Nonprofit or government job resources Portland OR

January 16, 2016 10:20 AM

Ever had to search for a nonprofit or government job in Portland? What resources did you use?

Tentatively looking around for other job opportunities. Particularly interested in gaining experience with grant writing or research/analysis, would be interested in program management positions as well - all of these in my background, though more program management/admin support than other things.

Am doing some research into specific organizations and may start scanning LinkedIn soon and stalking people in the areas that I'm interested in, but was wondering what places are good to go to find job listings. Already receiving Idealist.org alerts, but wanted to know if there was something more local?

Thanks!

posted by cielgris to Work & Money (8 answers total)

USAJobs, create a saved search and you'll get notifications for everything that meets your parameters. Make sure you search for things available to the general public, you can't apply for positions available only to current federal employees.

As you narrow your search to a particular agency, consider getting an internship or volunteering to start to get to know key folks in the agency and develop internal contacts that will help you with your job search. If you are in school or have recently finished school, there are a number of programs under the Pathways umbrella through which you could get a foot in the door for a temp or permanent position.
posted by arnicae at 10:27 AM on January 16, 2016 [1 favorite]

Best answer: Craigslist, definitely, but what you really want is Mac's List.
posted by bluedaisy at 11:06 AM on January 16, 2016 [3 favorites]

Every NPO job I had in pdx I found on Mac's List.
posted by Lutoslawski at 11:46 AM on January 16, 2016

Idealist.org is a good job search website for non-profits. Ironically, the website itself is headquartered in Portland.
posted by AppleTurnover at 2:48 PM on January 16, 2016

A friend of mine got a job with the city by looking at their openings each week and applying to some of them.
posted by aniola at 3:43 PM on January 16, 2016 [1 favorite]

Response by poster: Mac's List looks like exactly what I was looking for. Other suggestions still welcome. Thanks!!
posted by cielgris at 6:38 PM on January 16, 2016

My employer uses a recruitment software called NeoGov, which posts all available jobs on governmentjobs.com.
posted by notjustthefish at 3:17 PM on January 17, 2016

I work for the state; their jobs are posted here. Most of the jobs will be in Salem, but quite a few are in the Portland area too!
posted by medeine at 1:29 PM on January 19, 2016