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The Economic Justice Coordinator - Manufacturing will support the Director of Economic and Workforce Policy in a new, collaborative project to reshape the Bay Area’s blue-collar manufacturing industry by designing new models centered around the values of equity, high-road employment, sustainability and climate resilience, and shaped by workers and impacted community members themselves. This project includes two components: convening and guiding a local Santa Clara and San Mateo workgroup to design and develop pilot projects to improve job quality and equity in manufacturing; and coordinating with a broader Bay Area High Road Manufacturing Initiative, co-led by Working Partnerships, the Blue Green Alliance, the UC Berkeley Labor Center, and New Energy Nexus. This work is seeded by a Catalyst pre-development grant for the initial planning stage, which will run through September 2026.

The ideal candidate will have experience working with and taking leadership from organizations led by workers of color; knowledge of businesses and workers in the manufacturing sector; experience collaborating with business, labor, community, and government organizations; familiarity with Silicon Valley’s diverse communities; and a commitment to transformative power-building for economic, racial and gender justice.

Under the direction of the Director of Economic and Workforce Policy, the Economic Justice Coordinator will be responsible for planning, research, staffing and day-to-day support for a new South Bay high-road manufacturing initiative (“Manufacturing Futures”), and coordinating with the new regional Bay Area High Road Manufacturing Initiative (“BAHRMI”), including but not limited to: Meeting planning, facilitation, and staff support for Manufacturing Futures Advisory Committee. Designing and supervising High Road Business Engagement: one-on-one engagement with small and large employers to identify needs and shape pilots. Designing and supervising worker & community engagement to center the voices of workers, immigrants, people of color and other under-represented communities. Coordinating with educational and training partners to design local manufacturing career pathway strategies. Serving as liaison between Manufacturing Futures and the regional BAHRMI initiative. Project management, including developing and carrying out individual and collective workplans to achieve defined goals. Planning and carrying out coalition meetings, strategic planning sessions, community workshops, and/or other events as needed, with clear outcomes, structure, and preparation to ensure accountability to goals. Planning and carrying out presentations to a wide range of audiences. Designing and carrying out a scan of existing local manufacturing-related programs and resources (apprenticeships, community college programs, CBO programs, business supports, etc.) Research to support an analysis of job quality and equity gaps and opportunities in the Bay Area’s blue-collar manufacturing workforce. In addition to their core duties, the Economic Justice Coordinator will participate in Working Partnerships USA staff meetings and trainings and support major organizational campaigns and projects. Specific roles vary depending on the need, but may include: Providing support for actions, meetings and events, including scheduling, turnout, event staffing, speaking, compiling minutes, and other duties as needed. Representing Working Partnerships at meetings with allies and supporters, coordinating and attending actions, and supporting the work of the campaign and organization as a whole.

Working Partnerships USA is a community organization bringing together the power of grassroots organizing and public policy innovation to drive the movement for a just economy. We build the capacity of workers, low-income neighborhoods and communities of color to lead and govern. Based in Silicon Valley, we tackle the root causes of inequality and poverty by leading collaborative campaigns for quality jobs, healthy communities, equitable growth and a democracy that works for all. We are co-founders of Silicon Valley Rising which is fighting to inspire the tech industry to build an inclusive, middle class. For 25 years, Working Partnerships USA has been at the forefront of the national movement for a just economy driven by the power of working people.