Outreach Manager

Job Description:

Outreach Manager

Salary: $70-75,000, commensurate with experience

Job Type: Full time, regular staff member

Reports to:

Executive Director

Location:

Portland, OR

Work Type:
Hybrid position with weekly meetings at Depave’s N River St office (off Interstate, near Fremont Bridge), some schedule flexibility, and regular evening and weekend work events at locations around Portland.

Benefits:
Depave offers full health insurance, 11 paid holidays, three weeks paid vacation and four weeks after the first year, 3% employer-funded SIMPLE retirement match, $150/month technology stipend, flex hours for evening and weekend work, and a 36 hr work week.

About Depave:

Depave’s mission is to empower disenfranchised communities to overcome social and environmental injustices and adapt to climate change through urban re‑greening. Our organization is at the heart of a national and international movement to remove pavement and re‑green landscapes for climate resilience, stormwater infiltration, environmental justice, and access to nature. Our projects and events build community, decrease social isolation, and empower people to change the world, effectively turning parking lots into paradise.

Depave has grown since our founding in 2008 to actively manage full landscape transformations at schoolyards, right of ways, churches, and community hubs including design, contracting, and permitting. We have a small staff of 4+ people, an active and supportive board of directors, and a beautiful network of passionate supporters, volunteers, funders, partners, and collaborators.

About the position:

Depave’s Outreach Manager brings people together to celebrate the idea that pavement isn’t permanent, and together we have the power to re‑green and transform our own neighborhoods.

The Outreach Manager is a storyteller, movement builder, and community ambassador who implements the communications and engagement aspects of Depave’s mission, vision, and strategic plan. They team up with Depave staff, board, partners, and volunteers to organize events across Portland communities impacted by urban heating and environmental injustice; tell inspiring, multimedia stories that share our projects; and empower the public with resources to grow the depave movement.

The Outreach Manager plays a pivotal role engaging and facilitating volunteers in Depave’s work so that our relatively small organization continues to have an outsized impact.

We are looking for a highly organized team player and excellent communicator who enjoys crafting inspiring stories, is comfortable working outdoors, and who genuinely loves meeting and connecting with the public. Depave is excited to be undergoing a 6 month pro bono marketing update in 2026, which will give the Outreach Manager the opportunity to help shape the assets and narratives they use.

Depave offers reasonable flexibility with hours and work from home, with the expectation of weekly in‑office meeting times. Depave is a place‑based organization and this position is rooted in the neighborhoods of Portland, Oregon.

We strongly encourage applications from people of color, people from working‑class backgrounds, women, LGBTQIA+ people, and members of other marginalized communities. If you feel you have the skills and lived experience to thrive in this position—even if you do not meet all qualifications listed—we encourage you to apply.

• Plan and host safe, organized, and inclusive “depave” and planting events that transform landscapes, decrease social isolation, and create joy
• Center and empower volunteers in Depave’s work with clear roles and responsibilities
• Support, organize, and develop our Crew Leader, Outreach, and emerging volunteer teams including annual trainings, recruitment, and appreciation activities
• Manage volunteer data for grant reporting and impact reports in Neon One database
• Manage Depave’s calendar of outreach and tabling events
• Cultivate and nurture strong relationships with a broad spectrum of community volunteer groups and partners with an emphasis on BIPOC, vulnerable, or disadvantaged communities
• Assist with events and outreach for Depave’s future green…