Administrative Assistant

About the Praxis Project

The Praxis Project is a values-driven, national nonprofit organization that seeks to improve health justice through partnerships to build community power and increase authentic collaboration and engagement. Praxis believes strongly that organized communities are critical partners in the struggle to create healthy communities. Praxis works with over 200 diverse grassroots groups across the United States that influence local policy, mobilize communities, and strengthen programs and organizations to improve health, equity, and racial justice. Praxis works to enable local efforts to build community power through training, technical assistance, capacity-building, hosting spaces for building relationships and learning, as well as comprehensive fiscal sponsorship. Our capacity-building programming is focused on partnerships that actively advance Praxis' mission to build healthy communities by transforming the power relationships and structures that affect our lives. For more information, please visit www.thepraxisproject.org.

About the Oregon Health Equity Alliance (OHEA):

OHEA is one of nine Regional Health Equity Coalitions (RHECs) in the state of Oregon. OHEA staff members are staff of our fiscal sponsor, though our work is independent of the fiscal sponsor.

OHEA is a people of color-led collaborative, organized to center and uplift the wisdom of our communities of color through racial justice-informed health equity policies and practices, as part of the movement to dismantle white supremacy and shift the imbalance of power. OHEA is guided by four culturally specific organizations: the Native American Youth and Family Center, Future Generations Collaborative, Micronesian Islander Community Organization, and IRCO Africa House.

We focus our work in three areas, listed below:

Advocacy: We recognize that in order to achieve systems change, we must shift public policy. We do so in three ways: leg agendas, local policy, and support for a strong racial justice agenda.

Convener: We convene and build the capacity of anti-racist organizations towards a collective health equity vision. We believe community cohesiveness is key to fostering health and believe and acknowledge racism and colonialism as social determinants of health.

Knowledge Center: We recognize that in order to remove barriers to health equity and shift the balance of power to more directly lift up community voice, we must disrupt processes and systems that oppress our communities. We believe in developing a community expertise model (prioritize and organize those who face the greatest barriers)

Position Summary

The Administrative Assistant is responsible for supporting OHEA's work, assisting in general operations, programs, communications, outreach, and membership in support of OHEA's broader mission to advocate for racial justice-informed health equity policies and practices in Oregon. This position will work closely with staff, membership, and community partners. The ideal candidate is detail-oriented, comfortable and experienced with remote work, has strong written and interpersonal skills, and able to track multiple projects.

This is a part-time, non-exempt (30 hours per week), benefits-eligible position with a general work schedule of Monday through Friday, 9 am to 5 pm PST. The hourly range for this position is $31.41-$35.90 per hour. The final rate will be based on experience.

Duties and Responsibilities

• Provide administrative support to OHEA leadership and staff.
• Work collaboratively with staff to support programs, events, and projects.
• Maintain an organized filing system of documents.
• Coordinate event and meeting logistics.
• Maintain and update database and data collection.
• Support in purchasing and tracking budget spenddown.
• Coordinate and send out communications, manage general email, and website.
• Assist with scheduling meetings, note-taking, and follow-ups.
• Support grant monitoring and reporting requirements.
• Other duties as assigned.

Qualifications, Education, and Experience

• At least 3 year's experience in administrative, office support, or clerical roles.
• Strong proficiency with Google Workspace suites, Microsoft Office, Zoom, Canva.
• Familiarity with Mailchimp, Wix, Fast Democracy, and/or desire to learn.
• Experience with data entry and maintaining accurate records.
• Ability to work in a fast-paced environment

Required skills, knowledge, and abilities

• At least 1 year's experience in social, racial, gender justice, and/or health equity, and coalition building.
• At least 1 year's experience with state and county policy and advocacy work, such as community organizing, campaign management, lobbying, and/or political field work, and working with culturally specific community-based organizations, particularly in developing strategies and collective decision-making.
• Facilitation and convening experience and/or desire to learn and grow as a facilitator and convenor lead.
• Excellent organizational and record-keeping skills
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills
• Strong written and interpersonal communication skills
• Able to work independently and as a team, remotely.
• Lived experience and a deep understanding of health inequities, racial injustice and the impacts of the social determinants of health.
• Understanding of Oregon's current and historical political and policy-making landscape and process

Desired qualifications: Skills, Knowledge, and Abilities

• Fluent in Spanish, written and spoken
• Experience with anti-oppression and anti-racism work experience and/or training.
• Experience working on issues affecting communities most impacted by health inequities, including but not limited to Black, Indigenous, and people of color communities, LGBTQIA2+ communities, immigrant and refugee communities, individuals living in rural and frontier communities, and disabilities communities

Mental and physical demands

• Fast-paced work environment.
• High level of concentration and attention to detail required.
• Time speaking and listening ranges between 25-50%.
• Extended time sitting or standing while at a computer.
• Praxis currently works remotely both as an internal team and with our partners based across the United States. Leading and participating in remote video and telephone conferences is required.
• Multiple video conferences per day with camera settings and video camera on.
• Some exposure to hearing, seeing, or imagining traumatic events or social crises within the communities we serve.
• Extensive interaction and communication with colleagues and strangers, virtually.
• Valid driver's license, clean driving record, and insurance are required for employees driving on Praxis business; driving record checks may be required as well.

Equal Opportunity Employer

The Praxis Project is an Equal Opportunity Employer and does not discriminate on the basis of actual or perceived race, color, national origin, ancestry, sex, gender, gender identity, gender expression, religious creed, disability (mental and physical) including HIV, AIDS, and AIDS-related conditions, medical condition (including cancer and genetic characteristics), genetic information, age, marital status, sexual orientation, military and veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state or local law.

Praxis participates in I-9 & E-Verify. You must be able to prove you are legally authorized to work in the United States. This role may require a background check.

The Praxis Project will endeavor to make a reasonable accommodation to the known physical or mental limitations of qualified employees with disabilities unless the accommodation would impose an undue hardship on Praxis operations. Please submit reasonable accommodation requests to people@thepraxisproject.org.

Required Training

Praxis is committed to fostering a safe and welcoming work environment. All Praxis employees are required to complete annual training on preventing harassment and discrimination. Additionally, managers are required to complete training on managing bias and creating an inclusive workplace. Ongoing training may be assigned for professional development purposes.

Benefits

Praxis offers a very competitive full-time benefits package including employer-sponsored health, dental, and vision insurance, paid sick leave, paid vacation (15 days in year one of employment), 15+ paid holidays per year, flexible spending accounts, 401 (k) retirement plan with 6% employer match (immediately vested), reimbursement for cell phone and wireless internet usage, as well as wellness costs.

In addition, OHEA has two annual extended closures in July and December.

To Apply

Please submit your resume and a cover letter that includes how you see this work connected to community organizing and systems change to info@oregonhealthequity.org, with the subject line "OHEA Administrative Assistant." Applications will be reviewed on a rolling basis. This job posting will close EOD Wednesday, June 24th.