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Community Organizer develops and coordinates social service programs to communicate and raise awareness of services and resources available to the community. Networks with community leaders and officials to raise awareness of specific social or environmental issues. Being a Community Organizer plans and devises action plans to access resources. Organizes community members to work toward a common goal supported by staff and volunteer workers. Additionally, Community Organizer may require a bachelor's degree. Typically reports to a supervisor or manager. The Community Organizer work is closely managed. Works on projects/matters of limited complexity in a support role. To be a Community Organizer typically requires 0-2 years of related experience. (Copyright 2024 Salary.com)

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Community Organizer - Portland Metro
  • Oregon Food Bank
  • Portland, OR FULL_TIME
  • Application Guidelines

    Applications will be accepted until the position is filled.

    A cover letter is recommended for consideration.

    This position is currently hybrid.

    This is a limited duration (2 years) position.

    Out-of-state selected candidates will be required to relocate to the Oregon/SW Washington area within 60 days of their start date.

    Who We Are

    Oregon Food Bank (OFB) believes that no one should be hungry. Our mission is to eliminate hunger and its root causes. We believe that food and health are basic human rights for all. We know that hunger is not just an individual experience; it is also a community-wide symptom of systemic barriers to employment, education, housing and health care such as systemic racism, sexism, and cissexism. That’s why we work systemically to achieve our mission to end hunger: we foster community connections to help people access nutritious food, and we build community power and strengthen networks of support and the safety net to eliminate the root causes of hunger for good.

    We build community power to dismantle systems and policies that drive hunger and poverty.

    Oregon Food Bank is an Equal Opportunity Employer, and we strongly encourage applications from candidates who can increase the diversity of our organization and strengthen our capacity to eliminate hunger. We believe strongly in the power of lived experience — and we actively seek individuals who have experienced hunger and its root causes to join our team. Our organization is stronger because of the leadership of people who have faced food insecurity in their own lives and/or hail from historically under-represented communities. Learn more about our commitment at oregonfoodbank.org/equity.

    Who You Are

    You care deeply about community, about people experiencing hunger and hold them in the center of all that you do. You are committed to apply equity as a process and an outcome of your work to disrupt systemic social patterns that promote hunger such as racism, sexism, and cissexism. You have a strong affinity with OFB’s 10 Year Vision and are profoundly excited to achieve this vision for and with our community.

    Position Summary

    As a Community Organizer, you will contribute to the organization’s success through building an ever growing base of community leaders and moving these leaders through increasing levels of commitment. From recruitment, to political education, non-partisan electoral organizing to leadership development - the Community Organizer ensures that we are building political power to advance systems and policy change to end hunger and its root causes.

    Primary Responsibilities (Essential Functions)

    • Build and support a community leadership team that co-creates and implements grassroots organizing strategies & tactics in support of our priority policy change campaigns.
    • Engage community members in all aspects of our statewide field organizing program, including Ending Hunger Power Nights, 1 on 1s, Leader Camps, phone banks, relational organizing and other analysis, skills building and action tactics that increase levels of commitment and leadership.
    • Lead and/or participate in programmatic elements of statewide field organizing program such as Ending Hunger Power Nights, community forums, and educational workshops and other community-building events & activities with a focus on building political power.
    • Mobilize people to actions and events through phone banking, texting, canvassing (door-to-door), & digital organizing, etc.
    • Participate in co-leading organizing trainings within OFB, with our organizational partners or with community members.
    • Identify leaders who want to participate in sharing their stories and expertise in media, legislative testimony or other communications and advocacy strategies.
    • Based on capacity and as assigned, provide on the ground support to local organizing campaigns & coalitions aligned with our priorities.
    • Participate fully in cross-department teams as assigned or as critical to position responsibilities.
    • Participate fully in OFB’s Advocacy, Volunteer and Organizing Team, share leadership across the team in peer to peer collaboration and team development.
    • Participate fully in OFB’s organizational planning processes, data and technology systems, lobbying and finance tracking processes and organizational equity journey.
    • 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.
    Skills And Experience Required

    • Deep passion for eliminating hunger and its root causes.
    • 2-3 years experience in community engagement.
    • Ability to learn and develop community organizing skills and to apply skills in a range of contexts.
    • Ability to learn and execute a range of technological tactics for organizing, including but not limited to phone banking, mass texting, social media, virtual community meetings, etc.
    • Ability to plan and track projects, and capable of adapting when plans need to change.
    • Ability to communicate effectively verbally and in writing with a range of audiences.
    • Outstanding relationship building skills. Ability to develop and maintain relationships in the context of building relationships for the organization and its mission.
    • Demonstrated ability to navigate conflict through effective leadership and problem-solving.
    • Demonstrated ability to handle sensitive information effectively and confidentially.
    • Ability to travel within Oregon for up to 4 days at a time up to 4 times per year.
    • Ability to drive/valid driver’s license.
    • 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.
        • Multicultural Immersion defined as: Actively integrated in one or more communities, interacting with individuals and groups, and seeking to understand the diversities within and between communities by being there and engaging in daily life activities.
    Preferred Qualifications

    • Organizational level preferred qualifications of exempt employees include:
      • 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.
        • Adaptation is defined as the capacity to communicate and interact with people of multiple cultures, backgrounds, and styles by incorporating and adapting to the world view and perspectives of others.
        • Integration is defined as being able to “code-switch” or move in and out of one's worldview and help others understand different cultures, backgrounds, and styles to promote diversity and inclusion.
      • 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.
        • Multicultural Immersion defined as: Actively integrated in one or more communities, interacting with individuals and groups, and seeking to understand the diversities within and between communities by being there and engaging in daily life activities.
    The Fine Print

    Work environment:

    Work is performed in an office environment while sitting in meetings or at a computer screen for extended periods inside and outside of Oregon Food Bank and will use computers and phones extensively.

    May work outside of general working hours of 8:00 – 5:00 p.m., such as evenings and weekends, and occasional travel out of town may occur.

    This role requires travel/personal vehicle use /work outside normal hours.

    Work may require to lift, move and carry objects from 20 to 40 pounds, such as boxes containing office and other supplies. Crouching, bending, kneeling and reaching when filing. Accommodations may be available upon request.

    Background Check

    This position doesn’t require a criminal background check.

    Inclement Weather, Service Disruptions And Disaster Response Expectations

    OFB is part of the regional disaster response network and, as part of our commitment to our community, we all are expected to report to work as soon as it’s safe to do so and to respond to the disaster, emergency, inclement weather or extended service disruption as needed and as possible. Work and paid designations are described in OFB’s Inclement Weather Guidelines. At all times staff is supported to prioritize their safety and those of their dependants, families and loved ones while in communication and coordination with supervisors.

    • Exempt classification refers to employees who earn a salary rather than an hourly rate for the work they do instead of the number of hours they take to complete the task. Exempt employees are not eligible for overtime pay or minimum wage. They; 1) Supervise two or more full-time employees or four part-time employees regularly; 2) Are responsible for managing at least part of a business; 3) Play an important role in the job status of other employees, including hiring and delegating tasks; or 1) Perform office or non-manual work directly related to the business operations or management of an organization and its customers; and 2) Exercise independent judgment and discretion over important business decisions.
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Organizer
  • Soft Landings, Solutions for Seniors LLC
  • Portland, OR PART_TIME
  • Work With Your Hands and Your Heart Founded in 2013, Soft Landings, Solutions for Seniors provides full-service professional move management services for older adults and their families. We are lookin...
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Intramural Volleyball League Organizer (Part Time, Temporary Hourly, Non-Benefited)
  • Central Oregon Community College
  • Bend, OR PART_TIME|TEMPORARY
  • Position Details Position Information Position Title Intramural Volleyball League Organizer (Part Time, Temporary Hourly, Non-Benefited) Classification Title Irregular Wage Hourly rate, Stipend, or Lo...
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Political Organizer
  • Our Oregon
  • Portland, OR FULL_TIME,TEMPORARY
  • About us Our Oregon is a small business in Portland, OR. We are professional, agile, professional and our goal is to About Our Oregon Our Oregon is a 501(c)(4) organization dedicated to advancing econ...
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Union Organizer, Public Sector
  • SEIU Local 503
  • Medford, OR FULL_TIME
  • The principal role of field organizers is to support and facilitate member leadership and action. Program responsibility for organizing, communications, contract administration, union administration, ...
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Union Organizer, External
  • SEIU Local 503
  • Portland, OR FULL_TIME
  • SEIU 503 is an organization of more than 72,000 Oregonians who, by joining together, are achieving what we cannot accomplish alone. By standing together, we have a voice in our contracts and our daily...
  • 2 Months Ago
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Community Organizer
  • SWORDS TO PLOWSHARES VETERANS RIGHTS ORGANIZATION
  • San Francisco, CA
  • Description About Swords to Plowshares Founded in 1974, Swords to Plowshares is a community-based not-for-profit organiz...
  • 6/10/2024 12:00:00 AM
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COMMUNITY ORGANIZER
  • Dolores Huerta Foundation
  • Bakersfield, CA
  • Job Description Job Description The Community Organizer is an important role in mobilizing communities and advocating fo...
  • 6/10/2024 12:00:00 AM
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COMMUNITY ORGANIZER
  • Dolores Huerta Foundation
  • Sanger, CA
  • Job Description Job Description The Community Organizer is an important role in mobilizing communities and advocating fo...
  • 6/10/2024 12:00:00 AM
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Community Organizing Manager
  • Asian Americans Advancing Justice | Chicago
  • Chicago, IL
  • BACKGROUND AND MISSION Asian Americans Advancing Justice | Chicago builds power through collective advocacy and organizi...
  • 6/10/2024 12:00:00 AM
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Community Organizer
  • The Black Institute Inc
  • New York, NY
  • Job Description Job Description Primary Responsibilities: • Run & manage campaigns. • Will work with Admin & Research to...
  • 6/9/2024 12:00:00 AM
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Community Organizer
  • LA Voice
  • Los Angeles, CA
  • Organization: LA Voice believes all people have power and a voice. Every day we amplify that power by uniting diverse fa...
  • 6/8/2024 12:00:00 AM
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Lead Community Organizer
  • The DART Center
  • Kansas City, KS
  • Are you angry about the injustices your community faces? Do you want to learn how to build the people power necessary to...
  • 6/8/2024 12:00:00 AM
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Community Organizer
  • CYPRESS HILLS LOCAL DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION INC
  • Brooklyn, NY
  • Job Details Level Experienced Job Location Community Development Community Organizing and Advocacy - Brooklyn, NY Positi...
  • 6/7/2024 12:00:00 AM
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About Oregon

Oregon (/ˈɒrɪɡən/ (listen) ORR-ih-gən) is a state in the Pacific Northwest region on the West Coast of the United States. The Columbia River delineates much of Oregon's northern boundary with Washington, while the Snake River delineates much of its eastern boundary with Idaho. The parallel 42° north delineates the southern boundary with California and Nevada. Oregon is one of only four states of the continental United States to have a coastline on the Pacific Ocean. Oregon was inhabited by many indigenous tribes before Western traders, explorers, and settlers arrived. An autonomous government ...
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Income Estimation for Community Organizer jobs
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What does a Community Organizer do?

Community Organizer in Baton Rouge, LA
In exchange for organizing a group of 5 – 9 members who receive weekly (or bi-weekly) vegetable Community Supported Agriculture (CSA) shares, COs will receive a discounted vegetable share membership of their own with a 50% discount.
January 21, 2020
Community Organizer in Seattle, WA
In this session, we will learn about how direct action organizing differs from other social change work, how to recruit new members through house meetings and personal visits, and how organizers use different tactics to win victories that change the balance of power.
February 04, 2020
Community Organizer in Temple, TX
Community organizers utilize social work skills at the community level to support communities in acting together to make the changes they want to see in their communities.
February 24, 2020
While most are familiar with the fact that medicine is dedicated to restoring health and law is concerned with a body of rules for conduct, unfortunately very few have a clear understanding on the world of community organizing.
December 14, 2019