Outreach Director

Save Our Wild Salmon (SOS) is a nationwide coalition of conservation organizations, commercial and sport fishing associations, businesses, river groups and taxpayer advocates. Our current priority is an exciting national campaign to restore endangered salmon and steelhead by partially removing four dams on the Lower Snake River. The Coalition has offices in Seattle WA; Portland, OR; Boise, ID; Spokane, WA; and Washington, DC.

DEFINITION:

Full-time staff position responsible for all aspects of outreach to member organizations, allies, and the targeted public both in the Northwest and nationally. The Outreach Director designs and implements the campaign's outreach strategy; works with SOS staff and campaign partners to develop joint outreach workplans; manages the outreach budget; develops messages, materials and messengers for outreach; identifies and cultivates activists in targeted areas to meet campaign goals; coordinates outreach events, comment generation, and other showings of public support around the country; and has special responsibility for outreach in Oregon. The Outreach Director supervises and serves as team leader for SOS's outreach staff, and staffs the Campaign's Outreach Team. 

REQUIREMENTS: 

Bachelors or Masters degree in an appropriate discipline, minimum of five years experience in outreach or organizing for environmental, political, or other advocacy organization, and at least 2 years direct supervisory experience. Experience may substitute for education. Position requires excellent written and oral communication, public speaking, and attention to detail. Strong time management skills, strategic thinking, and the ability to juggle competing priorities are essential. Some evening and weekend work and frequent travel within the Northwest and to Western target states required. Must be able to provide own transportation to events in and around the Portland area. 

PRINCIPAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES: 

--Develop, implement and evaluate strategies to achieve the Coalition's outreach objectives, including crafting outreach workplans. Supervise SOS outreach staff, hire and supervise contract employees for outreach as needed, and manage outreach contracts with campaign partners. 

-- Assist the Associate Director with budget preparation, tracking and reporting and have lead responsibility for managing the outreach budget. 

-- Lead campaign outreach activities in the Northwest and nation, such as events; constituency outreach; and coordinating outreach activities with policy and communications staff and campaign teams, including targeting key states, districts and media markets for outreach. 

-- Assist Policy Director in identifying the campaign's geographic priorities, and identify and seize outreach opportunities that increase the visibility of campaign messages in targeted areas. 

-- Engage organizations, members and allies in the campaign and ensure effective access by the campaign to national and regional group memberships, activists, publications and websites. 

-- Coordinate outreach events, comment generation, and other showings of public support around the country, including legislative efforts in targeted states and Congressional districts. Educate decision makers where appropriate. 

-- Take lead responsibility for outreach in Oregon, including making presentations, tabling, phone banking and other organizing efforts, or recruiting volunteers for these activities. 

-- Work with program staff to identify, develop and train messengers for outreach, including recruiting local messengers for national editorial board visits, events, elected leader contact, and salmon shuttle trips to DC. Top priority will be business, economic, fishing and other non-traditional messengers. 

-- Produce outreach materials (written, visual, and electronic), such as slideshows, banners, stickers, mailers, action alerts, and relevant website content. Ensure effective distribution of campaign materials, including marketing the campaign website nationally as an active, effective tool for citizen involvement. 

-- Work with Communications Director and outreach staff to organize Letters to the Editor and Op-Eds when needed. 

--Work with other outreach staff to grow and maximize use of the database to advance campaign visibility and activism through email alerts, advocate newsletters, and other means. 

Salary is $40,000-$45,000 DOE. We offer full medical, dental and vision benefits and generous vacation leave. Save Our Wild Salmon is an equal opportunity employer.

Deadline: February 11, 2005. Please no calls or email resumes.

Send a resume and cover letter to:

LeeAnne Beres,
Associate Director,
Save Our Wild Salmon,
424 3rd Ave W #100,
Seattle, WA 98119