National Director, Organizing

Planned Parenthood is the nation’s leading provider and advocate of high-quality, affordable sexual and reproductive health care for all people, as well as the nation’s largest provider of sex education. Planned Parenthood organizations serve all people with care and compassion, with respect, and without judgment, striving to create equitable access to health care. Through health centers, programs in schools and communities, and online resources, Planned Parenthood is a trusted source of reliable education and information that allows people to make informed health decisions. We do all this because we care passionately about helping people lead healthier lives.

Planned Parenthood Federation of America (PPFA) is a 501(c)(3) charitable organization that supports the independently incorporated Planned Parenthood affiliates, which operate non-profit health centers across the U.S. PPFA also works to educate the public on and advocate for issues of sexual and reproductive health. Formed as the advocacy arm of Planned Parenthood Federation of America, Planned Parenthood Action Fund is a separate non-profit membership organization tax-exempt under section 501(c)(4). The Action Fund engages in educational, advocacy, and limited electoral activity, including grassroots organizing, legislative advocacy, and voter education in furtherance of the Planned Parenthood mission.

Planned Parenthood Federation of America (PPFA) and Planned Parenthood Action Fund (Action Fund) seeks a strategic, innovative, and experienced National Organizing Director to build and develop the long term power-building infrastructure across the Federation that enables the organization to play a movement leading role in the effort to defend, protect and expand abortion access and access to sexual and reproductive healthcare at all levels of government. Planned Parenthood seeks to integrate era appropriate and creative deep and scalable organizing practices across the country in order to implement campaigns in the reproductive health arena and other progressive issues affecting its patients and supporters. The National Director will supervise the 50-state organizing work, including national organizing efforts led by Digital Organizing and in-state organizing programs like the Patient Advocacy Program, Youth Organizing and Constituencies Organizing Programs, and work hand-in-hand with all 53 local advocacy organizations to drive volunteer recruitment, public affairs, and mobilization efforts across the country that ladder into the broader strategic goals of protecting access to care and building political power. To support critical organizing and advocacy campaigns, this role manages the formation of national coalitions as needed to drive key organizing goals and peaks. This is a senior leadership role within the Organizing, Engagement and Campaigns (OEC) department and External Affairs Division, with responsibility for managing a diverse staff as well as driving engagements through the Action Fund. The National Director will also be a valuable thought-partner and influencer within the larger division to help shape the growth and direction for advocacy across the Federation. This position also drives alignment across the national office and Federation to key organizing strategy and peaks, including communication with the Executive Leadership Team, affiliate CEOs and PPFA and PPAF boards as needed. This position reports to the Vice-President of Organizing, Elections and Campaigns.