Regional Field Organizer

Planned Parenthood Columbia Willamette•Portland, OR

4d•$52,000 - $75,473•Hybrid

About The Position

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.

Requirements

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.

Nice To Haves

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

Responsibilities

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.