Planned Parenthood Ottawa

We're hiring a Fundraising Coordinator! Deadline: January 5, 2025. As our Fundraising Coordinator, you’ll be at the heart of PPO’s mission, connecting our community’s generosity with the resources that fuel our work. We’re looking for someone passionate about reproductive justice and skilled in building genuine, lasting relationships with donors. This role will focus on donor acquisition and stewardship, writing grants, and expanding our network of foundation partners. Aligned with our new 2025-2029 strategic plan, your work will ensure that our programs continue to make a profound impact on the lives of those we serve. This is a unionized, full-time, permanent, hybrid position based in Ottawa. For more information, including key responsibilities, qualifications, compensation, and how to apply, visit https://lnkd.in/dg3cnDur We're looking forward to meeting you!

Looking for a volunteer leadership position? Our deadline for Board President is extended! 💫

Do you have strong experience in board governance or non-profit leadership? Do you have an enthusiasm for Planned Parenthood Ottawa's mission, vision, and community impact? We are looking for a Board President to support our leadership team! Application deadline: May 6th. This role involves collaborating closely with the Executive Director and other board members, helping ensure the organization is fulfilling its mission and achieving its goals. This is a volunteer position requiring a flexible time commitment, including attendance at monthly board meetings, committee meetings, and other organizational activities. The estimated time commitment may vary but is approximately 10 hours per month and involves in-person activities. PPO is committed to building a diverse staff and volunteer community and ensuring that a variety of life experiences are represented in our programs and supports — reflecting the diversity of our clients in this region. As such, we strongly encourage candidates to apply who are: 💫 First Nations, Inuit or Métis 💫 Members of the 2SLGBTQQIA+ communities 💫 Members of racialized communities 💫 People with invisible and/or visible disabilities 💫 Experiencing multiple intersecting marginalizations 💫 People with lived experience in or supporting the sex work industry Visit this link for more information and to apply! Application Deadline: May 6th. https://lnkd.in/ePnn2g59

We are hiring a Gender-Affirming Care Navigator! ✨ Deadline: April 26th. The Gender-Affirming Care Navigator will support the facilitation of Planned Parenthood Ottawa's program: Affirm. Affirm launched in Spring 2024 to provide emotional and system navigation support for folks seeking gender-affirming care in Ottawa, ensuring they feel informed, supported, and advocated for. Support happens over the phone, email, or through drop-in hours. In partnership with the Children’s Hospital of Eastern Ontario (CHEO)’s Gender Diversity Services, our program supports people of all ages with a focus on children and youth. As a trans and queer led and staffed organization, PPO prioritizes the support of queer and trans youth and adults through our work, recognizing the ways that gender, sexuality, and gender expression impact someone’s sexual and reproductive healthcare. Building from the success of our Options program, Affirm offers free, pro-choice, all-options support around gender-affirming care, including contraception, pregnancy, and other forms of sexual and reproductive healthcare. Frequent forms of support include navigating: pregnancy prevention, menstrual suppression, pathways to parenthood, parenting resources, fertility preservation, accessing abortion as a trans person, accessing HRT, connecting people to gender-affirming and peer programs, accessing pelvic and gynecological exams, pap tests, cervical cancer screenings, identifying body-positive, trauma-informed, and trans-inclusive providers, and questions relating to sexual health. Lived experience as someone who has experience navigating access to gender-affirming care is a requirement for this role. Learn more about the role and how to apply at https://lnkd.in/dg3cnDur Love and solidarity, The PPO Team ✨

Our Executive Director Jaisie Walker 🏳️🌈 on the importance of a universal pharmacare in Canada that includes contraception 💡 People in our community and across Canada are struggling to find a family doctor with years-long waitlists, and patients are increasingly experiencing mistreatment and inadequate care from providers. Removing financial barriers is one important puzzle piece in improving contraceptive access, but we must make parallel investments in comprehensive sexual health education, inclusive training for healthcare providers, and a more resilient healthcare infrastructure that centers our most marginalized populations.

EXCITING NEWS Y'ALL! We are hiring a full-time, permanent Options Line Coordinator (Bilingual) to join our Planned Parenthood Ottawa Team! Deadline: February 26, 5pm. The Options Line Coordinator works alongside our Options Counselling Coordinator to run our Options Program. Our Options program offers free, pro-choice, all-options pregnancy counselling, information, system navigation, and referrals to support people with their sexual and reproductive health. We provide a safe, supportive space to address any concerns and questions about parenting, adoption, abortion, post-abortion and pregnancy loss support, contraceptive counselling, and sexually transmitted infections. Support happens over the phone, email, or through drop-in hours and often involves complex support involving reproductive coercion, intimate partner violence or familial abuse, immigration status, insurance and economic marginalization, mental health and substance use, or discrimination from a healthcare provider. Our program is peer-based and our team is deeply committed to the principles of anti-oppression, harm reduction, and reproductive justice. The ideal candidate is warm, client-centered, and detail oriented with existing confidence navigating the landscape of sexual and reproductive health services. Lived experience as a newcomer, sex-worker, and/or survivor of gender-based violence is considered a strong asset for this role. Read the full job description and see instructions on how to apply here:https://lnkd.in/d8Ckx8Fs

Want to build your sex-ed skills? You’re invited to our brand new, free training, Sex Educator: Crash Course, an interactive workshop on teaching sex-ed! ⭐ Who is this workshop for? We’ve designed this for teachers, youth workers, social service providers, and anyone else facilitating conversations about sexual health and relationships. 🔥 What will you learn? Come get practical knowledge and skills from our experienced educators on best practices for sexual health and relationships education. Our educators will draw on their many years of experience and train you on 3 key resources - Planned Parenthood Ottawa’s very own "It’s Complicated: the Navigating Relationships" curriculum, Canadian Centre for Gender & Sexual Diversity (CCGSD) the Not Just the Tip Handbook, and SIECCAN’s Guidelines for Sexual Health education. You’ll learn tools on how to navigate sexual health education with evidence informed best practices, including: 💡 Examining personal sexual health values 💡 Practicing facilitating skills 💡 Fostering connection with people who are passionate about sexual health 💡 Identifying resources to build your own workshops and activities Join us on: Thursday, Feb 29th from 5:30pm-8:30pm OR Saturday, March 9th from 11am-2:30pm 📍 IN-PERSON at Collaburo in Little Italy (499 Preston St, Ottawa) Light food and refreshments included. Masks will be available and are strongly recommended. Register on Eventbrite: https://lnkd.in/e7WZWbUz