Description
Position Title: Senior Community Organizer - Advocacy
Reports to: Manager of Grassroots Strategy
Location: Boston, MA preferred, remote possible (5% domestic travel)
Employment Type: Full-time
Position Overview:
The primary vehicle for Partners In Health (PIHโs) movement-building work is PIH Engage, a network of volunteer community organizers across the United States (U.S.), Mexico, and Peru. The Senior Community Organizer - Advocacy Lead will join a small national staff team committed to building a movement for the right to health through PIH Engageโs advocacy, fundraising, and community-building campaigns in the U.S. They will be primarily responsible for overseeing the implementation of PIH Engageโs advocacy campaign through designing strategy materials, training grassroots organizers in effective advocacy tactics, facilitating the growth of new advocacy leaders in Engage, and communicating campaign-specific information to the volunteer network and broader supporter network.
Responsibilities:
Community Organizing (50%)
- Co-lead the PIH Engage network leadership team of volunteers and develop network leadership skills, including through the organization and facilitation of trainings and meetings.
- Lead the strategy and identification of high-priority areas for network expansion and retention, and actively recruit new PIH Engage teams.
- Coach volunteer leaders of PIH Engage teams across the U.S.
Advocacy (50%)
- Lead group trainings and provide personalized support to PIH Engage teams and leaders regarding advocacy goals and civic engagement education and training.
- Work closely with the PIH Advocacy Team, the PIH Engage Network Leadership Team, and external partners to lead PIHโs grassroots advocacy strategy and advance PIHโs overall global advocacy strategy.
- Manage relationships with select congressional staffers and facilitate bidirectional information flows between grassroots constituents and PIH policy and advocacy leaders.
- Develop and maintain PIHโs digital grassroots advocacy strategy to increase grassroots pressure on elected officials and recruit PIH supporters up a ladder of engagement to get involved with PIH Engage.
- Coordinate planning and logistics of the PIH Engage Training Institute, including summer constituent congressional meetings, and management of interns.
Qualifications:
- 5+ years of experience leading community organizing or grassroots advocacy campaigns.
- Experience delivering training or coaching to varying group sizes (one-on-one, small groups, 100+ people).
- Knowledge of health policy, particularly at the federal level with the U.S. Congress.
- Ability to effectively lead others toward shared purpose in a complex, fast-paced environment.
- Exemplary interpersonal skills; ability to collaborate effectively with culturally diverse staff across departments and countries.
- Passion for the movement for health as a human right and interest in social justice strongly desirable.
- Excellent written and verbal communication, especially via phone, email, and video conferencing.
- Strong computer skills, including fluency and willingness and ability to quickly learn online communication tools (e.g., mass email software and digital advocacy tools).
Organizational Profile
Partners In Health (PIH) is a non-profit, global health organization that fights social injustice by bringing the benefits of modern medical science first and foremost to the most vulnerable communities around the world. PIH focuses on those who would not otherwise have access to quality health care. PIH partners with the worldโs leading academic institutions to create rigorous evidence that shapes more sound and all-inclusive global health policies. PIH also supports local governmentsโ efforts to build capacity and strengthen national health systems.
As of today, PIH runs programs in 11 countries (Haiti, Kazakhstan, Lesotho, Liberia, Malawi, Mexico, Navajo Nation, Peru, Rwanda, Sierra Leone, United States), where it provides direct care to millions of patients, through public facilities and community engagement.
Partners In Health (PIH) is committed to the fundamental principle of equal opportunity and equal treatment for every prospective and current employee. It is the policy of PIH not to discriminate on the basis of race, color, national or ethnic origin, ancestry, age, religion, creed, disability, sex and gender, sexual orientation, gender identity and/or expression, military or veteran status, or any other characteristic protected under applicable federal, state or local law. PIH works in and with a number of governments in and outside the U.S., and to the extent applicable, this statement is intended to incorporate the prohibition of any unlawful discrimination covered by applicable laws in such countries, states and municipalities.
Partners In Health participates in E-Verify and will provide the federal government with your Form I-9 information to confirm that you are authorized to work in the U.S. If E-Verify cannot confirm that you are authorized to work, this employer is required to give you written instructions and an opportunity to contact Department of Homeland Security (DHS) or Social Security Administration (SSA) so you can begin to resolve the issue before the employer can take any action against you, including terminating your employment. Employers can only use E-Verify once you have accepted a job offer and completed the Form I-9.
Pay and Benefits
The pay range for this position at commencement of employment is expected to be between $60,000.00 and $75,000.00/year. The starting salary offered may vary depending on multiple individualized factors, including market for the position, job-related knowledge, skills and experience.
Subject to the terms and conditions of the applicable plans then in effect, eligible employees may enroll in a 401(k) plan with employer match, as well as participate in organization-sponsored medical, dental, vision, short-term and long-term disability insurance, and basic life insurance plans for the employee and the employeeโs eligible dependents. Full time employees will receive 15 days of vacation, 12 sick days, 3 personal days, and 3 volunteer days in addition to paid time off during the week between Christmas and New Yearโs Day, the week of July 4th, and 11 additional holidays annually.