Date Posted:
May 27, 2026
Position Title:
Supervisor, Communications – Pilot Group Support
Office/Company:
Air Line Pilots Association, International (ALPA)
Party:
N/A
Office Code:
Job Number:
HC-07204
Reports To:
Location:
Tysons Corner, VA
Contact:
Salary:
$99,705.00 – $142,340.00
Primary Role
Secondary Role:
Job Type:
Full Time
Description:
Supervisor, Communications – Pilot Group SupportDirectly supervises a team of communications professionals who provide strategic counsel, planning, and execution support to multiple Master Executive Councils (MECs) and their elected leaders across the United States and Canada.Bachelor’s degree in a relevant area (Communications, English, Journalism, Marketing, Public Relations, or related field) from an accredited college or university is required.
Responsibilities:
• Set performance standards, develop staff capabilities, allocate resources across competing priorities, manage personnel matters in partnership with Human Resources, and collaborate with internal stakeholders to advance bargaining, member-engagement, and operational communications initiatives.
• Build and sustain trusted relationships with pilot group leadership at all levels; translate organizational priorities into clear, timely, and effective member communications; and ensure consistent, high-quality service delivery across a portfolio of assigned properties, including during surge, bargaining, and crisis situations.
Qualifications:
• Seven (7) years in a senior communications role at ALPA or in an equivalent advocacy and/or communications position elsewhere required; ten (10) or more strongly preferred.
• Union, advocacy, and organizing experience strongly preferred.
• Extensive knowledge of aviation issues and pilot sensitivities strongly preferred.
• Previous supervisory experience preferred.
• Excellent interpersonal and communication skills, oral and written, for effective interaction with internal staff, external contacts, and pilots.
Instructions:
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Other:
Equal opportunity employer. that is committed to diversity and inclusion in a safe workplace.
