Manager of Field Services
POSITION TITLE: Manager of Field Services
DEPARTMENT: Field Services
IMMEDIATE SUPERVISOR: Director of Field Services
EMPLOYEE GROUP: The Education MN Professional Organization (TEMPO)
LOCATION: St. Paul
HOURS/STATUS: Full time
PROBATIONARY PERIOD: One (1) year
FLSA/GRADE LEVEL: Exempt
POSITION SUMMARY:
Assist the Director of Field Services (“Field”) to manage department programs, implement Education Minnesota and Field Service department priorities and objectives, and supervise professional staff and office professional support staff. Managers in field services are responsible for developing and leading key initiatives related to member recruitment and retention, member rights, collective bargaining, leadership development, and organizing.
Education Minnesota is a member-led labor union that has identified racial equity and social justice as primary organizational goals. All staff are expected to participate, individually and collectively, in ongoing training, discussions and activities to advance these goals.
ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS AND RESPONSIBILITIES:
- Implement Education Minnesota field programs to increase the capacity of locals to meet member needs, including but not limited to collective bargaining, contract enforcement, issue and crisis organizing, member rights advocacy, member recruitment and retention, legislative and political action, and engagement with racial and social justice issues.
- Hire, support and directly supervise assigned staff.
- Build and support staff’s efforts to help locals develop sustainable capacity to engage in comprehensive action on a range of issues.
- Develop staff’s ability to advance equity work in locals.
- Support and integrate Education Minnesota’s racial and social justice goals into the work of the department.
- Lead and support staff teams, both in the field department and across departments, to implement department and organizational priorities and initiatives.
- Be a collaborative member of the field leadership team and the Education Minnesota executive staff team.
- Build and support collaboration across staff within the department and coordinate the work of Field with other departments.
- Ensure governance understanding of and engagement in the department’s work, as well as ensure a solid foundation for governance decision-making on issues relevant to the department’s work.
- Develop, promote and facilitate training for staff.
- Assist the Director of Field Services in the development of budget recommendations and oversight of the field budget.
- Other duties and responsibilities as assigned.
REQUIRED KNOWLEDGE, SKILLS AND ABILITIES:
- Ability to promote and facilitate innovative thinking and strategic planning.
- Ability to take concepts of organizational change and effectively put them into action.
- Demonstrated awareness of social, racial and economic justice with a high level of cultural competence.
- Strong communication and collaboration skills.
- Knowledge of labor unions, collective bargaining, organizing principles and members’ rights.
- Demonstrated ability to recruit, train and support staff.
- Strong planning and organizational skills and the ability to set and achieve ambitious, measurable professional goals and support staff in doing the same.
- Experience working with confidential and sensitive information and issues.
- Ability to build strong professional relationships based on integrity, respect and trust.
MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS:
- Bachelor’s degree.
- Two years’ work experience with a public education labor union including labor relations, organizing, bargaining, professional issues and member rights.
PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS:
- Demonstrated leadership in a local or state union role, including work as a union staff member.
- Experience collaborating with staff or colleagues to set goals, hold one another accountable to goals and grow professionally.
- Experience supervising staff in a union, campaign or community organizing context.
- Experience in bargaining, organizing and member rights advocacy.
- Experience in the development and implementation of training for adult learners.
- Experience developing and implementing long-term organizing and leadership development campaigns in a union or community organizing context.
OTHER REQUIREMENTS:
- Some evening and weekend work and occasional travel with overnight stays is required.
- Able to pass a post-offer, pre-employment background check.
WORK ENVIRONMENT:
Work is in a general office environment. This position will interact with employees, vendors, members and the public on a somewhat regular basis. These interactions require judgment and discretion that can involve confidential information, private information and some disagreeable human interactions.
PHYSICAL DEMANDS:
Employee is required to: CONTINUOUSLY sit, talk and hear; FREQUENTLY stand, walk and repetitively use hands dexterously (use fingers to handle, feel), reach with hands and arms, bend and physically lift and carry up to 10 pounds; OCCASIONALLY lift up to 50 pounds and infrequently travel by various conveyances (e.g., air, rail, auto).
CONFIDENTIAL INFORMATION:
Maintain confidential information related to the organization and all personnel, employees and staff.
STARTING SALARY RANGE:
First three steps of the salary schedule, in accordance with the current staff collective bargaining agreement: $148,193-$154,653 annual; placement depends on qualifications and previous experience.
BENEFITS:
Education Minnesota offers a competitive benefits package including:
- Medical, vision, and voluntary pet insurance.
- Employer paid dental coverage, life and AD&D insurance, LTC, LTD and annual HRA contribution (if enrolled in our medical plan).
- Generous paid time off, including 16 paid holidays, vacation days, sick leave days and personal days.
- 16 hours of school and community outreach.
- Tuition reimbursement, up to $1,500 per year.
- Generous 401(k) matching program with employer contributions.
- Employer sponsored pension, after vesting period.
- Employee Assistance Program (EAP).
EDUCATION MINNESOTA IS AN EQUAL OPPORTUNITY EMPLOYER
Education Minnesota is an Equal Opportunity Employer committed to providing an inclusive environment of mutual respect where diversity is valued, supported and celebrated to benefit applicants, employees, members and students. Discrimination of any kind is prohibited. All employment decisions are based on qualifications, merit, job requirements and business needs. Education Minnesota strongly encourages women, BIPOC individuals, LGBTQ+ individuals, people with disabilities, immigrants and veterans to apply.
POSTING DEADLINE: For consideration, apply online and include a resume no later than midnight of Friday, March 6, 2026.
