Outreach Manager

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.


Detailed position description:

• Volunteer engagement & events (40%)
  • 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 plaza at SE 7th & Sandy
  • Keep an inventory and maintain our outreach and depaving tools & equipment
• Communications (40%)
  • Lead Depave’s multimedia storytelling with an emphasis on collaboration, cross pollination, and creativity
  • Manage and develop Depave’s digital and print outreach assets including e-news, website, social media, merchandise, presentations, annual reports, and promotional materials
  • Ensure Depave materials and volunteers communicate Depave’s strategic vision
  • Manage engagement and supporters in Neon One database
  • Assist with implementing strategic media relations goals
  • Assist with fundraising campaigns and events
• Organizing and education (20%)
  • Empower the global public and other community groups to depave through updating, organizing, and developing our curriculum and education materials including webinars, handbooks, and digital resources
  • Develop or coordinate periodic workshops, national Depave Network video calls or events, and Depave 101 webinars

Desired Qualifications:

• Demonstrated experience working successfully with a team to implement projects or programs
• Strong written and verbal communication skills, Spanish or other languages spoken locally a plus
• Experience organizing events
• Experience working within disadvantaged, vulnerable, and/or BIPOC communities
• Experience working outdoors or performing physical labor, ability to learn collaborative depaving
• Strong people skills and a genuine interest in building relationships and partnerships
• Strong track record of taking initiative, following through on tasks, and attention to detail
• Comfort with public speaking, ability to deliver impactful communications, experience in multimedia storytelling
• Experience or ability to learn organizing volunteers and supporters using a CRM database (we use Neon One)
• Familiarity or proficiency with software such as Google Workspace, Adobe Suite, Canva, Squarespace, Mailchimp, Hootsuite/social media management tools, GIS, etc
• Experience with or ability to learn practical diversity, equity, inclusion, and justice frameworks, and a commitment to producing accessible events and communications for people of all backgrounds and abilities
• Experience, strong interest, or education in at least a few of the following: urban planning and design, green or living infrastructure, tactical urbanism, environmental justice, climate resilience adaptation, gardening or landscaping, environmental sciences, integrating arts and performance in community organizing, multimedia storytelling

Physical requirements:

• Ability to perform physical labor and use landscaping tools and equipment at outdoor jobsites with varying terrain and in 3-season weather conditions
• Lifting up to 40 lbs
• Driver’s license and good driving record

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.

Strong written and verbal communication skills, Spanish or other languages spoken locally a plus