersunion.org/

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About Us:

Freelancers Union, a national non-profit organization, represents the needs and concerns of today’s independent workforce through advocacy, information and service. We are passionate about our mission to improve working life for independent workers - a community representing 30% of the U.S workforce. And we’re the people behind all those insurance ads with the beehive that you see on the subway.

OUR CULTURE:

Beyond our mission, we’re also passionate about and proud of the culture and work environment we’ve created. We believe everyone has an important contribution to make toward achieving our goals, both through collaborative teamwork and independent initiative. The atmosphere here is loose, fun, and friendly.

OUR TECHNOLOGY TEAM:

We are experiencing exceptional growth and technology plays a central, critical role in keeping pace with our growth. We thrive on learning, entrepreneurship, and having a direct contribution to the success of the organization. Our systems/support team is small enough that every member gets exposed to a diverse set of technologies and challenges. We're looking for a talented Systems Administrator with strong innate troubleshooting skills who's ready to take on whatever challenges come along. The successful applicant will have the opportunity and responsibility to quickly learn new skills and adapt to new challenges as they arise.

Job responsibilities include:

• Installation, maintenance, troubleshooting, and repair of Linux systems.
• Installation and deployment of physical and virtual machines.
• Maintenance and troubleshooting of VMware ESX infrastructure.
• Troubleshooting and maintenance of mail system.
• Configuration and deployment of open source web applications.
• Deployment of in-house applications.
• Network support.
• System maintenance of database servers.
• SAN setup and maintenance/li>
• Taking personal responsibility for the health and operation of environment

We emphasize a healthy work/life balance, but please be aware that there will be occasional work late nights and weekends.

Required qualifications and skills:

• 3-5 years of hands-on Linux systems administration experience, including familiarity with Debian and Red Hat.
• Experience with Vmware ESX, backup, recovery, clustering.
• Windows 2003 AD, GPOs, automated software installation, and Linux auth integration.
• Applied knowledge of system and network security and best practices.
• Experience with automated monitoring of systems and network equipment (experience with the following software/technologies preferred: Nagios, Syslog, Splunk, Cacti, and SNMP).
• Active working knowledge of Bash (advanced scripting experience a plus).
• Apache configuration and maintenance.
• Active working knowledge of regular expressions.
• Ability to help debug Python, PHP, Perl.
• Experience with Subversion, (Hudson and Mantis a plus).
• Active working knowledge of OSI networking model, routing, ARP, DNS and VPN.
• Cisco network equipment (IOS, ASA).
• VPN troubleshooting.
• A passion for writing good technical documentation.
• Ability to work independently with no hand-holding.
• Strong troubleshooting and critical thinking skills.
• Ability to work in a rapidly changing environment and exhibit grace under pressure.
• Self motivated, able to remain productive and finish assignments on time with minimal oversight.
• Detail orientated with the discipline to do day to day tasks quickly and competently.
• Strong organizational skills.
• Good verbal and written communication skills.

Additional experience(that would be a plus):

• Automated installation and configuration (e.g. cfengine, puppet, chef, debian-installer, fai, custom systems).
• Java application deployment and maintenance with JRockit, Tomcat, and JBoss.
• DJBDNS
• Kerio mail servers
• Linux-HA/Heartbeat
• lighttpd
• nginx
• Experience with reverse proxying webservers
• Compliance (HIPAA and/or PCI)
• Avaya PBX
• Asterisk configuration and deployment.
• Experience dealing with enterprise vendors.

If this sounds like you, please send an email and your resume to: technojob@freelancersunion.org. Our offices are located in DUMBO, one stop in Brooklyn off the A, C or F and one block from the East River and Fulton-Ferry State Park.

For more information, please visit our website at http://www.freelancersunion.org/.

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Freelancers Union, a national non–profit organization, represents the needs and concerns of today's independent workforce through advocacy, information and service. We are passionate about our mission to improve working life for independent workers — a community representing 30% of the U.S workforce.

Project Management Team:

We are experiencing exceptional growth, driven by new ideas and initiatives. The Project Management Team (PMT) is responsible for taking these ideas from conception to production. Our creative, dedicated and agile project team is constantly in search of fresh ideas, new tools and approaches and original input from team members. We're looking for a talented Business Analyst to join us. Responsibilities include:

• Pre–project and business case analysis, including gathering, documenting and interpreting end–user business requirements
• Business process evaluation/re–engineering, gap analysis and creation of business process flows and documents
• Asking a lot of really good questions and proposing intelligent solutions or suggestions based on analysis of available information
• Ongoing assistance and support of PMT with project initiation and documentation, including project plan creation and maintenance and issue logging, tracking resolution
• Development and documentation of organizational processes and procedures as needed
• Produce drafts of meeting discussions and outcomes

Successful candidates will have completed a Bachelors degree and will demonstrate the following:

• A can–do attitude and a real concern for the needs of independent workers
• The ability to diagnose and resolve issues with minimal direction
• Proven understanding and application of project methodology and exceptional research and knowledge management skills (stakeholder interviews, meeting facilitation, etc)
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills, a collaborative work style and an entrepreneurial spirit
• Natural curiosity, a good sense of humor, and a strong work ethic
• Familiarity with Visio, Excel, PowerPoint, Word/Open Office and Project Management software (ie, MS Project)
• Experience in the health insurance industry or related field is a plus

To Apply:

If this sounds like you, please email your resume and cover letter with salary requirement to:resume@freelancersunion.org. Resumes without cover letter/salary requirement will not be considered.

Our offices are located in DUMBO, one stop in Brooklyn off the A, C or F and one block from the East River and Fulton–Ferry State Park. For more information, please visit our website at http://www.freelancersunion.org/.

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Freelancers Union, a national non–profit organization, represents the needs and concerns of today's independent workforce through advocacy, information and service. We are passionate about our mission to improve working life for independent workers — a community representing 30% of the U.S workforce. And we're the people behind all those insurance ads with the beehive that you see on the New York subway

We are seeking a talented Data Analyst Intern to spend several months interacting with both the IT team and business units to develop trending reports and operational tools to optimize business processes using a wide range of technologies.

What to expect:

• You'll be learning new technologies and applying new methods of ensuring data integrity and useful data presentation techniques
• You should be prepared to take a project from requirements gathering all the way through production deployment
• You'll assist with ongoing data analysis needs

You should have experience with:

• Relational database concepts related to both production and analytical environments
• Generating SQL statements
• Aggregating and trending data
• Data scrubbing

To Apply:

If we sound like an organization in which you can develop and trive, please email your resume and cover letter to:technojob@freelancersunion.org. Resumes without a cover letter will not be considered. This internship is for college credit only

Our offices are located in DUMBO, one stop in Brooklyn off the A, C or F and one block from the East River and Fulton–Ferry State Park. For more information, please visit our website at http://www.freelancersunion.org/.

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Freelancers Union, a national non–profit organization, represents the needs and concerns of today's independent workforce through advocacy, information and service. We are passionate about our mission to improve working life for independent workers — a community representing 30% of the U.S workforce. And we're the people behind all those insurance ads with the beehive that you see on the New York subway

We are seeking a talented Desktop Support Engineer Intern to spend several months working with our creative, dedicated, open–minded IT team, learning a range of technologies and accomplishing a substantial project during the course of the internship.

What to expect:

• You'll be responsible for a major overhaul of desktop workstation management
• You should be prepared to take a project from requirements gathering all the way through production deployment
• You'll deal with day–to–day desktop support tasks

You should have experience with:

• Active Directory and Windows domains
• Windows XP, Microsoft servers, Microsoft Office products
• Backups, antivirus deployment
• Email servers, VoIP telephone support, printer support
• Hubs, switches, monitoring, LAN/WAN
• Disk Imaging

These should describe you:

• Strong troubleshooting and critical thinking skills
• Self motivated, able to remain productive and finish assignments on time
• Detail–oriented with the discipline to do day–to–day tasks quickly and competently
• Strong organizational skills
• Good verbal and written communication skills

Lastly, you'll get special consideration if:

• You are an electronic toy instrument virtuoso
• You can make a delicious grilled cheese
• You have uncanny accuracy with Nerf weapons

To Apply:

If we sound like an organization in which you can develop and trive, please email your resume and cover letter to:technojob@freelancersunion.org. Resumes without a cover letter will not be considered. This internship is for college credit only

Our offices are located in DUMBO, one stop in Brooklyn off the A, C or F and one block from the East River and Fulton–Ferry State Park. For more information, please visit our website at http://www.freelancersunion.org/.

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Freelancers Union, a national non–profit organization, represents the needs and concerns of today's independent workforce through advocacy, information and service. We are passionate about our mission to improve working life for independent workers — a community representing 30% of the U.S workforce. And we're the people behind all those insurance ads with the beehive that you see on the New York subway

We are seeking well–rounded Software Engineer Interns to grow their software design and development skills while helping to improve our online products and services. We work with a diverse set of technologies and our projects span multiple domains – from health insurance to political action.

What to expect:

• You'll be working on projects like:
  • Static page generation for Freelancers Union brochure site
  • Freelancers Insurance Company site and registration
  • Online mental health provider directory
• You should be prepared to take a project from requirements gathering all the way through production deployment
• You'll maintain and improve currently deployed projects

You should have experience with:

• Python (preferred) or Java
• Javascript, HTML, and CSS
• Database design and SQL
• (Obviously!) Developing for the web (working knowledge of HTTP, caching, sessions, etc.)

It would be great if some of these were familiar:

• Developing in a Linux environment
• Basic web server administration (specifically Apache or Lighttpd)
• Aplication deployment and maintenance with Make, Maven, setuptools, and simple shell scripts
• Frameworks like web.py, Django, Restlet, and Spring
• Back–end queuing/messaging – ActiveMQ
• Progressive enhancement techniques / graceful degradation

Lastly, you'll get special consideration if:

• You are an electronic toy instrument virtuoso
• You can make a delicious grilled cheese
• You have uncanny accuracy with Nerf weapons

To Apply:

If we sound like an organization in which you can develop and trive, please email your resume and cover letter to:technojob@freelancersunion.org. Resumes without a cover letter will not be considered. This internship is for college credit only

Our offices are located in DUMBO, one stop in Brooklyn off the A, C or F and one block from the East River and Fulton–Ferry State Park. For more information, please visit our website at http://www.freelancersunion.org/.

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Freelancers Union, a national non–profit organization, represents the needs and concerns of today's independent workforce through advocacy, information and service. We are passionate about our mission to improve working life for independent workers — a community representing 30% of the U.S workforce. And we're the people behind all those insurance ads with the beehive that you see on the New York subway

We're looking for a talented Systems Administrator Intern with strong innate troubleshooting skills who's ready to take on whatever challenges come along, learning new skills and completing a substantial project during the course of the internship.

What to expect:

• You'll be implementing a monitoring system for critical servers to detect attempts at tampering, learning about the security and compliance issues this involves
• You should be prepared to take a project from requirements gathering all the way through production deployment
• You'll maintain, improve, and support our current systems infrastructure

Your background should include:

• Hands–on Linux systems administration experience, especially familiarity with debian and/or Red Hat.
• Experience with virtualization (e.g. VMware, Xen, VirtualBox)
• Applied knowledge of system and network security and best practices
• Active working knowledge of Bash (advanced scripting experience a plus)
• Active working knowledge of regular expressions
• Active working knowledge of OSI networking model, routing, and DNS
• A passion for writing good technical documentation
• Strong troubleshooting and critical thinking skills
• Self motivated, able to remain productive and finish assignments on time
• Detail–oriented with the discipline to do day–to–day tasks quickly and competently
• Strong organizational skills
• Good verbal and written communication skills

It would be great if some of these were familiar:

• Intrusion detection systems
• DJBDNS
• Network file systems (NFS, SMB/CIFS)
• Automated logging and monitoring of systems and network equipment (experience with the following software/technologies preferred: Nagios, Syslog, Splunk, Cacti, and SNMP)

Lastly, you'll get special consideration if:

• You are an electronic toy instrument virtuoso
• You can make a delicious grilled cheese
• You have uncanny accuracy with Nerf weapons

To Apply:

If we sound like an organization in which you can develop and trive, please email your resume and cover letter to:technojob@freelancersunion.org. Resumes without a cover letter will not be considered. This internship is for college credit only

Our offices are located in DUMBO, one stop in Brooklyn off the A, C or F and one block from the East River and Fulton–Ferry State Park. For more information, please visit our website at http://www.freelancersunion.org/.

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Freelancers Insurance Company (FIC) was founded in 2008 in New York State to provide health insurance for independent workers, and is a wholly owned for–profit subsidiary of Freelancers Union, a nonprofit 501(c)(4) organization. Our success and growth over the last year and a half have shown that it's possible to create a group with the strength and longevity to be a sustainable "risk pool" for health insurance.

We are seeking an exceptional Chief Financial Officer (CFO) to provide financial leadership as a knowledgeable and trusted resource on the Executive team of FIC. The ideal candidate for this role will possess at least 5 years of Health Insurance finance management experience, including financial analysis and reporting, financial modeling and budgeting, and knowledge of insurance accounting and related regulatory compliance issues. The CFO will report to the CEO of Freelancers Union

Other responsibilities include:

• Protect and secure the financial assets of FIC
• Develop and maintain financial plans, programs and policies consistent with Statutory Accounting Principles (SAP) and Generally Accepted Accounting Principles (GAAP)
• Direct financial activites (i.e. Accounts Payable, Accounts Receivable, and Payroll), and cash management including financial planning and reporting, general accounting, group purchasing, reinsurance, fixed assets, audit, preparation of budget, tax and treasury functions
• Assume accountability for internal financial controls and audit liasion, risk based capital management and overall financial management
• Develop positive relationships with FIC board, Department of Insurance and rating agencies with the ability to convey FIC's unique and social purpose

Successful candidates will have completed a Bachelor's degree in Accounting or a related field (Masters and/or M.B.A. preferred) and will also have:

• A minimum of 5 to 10 years of responsible senior management finance and/or accounting experience, ideally for an established health plan or health insurance company experiencing high growth
• Demonstrated experience creating an inter–affiliate budget and managing all related allocation processes
• Exceptional corporate financial strategic acumen and strong understanding of and experience with statutory accounting. C.P.A certification strongly preferred
• The ability to work in a highly collaborative, entrepreneurial environment

To Apply:

Please email your resume and a thoughtful cover letter including salary requirement to:resume@freelancersunion.org. Resumes sent without cover letters will not be considered.

Our offices are located in DUMBO, one stop in Brooklyn off the A, C or F and one block from the East River and Fulton–Ferry State Park. For more information, please visit our website at http://www.freelancersunion.org/.

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Freelancers Union, a national non–profit organization, represents the needs and concerns of today's independent workforce through advocacy, information and service. We are passionate about our mission to improve working life for independent workers — a community representing 30% of the U.S workforce. And we're the people behind all those insurance ads with the beehive that you see on the New York subway

Project Management Team:

We are experiencing exceptional growth, driven by new ideas and initiatives. The Project Management Team (PMT) is responsible for taking these ideas from conception to production. Our creative, dedicated and agile project team is constantly in search of fresh ideas, new tools and approaches and original input form team members. We're looking for a talented Project Manager to join us. Responsibilities include:

• Manages day–to–day operational aspects of a project and scope
• Effectively applies methodology and enforces project standards
• Ensures that all project artifacts are complete, current and stored appropriately
• Facilitate the definition of project scope, roles, responsibilities, goals and deliverables
• Works with the PMT on resource and risk management and strategic planning
• Always looking for better ways to get things done
• Manage project resource reporting, planning and forecasting
• Ongoing risk assessment and reporting

Successful candidates will have completed a Bachelors degree and will demonstrate the following:

• A background of 5–6 years that includes hands–on business analyst experience and project management at the senior level, including managing business and operational project aspects
• Demonstrated leadership, coaching skills and prior experience managing staff
• A "can–do" attitude and a real concern for the needs of independent workers
• The ability to diagnose and resolve issues with minimal direction
• Proven understanding and application of project methodology and exceptional research, organizational, and knowledge management skills
• Proven facilitation skills and ability to draw consensus from varying departments and perspectives
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills, a collaborative work style and an entrepreneurial spirit
• Natural curiosity, a good sense of humor, an open mind and a strong work ethic
• Familiarity with Visio, Excel, PowerPoint, Word/Open Office and Project Management software (ie MS Project)

If this sounds like you, please email your resume and a thoughtful cover letter including salary requirement to:resume@freelancersunion.org. Resumes sent without cover letters will not be considered.

Our offices are located in DUMBO, one stop in Brooklyn off the A, C or F and one block from the East River and Fulton–Ferry State Park. For more information, please visit our website at http://www.freelancersunion.org/.

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About Us:

Freelancers Union, a national non-profit organization, represents the needs and concerns of today's independent workforce through advocacy, information and service. We are passionate about our mission to improve working life for independent workers — a community representing 30% of the U.S workforce.

We are seeking an energetic, well organized and like-minded Special Executive Assistant to assist our Founder and Executive Director (ED).

Responsibilities will include:

• Work closely with Communications Team on executive communications strategy
• Provide research support in R&D, Policy and other relevant areas and participate in brainstorming sessions and other meetings, demonstrating a strong grasp of researched material
• Coordinate and facilitate communication between ED and organization directors
• Coordinate and facilitate communication between project teams
• Manage and draft correspondence, executive contacts and materials for executive appearances and presentations, including PowerPoint documents, hand-outs and notes
• Monitor and manage Executive Director (non-personal) email account
• Act as gatekeeper for document signatures and approvals
• Assist with preparation of funding proposals and fundraising events
• Accompany ED to select meetings based on availability of other staff
• Manage staff meeting preparations (scheduling, agendas, presenter materials, PowerPoint documents)
• Schedule meeting with select outside parties and provide oversight of ED's schedule in coordination with executive assistant
• Serve as Board liaison and manage communications with board directors
• Coordinate Board meetings, maintain minutes of meetings, and manage corporate governance documents
• Provide coordinator support for various other projects, as needed

We're looking for an enthusiastic team player with the following:

• At least five years of post-undergrad work experience, preferably working with an executive-level manager
• OUTSTANDING written and verbal communication skills; Communications experience a plus
• Demonstrated ability to collaborate and communicate confidently and effectively with colleagues in all organization functions
• A strong identification with, and a passion for mission-driven social purpose work
• Strong analytical skills and proficiency with technology, particularly MS Office (Word, Excel, PowerPoint)
• Excellent organizational and prioritization skills and the ability to manage several projects without sacrificing quality or attention to detail
• Bachelors degree or equivalent

Please email your resume and a thoughtful cover letter including salary requirement to:resume@freelancersunion.org. Resumes sent without cover letters will not be considered.

Our offices are located in DUMBO, one stop in Brooklyn off the A, C or F and one block from the East River and Fulton–Ferry State Park. For more information, please visit our website at http://www.freelancersunion.org/.

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About Us:

Freelancers Union, a national non-profit organization, represents the needs and concerns of today's independent workforce through advocacy, information and service. We are passionate about our mission to improve working life for independent workers — a community representing 30% of the U.S workforce. And we're the people behind all those insurance ads with the beehive that you see on the subway.

We are seeking a talented and enthusiastic Human Resources Manager to manage daily HR responsibilities and apply a proactive, strategic approach in assessing HR needs with regard to long term organization goals and projects. This is a generalist role that includes recruitment, employee relations, payroll and benefits, and HR administration.

General responsibilities include:

• Manage the recruitment process for staff, temporary, consultant and intern positions from creation of job descriptions through orientation of new hires, including managing internal and external job postings, screening and interviewing of candidates and negotiation and extension of offers.
• Manage employee relations including performance and disciplinary issues and maintain and adapt policy and practice as appropriate.
• Process and maintain bi-weekly payroll and benefit programs including: addition of new employees; salary adjustments; benefit open enrollment, time-off program, and ad-hoc projects and reporting as needed.

Successful candidates will have experience in a non-profit, mission-driven environment, as well as:

• Five to seven years HR generalist experience
• Demonstrated ability to work with and build relationships with all levels of staff
• A professional, resourceful style with the ability to work as a team member or independently
• Relentless energy and drive toward achieving goals, with an entrepreneurial approach to problem-solving
• A friendly, collegial personality with compulsive integrity, and a well conditioned sense of humor
• Excellent interpersonal, verbal and written communication skills
• Bachelor's degree or equivalent experience required; advanced degree preferred

To Apply:

Please email your resume and a thoughtful cover letter including salary requirement to:resume@freelancersunion.org. Resumes sent without cover letters will not be considered. No phone calls, please.

Our offices are located in DUMBO, one stop in Brooklyn off the A, C or F and one block from the East River and Fulton–Ferry State Park. For more information, please visit our website at http://www.freelancersunion.org/.

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About Us:

Freelancers Union, a national non-profit organization, represents the needs and concerns of today's independent workforce through advocacy, information and service. We are passionate about our mission to improve working life for independent workers — a community representing 30% of the U.S workforce. And we're the people behind all those insurance ads with the beehive that you see on the subway.

We are seeking an exceptional Events & Advocacy Coordinator who will be an integral member of the Advocacy team, providing support to both the Events Manager and Associate Director of Advocacy and Policy. The Events & Advocacy Coordinator will play a critical role in providing administrative support for the implementation of all events, particularly the annual December fundraiser, and additionally will provide general support to the Advocacy team as a whole.

Specific responsibilities include:

• Manage the database and guest list for the annual fundraiser: update attendee status and contact information, record donations, and make follow up phone calls
• Assist with the follow-up and management of sponsors
• Create event materials: attendee lists, signage, receipts, evaluations, sign up sheets
• Identify events or organizations in other states to partner with on events as well as websites on which to publicize events and post information
• Track and evaluate event and advocacy communications
• Calculate event costs/profits and processing invoices
• Manage the event reminder list and thank you notes and respond to general event and advocacy inquiries
• Manage the day to day administration of the Federal and State PACs including data entry and reporting
• Assist with mailings (thank you letters, invitations and returned mail)
• Schedule meetings (for endorsement interviews)
• Track, update, and manage contact information for partners, policymakers, and speakers
• Other tasks as assigned by the Events Manager or Associate Director of Advocacy and Policy

We're looking for an enthusiastic team player with a Bachelors Degree as well as the following:

• 1-2 years demonstrated experience in event planning preferred; minimum of 1 year administrative experience preferred
• Exceptional organizational skills and attention to detail and the ability to resolve problems quickly and effectively – a proactive rather than reactive approach
• Very strong written and oral communication skills and strong analytical skills as well as proficiency with technology, particularly MS Office (Word, Excel, PowerPoint)
• An outgoing, positive personality and excellent sense of humor with very strong interpersonal skills and ability to interact diplomatically with diverse internal and external individuals (colleagues, members, speakers, donors)
• Ability to work independently, prioritize, and multi-task under tight deadlines; ability to work as a team member as well
• Willingness to work evenings for, or in preparation for events

To Apply:

Please email your resume and a thoughtful cover letter including salary requirement to:resume@freelancersunion.org. Resumes sent without cover letters will not be considered. No phone calls, please.

Our offices are located in DUMBO, one stop in Brooklyn off the A, C or F and one block from the East River and Fulton–Ferry State Park. For more information, please visit our website at http://www.freelancersunion.org/.

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