Minnesota Laborers Employers-Cooperation & Education Trust (LECET) Executive Director Position

ABOUT MINNESOTA LECET
The Minnesota Laborers-Employers Cooperation & Education Trust (LECET) fund was created in 1992 as a 
non-profit joint Labor/ Management cooperation effort affiliated with the Laborers International Union 
of North America (LIUNA), Minnesota & North Dakota. LECET aims to promote the many benefits of 
Union construction while addressing a number of initiatives that are of mutual benefit to both signatory 
Union Contractors and LIUNA members.

THE ROLE
The Director serves as a key leader in Minnesota and North Dakota as it pertains to the marketing and 
promotion of Union construction and careers in the same. Specifically, they will manage all duties 
associated with the Minnesota LECET Trust Fund working with and reporting to the Minnesota LECET 
Board of Trustees. In addition to marketing and promoting Union construction and careers in 
construction generally, duties include member and contractor related safety and health initiatives and 
programs, monitoring fair contracting issues and opportunities, promoting skills and apprenticeship 
training, and tracking construction opportunities in all construction market sectors.

KEY ACCOUNTABILITIES INCLUDE: 

MARKETING & PROMOTION:
• Implement and manage a wide variety of creative strategies to effectively market and 
promote initiatives of Minnesota LECET throughout the year. 
• Lead an overall market strategy meeting the organization’s mission to enhance and improve 
Labor and Management cooperation and success in the Union construction industry.
• Creatively execute new marketing strategies to grow LIUNA’s workforce and encourage
women and minority entrance into the trades, improving worker safety and more.
• Oversee successful special event planning and implementation of LECET’s core outreach, 
marketing, and educational events.
• Promote the Laborers Training Center’s Training & Apprenticeship model and support 
graduation ceremonies and special events.
• Work closely with the Minnesota Laborers Fringe Benefit Executive Director to advance 
member health and wellness initiatives to benefit LIUNA Member participants and families.

COMMUNICATIONS
• Manage, plan and implement LECET’s major communications platforms using effective 
communication skills, on various platforms to achieve the many initiatives of LECET. The 
communications strategy includes cooperative efforts with LIUNA MN & ND and all affiliated 
organizations; LIUNA local unions, the Laborers Training Center, LIUNA Great Lakes Region 
Organizing Committee (GROC) and the Minnesota Laborers Fringe Benefit Funds.

CONSTRUCTION MARKET OPPORTUNITIES
• Utilize various platforms to track construction market opportunities that benefit the Union 
construction industry. This work includes strategic research in both current and new 
construction market sectors.
• Promote project and job opportunities to Local Unions, Union signatory contractors and 
other stakeholders, as appropriate, to improve opportunity for success in Union 
construction.

MINNESOTA LECET SCHOLARSHIP PROGRAM
• Manage all promotional efforts of the Minnesota LECET Scholarship and Leadership Grant 
Program. This includes promoting the program to various stakeholders including Union 
members and contractors through newsletters, email communication, through local Unions, 
the Laborers Training Center and more. 

MONITOR INITIATIVES PERTAINING TO UNION CONSTRUCTION
• Monitor and participate as necessary with LIUNA Minnesota & North Dakota leadership & 
political team at local and state government agencies or groups relating to issues that work 
to maintain, protect or advance the Union construction model, including attacks or changes 
to Minnesota Prevailing Wage laws, attacks or changes to Project Labor Agreements (PLA’s), 
promoting the passage of capital investment bonding bills, investments in infrastructure, 
transportation, adopting local prevailing wage ordinances and more.
• Track issues relating to fair contracting (primarily through the Minnesota Fair Contracting 
Foundation) and ability for Union contractors to compete fairly in the marketplace against 
contractors who do not offer equivalent pay/benefit standards as compared to Union 
construction or the Union construction industry. 

FINANCIAL, BUDGET & LECET FUND ADMINSTRATION
• Work closely with the Fund Administrator to properly manage all financial transactions, 
activities and budgetary items, including approval of invoices and basic accounting principles 
and budget planning. 

THE IDEAL CANDIDATE
Driven Leader. LECET’s next Director is a visionary, proven leader who can work in a cooperative
relationship with a wide range of industry leaders, who are experts in their respected organizations in 
the construction industry. The Director must be an astute learner and a team player with great integrity 
who can build relationships across the industry through a positive attitude and approach while working 
in a small office setting.
Excellent Communicator. LECET has thrived in part due to a culture of clear, honest communication and 
its next Director will bring the same approach. The Director should feel comfortable speaking in a 
Boardroom as they are in a workshop presentation or with members on a construction site. A strong 
public presence and enthusiasm for making the case for LECET are required skills. 
Stakeholder-Focused. The next Director will bring a passionate spirit of delivering customer service and 
building client relations using a stakeholder-first mentality. 
Leadership Without Authority. The next Director must be self-motivated with an internal drive and 
passion to complete tasks as needed to ensure effective results. 
Hands-On. LECET is, by choice, a lean organization. As a result, the ideal candidate must be a truly 
hands-on leader. Success in this role will require preserving those cultural qualities from which the 
organization has derived its success, including some logistics, lifting, and operation and use of an 
enclosed trailer and physical set up work for events and conferences. 
Candidate Attributes: 
• An infectious, positive enthusiasm that brings others along to achieve success,
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills,
• Excellent organizational skills to meet timelines and deadlines including follow up actions,
• Self-motivated person with great integrity,

Requirements:
A Business Management, Marketing, Communications or Construction Management related 2-year 
(Associates), or 4-year (Bachelor of Science or Arts) degree is preferred, but not required. In lieu of 
higher education, proven success in a marketing, communications, business management or 
construction related services or construction related industry career experience is beneficial. Knowledge 
of the construction industry in general, union construction industry and the construction trades is 
beneficial to the Director position, thereby helpful in reducing the learning curve of the trades and the 
industry.

COMPENSATION AND BENEFIT PACKAGE
The Executive Director will earn a competitive salary commensurate with experience. In addition, the 
Director position includes exceptional comprehensive health and welfare, vacation, and pension 
benefits. The Director will be provided an appropriate company vehicle.

HOW TO APPLY
LECET has retained Orion Search Group to help conduct the search for its next Executive Director. For 
more information about the opportunity, please contact Joel Bergstrom with Orion Search Group at 
(952) 345-1006 or joelb@orionsearchgroup.com. Minnesota LECET is an equal opportunity employer.