Organizing Manager - Operations

Applications will be accepted until the position is filled.

A cover letter is required for consideration.

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

Job Homebase:                  7900 NE 33rd Drive, Portland, OR  97211
Site requirement:              Hybrid 

Reports To:                         Associate Director of Advocacy, Volunteers and Organizing

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 the Operations Organizing Manager, you will contribute to the organization’s success by leading the operations and logistics for the Advocacy and Organizing 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 Associate Director and 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.  

 

Primary Responsibilities (Essential Functions):

• Collaborate with Associate Director and Director in departmental systems and culture design and management.  

• Lead in the development and/or operationalization of core departmental systems that are essential to an effective field organizing program.  Including, but not limited to:  

  • Budget tracking

  • Barrier mitigation (for community leaders)

  • Event planning

  • Data Entry

  • Field materials and equipment 

  • Onboarding and training for trainers programs.  

• Revise and/or formulate standard operating procedures and promote their implementation

• 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 assessme