Organizing Manager - Operations

Oregon Food Bank Inc•Portland, OR

1d•$82,590 - $93,208•Hybrid

About The Position

As the Operations Organizing Manager, you will contribute to the organization’s success by leading the operations and logistics for the Organizing and Advocacy Department for both internal and external facing bodies of work in this fast-growing statewide organizing program building power for systems change. Working collaboratively with the Director, the Operations Manager will lead internal systems creation and manage key functions such as budget tracking, barrier mitigation process, transcreation processes, and event planning. This position will oversee two Project Coordinators and will also be responsible for some direct implementation of administrative and logistics tasks.

Requirements

Deep passion for eliminating hunger and its root causes.
Proven skill in building team culture, implementing feedback loops, and working across personality and style.
3+ years’ experience in race and gender justice social change strategies - including grassroots organizing and legislative campaign strategies.
3+ years’ experience in non-profit operations and systems.
2 + years experience supervising staff, building teams, and developing staff leadership.
Knowledge of and ability to interpret and apply 501c3 and lobbying compliance laws.
Ability to enter, retrieve, interpret, analyze, and report data utilizing computerized systems and tools accurately. Protects confidentiality of data and systems to department and organizational standards. Familiarity with budget management software and Excel.
Excellent organizational and leadership abilities.
Demonstrated excellence in conceptualizing project work plans and project managing from conception to evaluation.
Excellent written and verbal communication skills in English.
Personal lived-experience of systemic hunger and/or its root causes (racism, sexism, heterosexism, cis-sexism, ableism, ageism, size-ism, ethnocentrism, and classism)
Organizational level skills and experience required for exempt employees include: Disposition and willingness to maximize multiple perspectives to innovate, problem solve and seek creative solutions.
Experience in modeling intercultural competence and demonstrated commitment to equity and social justice.
Demonstrated ability to think strategically, collaborate, take initiative, and to maintain confidentiality.
Project coordination and organization skills; ability to manage multiple projects with attention to detail; ability to handle interruptions, and produce timely, accurate work.
Ability to both work independently and as part of a team; comfortable working in an office environment and offsite.
Ability to thrive in a diverse, creative, responsive, mission-driven, and fast-paced work culture.
Experience of successful multicultural immersion working and/or living within OFB's Equity Constituencies: BIPoC, Immigrants & Refugees, Single Mothers, Trans and Gender-Non-Conforming folx.

Nice To Haves

Multilingual skills at a minimum professional level of proficiency or greater in English and any additional language/s, defined as being able to speak the languages with sufficient structural accuracy and vocabulary to participate effectively in most formal and informal conversations on practical and professional topics.
Multicultural skills of adaptation and integration are strongly preferred.
Commitment to continued professional development to strengthen capacity to work through an equity lens for equity and racial justice.
Strong capacity to consider multiple perspectives, to pivot to respond to emerging needs and lead through organizational changes.
Years of successful multicultural immersion either working with and/or living within one or more of OFB’s Equity Constituencies at the time of hire. An additional step for at least 10 years above minimum required of successful multicultural immersion working with and/or living within one or more of OFB’s Equity Constituencies at the time of hire.

Responsibilities

Collaborate with the Director in departmental systems design and management.
Lead the development and/or operationalization of core departmental systems that are essential to an effective field organizing program. Including, but not limited to: Budget modeling and tracking, Barrier mitigation (for community leaders), Project Management and event planning, Data Entry, Field materials and equipment, Onboarding and skills training for team members.
Revise and/or formulate standard operating procedures and promote their implementation.
Project manage logistics for multiple statewide organizing events annually.
Collaborate with the Associate Director and Director to ensure we are effectively leveraging our financial resources for maximum impact by ensuring effective and accurate budget management in compliance with policies and procedures established by the Fiscal department.
Oversee relationships/agreements with external partners/vendors and coordinate internal OFB review process with risk assessment team.
Provide oversight and guidance around 501 (c)(3) compliance and reporting including – training team members across organizational departments on the reporting elements of grassroots and direct lobbying and working with the Fiscal Department for reporting purposes.
Supervise two project coordinators as the primary implementers of administrative, project coordination, and logistics functions of the department. Responsible for providing ongoing feedback and coaching, performance management processes, and development of staff.
Implement administrative and logistics functions as needed.
Participate fully in OFB’s Manager’s team, leaning into collective responsibility for developing manager skills and a strong equity-centered organizational culture.
Serve as OAT department representative on cross-functional teams related to organizational wide fiscal, compliance or technology systems and infrastructure.
Organizational level responsibilities of exempt employees include: To be an ambassador and a leader for OFB’s vision and mission, a cross-departmental collaborator, and an active contributor to building a movement to end hunger for good by addressing the root causes of hunger: systemic oppressions such as racism, xenophobia, sexism, and cisexism.
In consultation and coordination with the supervisor, actively contribute to: cross-departmental efforts, work culture activities and programming, advisory and consultative groups such as the compensation committee, affinity groups, Equity Ambassadors, Equity Think Tank meetings, among others, plan and engage in professional development activities that strengthen your capacity for your specific role as well as your capacity to contribute and advance organizational goals, OFB’s vision and mission.
Identify, share, engage in, and collaboratively adjust and make necessary changes to this description of duties according to the inevitable evolution of the role over time.
Other related duties as assigned, consistent with the scope and level of this role