Job Description
SEIU (Service Employees International Union) Job Title: Assistant Director, Meetings, Travel & Events Grade: MGT F Location: Remote Travel: Up to 40–60% depending on governance meetings and major union events. Organizational Overview: We are the Service Employees International Union (SEIU), a union of about 2 million diverse members in healthcare, the public sector, and property services. We believe in and fight for our Vision for a Just Society: where all workers are valued, and all people are respected—no matter where we come from or what color we are; where all families and communities can thrive; and where we leave a better, more equitable world for generations to come. We are an anti-racist union determined to check corporate power and uproot structural racism through unions—worker power and collective action—and government—legislative and political action. We fight for Unions for All and a Government that Works for All so that all of us, across race and place, can have power together in unions and participate fully in our democracy. The Meetings, Travel & Events (MTE) Department supports the union’s governance, campaigns, and programmatic work by delivering operational excellence in meeting planning, travel administration, vendor management, and meetings and travel technology across the organization. The department supports approximately 130–150 meetings annually, including major governance convenings, and administers a travel program serving roughly 6,000 travelers and guests across SEIU and affiliated local unions. MTE operates within a structured meetings and travel program environment that includes enterprise technology platforms, strategic vendor partnerships, and program governance standards designed to ensure consistent operations and responsible stewardship of union resources. PURPOSE: The Assistant Director supports the Director in administering and strengthening SEIU’s enterprise meetings and travel program, ensuring the effective execution of meetin