Community Engagement Specialist

As a Community Engagement Specialist, you will save lives while you:

Develop and maintain relationships with AANHPI communities and AANHPI-serving organizations in the San Gabriel Valley and Northeast Los Angeles, including healthcare providers, faith communities, schools, small businesses, media, and community leaders to bridge relationship gaps between them and PPPSGV.
Plan and attend community events, fairs, and gatherings to share information about our services.
Deliver culturally and linguistically responsive workshops, presentations, and conversations on sexual and reproductive health, rights, and how to access care.
Aid in the creation of and communicate culturally responsive messaging particularly in non-English languages most spoken by the AAHNPHI community in PPPSGV’s service area: Mandarin, Cantonese, Vietnamese, Tagalog, and Korean, identifying gaps in how PPPSGV serves people with limited English proficiency and recommend fixes.
Gather community feedback and share insights that shape our programs, services, and advocacy.
Collaborate with partners to community needs and build powerful presence for PPPSGV.
Ensure PPPSGV’s advocacy programs, campaigns and services are culturally responsive, accessible and community-informed.
Work with clinical, communications, and policy teams to ensure that community needs are reflected across the organization.
Serve as a sexual and reproductive health care subject matter expert.
Track issues affecting the institutions and organizations in our service area and identify ways of supporting intersecting goals and initiatives.
 
Advocacy Engagement + Electoral Work:
Support grassroots activities and tactics for advocacy, priority legislation, and electoral work such as canvassing, text/phone banking, town halls, rallies, etc. 
Plan rapid response actions in coordination with Public Affairs team, Communications team and other Planned Parenthood affiliates.
Help plan and carry out advocacy and public education campaigns, bringing AANHPI community voices and priorities into the work.
Identify and make proposals for organization’s involvement in local cross movement advocacy or policy work in collaboration with community partners’ initiatives.
Support the coordination of all logistics for annual Capitol Day in Sacramento, including recruitment of attendees, logistics and lobby visit trainings.
Support get out the vote efforts for both the 501c3 and 501c4 organizations.
Perform all tasks necessary for overseeing and operating PPPSGV’s and PPAPSGV’s advocacy and campaign focused volunteer programs, in partnership with the Volunteer Manager: recruitment, training, communications, conducting volunteer orientation, performance management, appreciation/retention, and evaluation.
Help to create, maintain, and deepen relationships at local college campuses.
Engage in movement building for Planned Parenthood by supporting and connecting college-aged students to PPPSGV and reproductive justice values through advocacy workshops and trainings.
Administrative
Support tracking and reporting of grassroots efforts, supporter base engagement and growth, including maintenance of contacts within Salesforce
Support PPAPSGV & electoral campaign reporting requirements, PP Federation and state event reports, grants, campaigns and peaks.
Support Communications staff with emails and social media posts related to advocacy efforts.
Support Volunteer Manager with volunteer database maintenance.
Maintain communication with PP Federation of America campaigns, organizing and training staff, and with PP Affiliates of California field teams.
Maintain PPAPSGV’s social media presence through posts, stories and reels, as needed
Non-Essential Functions:
Other duties and responsibilities as assigned
Comply with PPPSGVs Code of Conduct and maintain the highest level of professional and ethical standards and act in compliance with both the letter and spirit of all applicable laws and regulations

We are looking for the following:

Education:
Bachelor’s Degree in related field and/or equivalent experience preferred.
High School level education and above are welcomed to apply.
Experience:
One or more years of experience building relationships with community members, organizations, or partners.
Knowledge of, and demonstrated connection to, AANHPI communities, including their diversity of cultures, languages, and needs.
Comfort presenting to groups and talking one-on-one about sensitive health topics with care and without judgment.
Conversational/intermediate language skills in: Cantonese, Mandarin, or Vietnamese (can carry a casual conversation and handle routine topics) is desired, with a strong preference for proficiency (can write emails, run meetings, and handle daily business tasks independently) and experience with interpretation, translation, or adapting materials for language access.
Applicants with skills in another Asian or Pacific Islander language are also encouraged to apply. Language skills will be assessed during the hiring process.
Demonstrated experience in working cooperatively and effectively with stakeholders, volunteers, and grassroots supporters to accomplish goals.
Excellent interpersonal and presentation skills; strong, effective oral and written communication skills.
Strong organizational skills, accuracy, and attention to detail with the ability to meet deadlines and work under pressure in a fast-paced environment.
Working knowledge of political campaigns and policymaking process at the local, state, and national level.
Solid understanding of reproductive and sexual health and justice issues
Excellent customer service skills and commitment to the highest level of customer satisfaction and integrity.
Advanced level computer skills including: MS office suite, interactive online messaging, database and relationship management (CRM) software, and applications used for text/phone banking.
Other:
Must possess a reliable automobile and valid driver's license (mileage/gas reimbursed).
Flexible work schedule, including some weekends and evenings required.
Good judgment with comfort making independent decisions
Community-oriented and collaborative person who is also capable of working independently and in teams.
Understand and comply with differences between 501(c)3 and 501(c)4 allowable activities and reporting requirements.
Commitment to and support for the mission and goals of Planned Parenthood, including but not limited to, increasing access to abortion and decreasing abortion stigma.
Commitment to quality healthcare.
Commitment to personal and/or organizational Diversity, Equity and Inclusion work, including the proficiency and/or strong willingness to use non-binary pronouns.