Planned Parenthood Action Oregon: Regional Field Organizer

Regional Field Organizer

Planned Parenthood Action Oregon (PPAO) is recruiting for a Regional Field Organizer to join our advocacy team!

Planned Parenthood Action Oregon is a nonprofit, non-partisan membership organization tax exempt under section 501(c)(4). PPAO engages in educational, advocacy, and limited electoral activity, including grassroots organizing, legislative advocacy, and voter education. Backed by millions of activists, donors, and other supporters, the Action Fund is working to promote, protect, expand, and restore access to sexual health care and defend reproductive rights.

About the Role: Regional Field Organizers (RFO) empower and mobilize supporters to act in support of Planned Parenthood's mission and build power for sexual and reproductive health and rights.

This position is responsible for the implementation of a strategic field program including grassroots organizing through voter identification, voter engagement, and community mobilization programs. The RFO directs community outreach, fieldwork, advocate cultivation and volunteer training and is responsible for recruiting and supporting advocates in targeted geographic areas. The RFO works closely with the Political & Organizing Director and the Planned Parenthood Action Oregon (PPAO) team to grow the advocate and supporter base and plan strategic field programs.

Schedule Expectations: This is a full-time position (40 hours/week). Monday Friday 9:30am - 6:00pm, other days or hours (including weekends) as needed to support the mission. Schedule flexibility will be discussed in the recruitment process.

Qualifications: At PPAO, we are committed to finding the best candidate for the job and that candidate may come from a variety of backgrounds. We value your lived experience as well as your work experience and encourage you to apply even if you do not meet every qualification. We encourage you to think creatively about your transferable skills, qualities, and experiences and how they could connect to the role you are applying to. Additionally, we encourage applications from Black, Indigenous and People of Color, people with disabilities, members of the 2SLGBTQIA+ community, women and others who have been historically marginalized.

Required Qualifications:

• At least 1 years' experience in organizing/advocacy work or related volunteer experience.
• Understanding of local, state, and federal legislative and political systems.
• Volunteer engagement experience, including comfort with "cold calling" for volunteer recruitment, voter education and supporter mobilization.
• Demonstrated capacity for strategic thinking and planning.

Preferred Qualifications:

• Knowledge of grassroots organizing strategies, tactics, methodologies, and tools.
• Familiarity or proficiency with Voter Activation Network (VAN), EveryAction, Hustle and others digital tools.
• A BA/BS in related field or comparable professional experience.
• Bi/multilingual

The full wage range for this position is $52,000 to $75,473 annually. At PPAO we're proud to calculate a wage offer based on candidate experience, rather than negotiate an offer which leads to pay inequity. New hire wage placement typically does not exceed the midpoint of the wage range. You'll receive a comprehensive benefits package, including competitive salaries, health insurance, retirement plans, and more. Our benefits include:

• Up to 4 weeks of annual paid time off (increases with tenure)
• 9 paid holidays
• Paid medical, dental, and vision insurance for full-time employees.
• 403b retirement account and 6% employer match
• Employee assistance program (confidential counseling and resources)
• Public Service Loan Forgiveness (eligible sites and positions)
• Ongoing professional development
• Employee referral bonuses

Physical Requirements:

• Frequent travel within region (50%), occasional travel with Oregon (10%), and infrequent (<5%) national travel.
• Must be able to work flexible hours, including evenings and weekends, and in a combination of in-person and remote settings.
• Ability to drive multiple hours a day (as needed) and comfortably manage the physical demands of in-person program facilitation, crowd canvassing, tabling, door-to-door canvassing, phone banking, and events.
• Must have reliable transportation, a valid driver's license, and active insurance.

Location: This regional position is based out of the Portland Metro area. The position is hybrid/telework, requiring in-office work at PPAO offices in Northeast Portland, OR Tuesdays and Wednesdays. Other workdays (Monday, Thursday, Friday) employees may work remotely if desired. All PPAO employees must reside in Oregon or Washington.

Essential Functions:

• Identify, train and lead volunteers and build grassroots partnerships to effectively advance local, state and federal policy initiatives.
• Implement tactical steps to achieve the organization's legislative and local priorities through effective mobilization of informed volunteers.
• In alignment with our national Patient Advocacy Program, mobilize Planned Parenthood supporters to engage in Oregon's legislative process through personal story collection and training.
• Drive organizational efforts to grow PPAO's supporter base, including through our Patient Advocacy Programs and constituency organizing programs.
• Lead regional recruitment and oversight of volunteer leaders participating in constituency programs like storytelling, health center advocacy, and college campus organizing.
• Develop, grow and maintain influential relationships with supporters and volunteers, the public, voters, and PPAO staff.
• Create feedback loops and opportunities for volunteer leaders to inform the work and strategic planning
• Serve as a credible source of local political and public policy knowledge and information.
• Plan, manage and perform voter engagement and grassroots mobilization tactics, including but not limited to, phone banking, canvassing, visibility efforts, grassroots lobbying, rallies, media events, and tabling.
• Using these above tactics, implement a coordinated field strategy for PP PAC's endorsed candidate and ballot measure campaigns
• Implement long-term movement building and rapid-response coordination work alongside coalition partners in support of sexual and reproductive health care and education, and cross-movement work.
• Represent PPAO with local partners and develop relationships with other organizations in health care and progressive coalition
• Maintain accurate data sets and lists. Track, analyze, and report on field organizing efforts and ensure budget and program alignment.
• Effectively track and analyze results of field efforts to achieve high-impact community organizing and voter outreach campaigns.
• Follow all affiliate, PPAO, and National Office policies, procedures, and guidelines related to work.

Skills & Competencies:

• Able to effectively inspire and mobilize people who are committed to reproductive health and rights, defending and increasing access to family planning services and sexuality education, and ensuring that the right to abortion remains secure.
• Experience achieving robust field recruitment goals to create and grow an active supporter and volunteer base through organizing, outreach and special event efforts.
• Possesses personal initiative, is self-motivated, and is able to successfully manage multiple tasks, work under pressure, and produce quality work within tight time constraints.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills. Must be able to communicate a public affairs agenda to the voting public as well as the general public.
• Experience and understanding of racial equity; understanding privilege and experience working alongside communities of color and/or immigrant communities.
• Willingness to learn more about and train on topics that may include, but are not limited to, health equity, racial justice, reproductive justice, cultural humility, and trauma-informed care.
• Willingness to contribute to an inclusive work environment by using trauma-informed principles in interactions with coworkers, patients, donors, volunteers, and community partners.
• Commitment to ensuring that PPAO's volunteer programs are a place where BIPOC, LGBTQ+ and other historically marginalized and underrepresented communities can lead, participate, and thrive.

Your application, resume, and cover letter should demonstrate your work experience/skills and how they are related to those shown in the overview and qualifications sections of the job announcement. Please be thorough, as these materials may determine your eligibility for an interview.