Oregon Healthcare Campaign Associate

U.S. PIRG; Portland (OR); On-site; USD 36,000 - 44,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health insurance

Dental & vision insurance

Commuter benefits

401(k) with match

Parental leave

Disability insurance

Training program

Advancement opportunities

Job summary

OSPIRG in Portland, OR seeks a Campaign Associate to support our efforts to lower health care costs in Oregon. You will educate the public, mobilize supporters, build coalitions, and help organize events and outreach.

The role involves researching issues, drafting reports and materials, coordinating volunteers and interns, and occasionally traveling to meet decision makers and communities across the state.

Qualifications

• Entry-level candidates welcome; training provided in advocacy and organizing skills.
• Ideal candidates have leadership, strong writing and public speaking abilities.
• Experience with organizing campus or community groups is valued.

Responsibilities

• Educate and mobilize the public on health care issues through outreach and engagement.
• Build coalitions across organizations and constituencies to support campaign goals.
• Earn traditional and social media attention; organize news conferences and opinion pieces.
• Organize webinars, community events and public meetings; recruit volunteers and affiliates.
• Lobby elected officials and staff to advocate for policy positions; meet with decision makers.

Skills

Leadership

Writing

Public speaking

Organizing

Travel willingness

Job description

OSPIRG High Value Health Care Campaign Associate

Portland, OR

OSPIRG seeks a Campaign Associate to support our campaigns to address the high cost of health care in Oregon. While the debate around health care usually focuses on improving access and affordability, the root problem is the underlying cost of care. We're working to lower out-of-control prescription drug costs, address runaway hospital prices, and stop unfair medical bills.

OSPIRG has a 50-year history of consumer advocacy in Oregon, advancing policy solutions to solve problems that affect our health, our safety and our well-being.

Key Responsibilities

As a Campaign Associate you will help us build support for health care reforms that bring down health care costs and improve the quality of patient care for Oregonians across the state. This position requires exercising discretion and independent judgment in making decisions in matters of significance. Responsibilities include but are not limited to:

• Educate and mobilize public support: Conduct online and in-person outreach to educate the public on our issues and ways to get involved.
• Build powerful coalitions: Reach out to a broad range of organizations and affected constituency groups across the political spectrum to demonstrate support for our campaign goals.
• Earn traditional media and social media attention: Organize news conferences and write opinion pieces. Build a following on social media for your campaign.
• Organize events and work with volunteers: Organize webinars, community events and public meetings. Recruit organizations and members of the public to attend and participate.
• Lobby elected officials: Meet with decision makers - from city council members to state legislators - to make the case for and demonstrate support for our goals.
• Research and write reports: Catalog and analyze data relevant to the issue and our policy proposals to help influence public debate and earn media attention for our cause.
• Recruit new people to your team: Help build your team by recruiting volunteers, interns and full-time staff.
• Run a grassroots campaign office each summer: Run a campaign office for the summer, knocking on doors to raise money to support our campaigns, build our organization and membership, and help build critical and timely grassroots support to win key campaigns. Your responsibilities will include meeting your own fundraising goals and managing a team of paid staff. You may be assigned to a different office location for the summer and should be flexible to move.
• Take part in organizational projects and trainings: Beyond your own campaign, you may be called on to help other teams on priority campaigns and tactics, ranging from clean energy to clean water to right to repair. You may travel and participate in regional and national trainings and other in-person or virtual projects as needed. This is not a standard 9-5 or clock in, clock out position.

Qualifications

Entry-level candidates are encouraged to apply. Though we expect you to take your campaign and run with it, we provide training on advocacy and organizing skills, as well as oversight by an experienced advocate. Ideal candidates will have leadership experience, top-notch writing and public speaking skills, an eagerness to learn, and be ready for a challenge. We value organizing experience, including building campus or community groups. Candidates must be able to travel regularly and be motivated to work when needed, which may sometimes be in the evenings and on weekends.

Compensation and Benefits

The target annual compensation for this position is $40,000 in the first year.

• medical, dental, and vision insurance for employees and dependents
• time off
• a commuter benefit program
• 401(k) plan with employer match
• parental leave
• long term disability insurance
• may include needs-based student loan assistance
• We also offer an excellent training program and opportunities for advancement.

Location

Portland, OR

Our Mission and Values

OSPIRG is part of The Public Interest Network, which operates and supports organizations committed to a shared vision of a new future and a strategic approach to change. Visit https://ospirg.org/core-values/ for things you should know about our network when you apply.

About OSPIRG

OSPIRG is an advocate for consumers, advancing solutions to problems that affect our health, our safety and our well-being.

Being a consumer advocate means being a champion for a marketplace that is not only honest and transparent, but also wastes less because it reduces, reuses and recycles more; prevents toxic threats to our health and safety; and considers the impact of new products and technologies on the next generation, not just the next quarterly earnings report.

The true North Star of a successful marketplace should not be the quantity of stuff we consume. It should be the quality of our lives.

Please do not use AI to help draft your cover letter or responses to our application questions. We want to know how you think and write.

OSPIRG is an equal opportunity employer.