Regional Field Organizer - Southern

Overview

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.

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), Every Action, 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

• Frequent travel within region (50%), occasional travel with Oregon (10%), and infrequent (
• 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.

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

• Identify, train and lead volunteers and build grassroots partnerships to effectively advance local, state and federal policy initiatives.
• Implement tactical steps to achieve…