Role Description Planned Parenthood Federation of America (PPFA) and Planned Parenthood Action Fund (PPAF) seek a dynamic and passionate Associate Director of Strategic Communications. This position reports to the Director of Health and Affiliate Communications in the External Affairs division of PPFA. The Communications team provides strategic communications guidance, support, and tactics to PPFA, PPAF, and Planned Parenthood affiliates. Purpose: - Support the organization’s communications efforts in support of the ‘I’m For’ and ‘I Fight For’ campaigns. - Help design and drive strategy around communicating the story of legislative and legal attacks on Planned Parenthood health centers. - Devise and execute messaging and media strategies to elevate Planned Parenthood’s role as an essential health care provider. - Create and execute communications plans and provide strategic communications advice to affiliates and external partners. - Produce and review communications materials. - Build a proactive communications strategy for expanding media outreach. Engagement: - Work closely with multiple departments and teams, including organizing, campaigns, research and policy, care and access, digital strategy, content, culture, and events, strategic partnerships, and litigation and law. - Help create and deliver communications products to drive PP impact stories. - Identify and train spokespeople. - Ensure consistency of messaging across teams. - Serve as one of the organization’s lead points of contact for members of the media. Delivery: - Provide strategic communications guidance and resources to Planned Parenthood affiliates. - Proactively communicate on affiliates’ innovative strategies to provide care. - Devise communications strategies to fight back against legislative attacks. - Help develop and execute media campaigns to shape the media narrative. - Draft and review press releases, statements, advisories, op-ed pieces, talking points, briefing notes, message guidance, fact sheets, and other materials. - Proactively pitch media at the state and national levels. - Build and manage relationships with new media outlets. - Serve as a media relations point person, handling day-to-day media relations. - Provide affiliates with expert guidance on crisis communications plans and support rapid response to breaking news. - Conduct media and message trainings for affiliate spokespeople and other staff. - Help lead brainstorming sessions and identify opportunities to strengthen campaign communications work. - Perform other duties as assigned. Qualifications - Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities (KSAs): $100,000 - $105,000 a year. - Travel: 0-15% domestic. Benefits - The Planned Parenthood cultural ethos, "In This Together", reflects our commitment to building a workplace culture that fosters belonging. - Promotes learning throughout the employee lifecycle. - Recognizes individual contributions to our mission. Company Description 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. 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. 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.