ACLU, New York, Hybrid, Mid-level Andrew DeZarn ACLU, New York, Hybrid, Mid-level Andrew DeZarn

Sr. Associate Counsel

  • Litigates cases challenging systemic injustices within the criminal system, focusing on issues like excessive punishment, racial disparities, and police misconduct

  • Conducts thorough legal research, drafts sophisticated pleadings, and represents clients in state & federal court, aiming to establish legal precedents

  • Collaborates with affiliates and partner Orgs, provides legal expertise, and engages in public speaking and media advocacy to raise awareness about reform


About the Company

For over 100 years, the ACLU has worked to defend and preserve the individual rights and liberties guaranteed by the Constitution and laws of the United States. Whether it’s ending mass incarceration, achieving full equality for the LGBTQ+ community, establishing new privacy protections for our digital age, or preserving the right to vote or the right to have an abortion, the ACLU takes up the toughest civil liberties cases and issues to defend all people. We know that great people make a great organization. We value our people and know that what we offer is essential not just their work, but to their overall well-being.

About the Job

The ACLU leverages the resources of outside contractors to supplement the talents of its own staff and maximize its impact. To protect its tax-exempt status and its fundraising, advocacy, and litigation capabilities, the ACLU must maintain rigorous compliance with a myriad of federal, state, and local laws and regulations. The Office of Corporate Counsel provides the primary support for both of those efforts. We draft and negotiate contracts that vastly expand the organization’s reach and support the functions of every department. We create compliance programs, train staff, and provide compliance advice, all with the goal of maintaining the highest standards of professional and business conduct.

The Senior Associate Corporate Counsel will serve to support the Co-Chief Corporate Counsels with regulatory compliance matters, primarily, within the Office of Corporate Counsel.

Responsibilities

  • Advise regularly on all compliance matters related to tax-exempt organization federal tax law issues, particularly focusing on managing political campaign intervention and lobbying definitions, and other important principles for 501(c)(3), 501(c)(4), and 527 organizations

  • Advise staff across the organizations on federal tax law principles including unrelated business income tax, private benefit and commerciality analyses, Form 990 completion, formation and control of additional entities, and cost sharing protocols and processes

  • Support the Co-Chief Corporate Counsel for Regulatory Compliance in managing compliance with a variety of other regulatory regimes, specifically focusing on charitable solicitation law and consumer protection regulations

  • Assist as needed with contract drafting and negotiation, particularly contracts involving tax law or charitable solicitation law components (such as helping staff decided about entities to involve in the contract, licensing arrangements with commercial entities, event sponsorships. and charitable sales promotion agreements)

  • With the Co-Chief Corporate Counsels, lead development of training programs and processes for federal tax law compliance, as well as charitable sales promotion and cause marketing trainings and materials

  • Partner and advise on all federal tax law timekeeping, budget coding, and other tax compliance reporting for the organizations, working closely with ACLU Finance and program staff to track, prepare, and review data on rapid timeliness and to implement ongoing system improvements

  • Assist the Co-Chief Corporate Counsels with nonprofit governance issues as needed, including state nonprofit corporation law research and review of internal governance documents

  • Work effectively with outside counsel as necessary

Qualifications

  • A JD degree from an accredited university

  • Admitted to practice in at least one state (NY preferred)

  • Three to four years’ experience practicing in the areas of U.S. federal tax law for tax-exempt organizations, in an in-house or law firm environment

  • Experience with charitable solicitation regulation and commercial co-ventures

  • Experience with other regulatory regimes, including consumer protection regulation, trade sanctions, and state and local tax law, and with nonprofit corporate governance issues

  • Ability to navigate a complex organization and work in a fast-paced environment

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ACLU, New York, Hybrid, Director & above Andrew DeZarn ACLU, New York, Hybrid, Director & above Andrew DeZarn

Deputy Legal Director

  • Leads the development and execution of complex litigation strategies to protect and expand voting rights, focusing on systemic challenges to participation

  • Conducts in-depth legal research, drafts sophisticated legal documents, and represents clients in high-stakes state & federal court proceedings

  • Collaborates with affiliates and partner Orgs, provides legal expertise, and engages in public advocacy to promote fair and accessible elections


About the Company

For over 100 years, the ACLU has worked to defend and preserve the individual rights and liberties guaranteed by the Constitution and laws of the United States. Whether it’s ending mass incarceration, achieving full equality for the LGBTQ+ community, establishing new privacy protections for our digital age, or preserving the right to vote or the right to have an abortion, the ACLU takes up the toughest civil liberties cases and issues to defend all people. We know that great people make a great organization. We value our people and know that what we offer is essential not just their work, but to their overall well-being.

The ACLU’s Center for Democracy, one of three component centers in the ACLU’s National Legal Department, encompasses the ACLU’s Speech, Privacy and Technology Project, Voting Rights Project, Immigrants’ Rights Project, National Security Project, and Human Rights Project. With a staff of approximately 80, the Center for Democracy works to build an inclusive and participatory democracy, advance and defend civil liberties and civil rights, and ensure government accountability.

About the Job

Reporting to the National Legal Director, the Deputy Legal Director/ Director of the Center for Democracy (Center Director) oversees the work of the Center for Democracy and directly supervises the five Project Directors within the Center.

Responsibilities

  • Supervise the Project Directors of the Speech, Privacy and Technology Project, Voting Rights Project, Immigrants’ Rights Project, National Security Project, and Human Rights Program. Provide high-level advice and guidance on litigation strategy and legal practice issues

  • Oversee and provide input into the development and implementation of the projects’ strategic plans and budgets

  • Supervise the staff attorney assigned to the Center for Democracy

  • Serve as a member of the National Legal Department’s leadership and administrative team, consisting of the National Legal Director, three Center Directors, and the Associate Director of Legal Operations. Ensure that the operations and administration of the National Legal Department run smoothly to facilitate its programmatic work

  • Serve as a nationally recognized spokesperson and subject-matter expert on issues within the Center for Democracy (freedom of expression, privacy, voting rights, immigration, national security, and human rights), along with other experts within the Center and its component projects

  • Work with the Project Directors to ensure that the programmatic work of the Center for Democracy is well-coordinated with colleagues in the Strategy Office, National Political Advocacy Department, Communications Department, Affiliate Support and Nationwide Initiative Departments, and the ACLU’s state affiliates

  • Work with the Development Department on fundraising and maintaining relationships with the ACLU’s funders and members

  • Work with business operations units of the ACLU including Human Resources, Finance, and IT to facilitate the work of the Center for Democracy

  • Work in partnership with the Legal Department leadership team and ACLU in-house counsel on legal practice and ethics issues

  • Engage in special projects and other duties as assigned

Qualifications

  • J.D. degree and significant impact litigation experience in civil rights and civil liberties are required

  • Demonstrated experience in and commitment to Center for Democracy priorities and issues. In light of the Center’s current priorities, subject-matter expertise in immigration, freedom of speech, and the intersection of national security and individual liberty is strongly preferred

  • Strong management skills in a public interest law setting are required. Management experience in a federated nonprofit organization is strongly preferred

  • Demonstrated ability to manage and motivate teams to set and meet long-term and short-term goals

  • Superior analytical and problem-solving skills are a must

  • Demonstrated ability to communicate clearly and persuasively with a wide range of audiences

  • Demonstrated ability to engage in complex legal analysis and fact-finding

  • Demonstrated ability to work with a wide range of people and foster strong workplace morale and focus on mission. Ability to serve as a mentor and provide guidance and support to staff

  • Experience in an organization that develops and implements multi-faceted strategies for change that include litigation, lobbying and advocacy, communications, public education, and community organizing

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ACLU, New York, Hybrid, Early career Andrew DeZarn ACLU, New York, Hybrid, Early career Andrew DeZarn

CIO Special Assistant

  • Litigates high-impact civil rights cases, focusing on issues related to racial justice and immigrants' rights, and contributes to strategic litigation and advocacy

  • Conducts legal research, drafts pleadings and briefs, represents clients in court, and collaborates with ACLU affiliates and partner Orgs to advance legal strategies

  • Provides legal expertise, mentors junior staff, and engages in public speaking and media advocacy to raise awareness about issues and promote change


About the Company

For over 100 years, the ACLU has worked to defend and preserve the individual rights and liberties guaranteed by the Constitution and laws of the United States. Whether it’s ending mass incarceration, achieving full equality for the LGBTQ+ community, establishing new privacy protections for our digital age, or preserving the right to vote or the right to have an abortion, the ACLU takes up the toughest civil liberties cases and issues to defend all people. We know that great people make a great organization. We value our people and know that what we offer is essential not just their work, but to their overall well-being.

About the Job

Reporting to the Chief Information Officer (CIO) and the Chief Information Security Officer (CISO), the Special Assistant will be responsible for administrative, logistical, and operational support and help facilitate the progression of projects and initiatives requiring the CIO’s and CISO’s time, attention, and work product.

The Special Assistant will also serve as a liaison to their counterparts in senior leadership teams across the organization to enhance coordination, collaboration, and cross-departmental communication, and work to advance the mission and strategic goals of the ACLU. This position will handle information that is highly sensitive and confidential.

Responsibilities

  • Complete a broad variety of administrative and logistical tasks that facilitate effective leadership, including - calendar management, assisting with special projects; designing and producing documents, reports, and presentations; collecting and preparing information for meetings with staff and outside parties; composing and preparing correspondence; maintaining contact and attendee lists; arranging travel; and completing expense reports

  • Arrange and handle all logistics for departmental and organization-wide meetings: scheduling; preparing draft agendas and talking points; developing, compiling, and distributing presentation materials; and drafting meeting minutes

  • Serve as "gatekeeper" and "gateway" for internal and external constituencies on all matters pertaining to the CIO and CISO, including those of a highly confidential and critical nature; prioritize and determine appropriate course of action, referral, or response, exercising judgement to reflect CIO’s and CISO’s styles and organization policy

  • Provide sophisticated calendar and task management assistance: prioritize inquiries and requests while troubleshooting and resolving conflicts; maintain an organized system of tracking, monitoring, and prioritizing tasks and projects related to the CIO and CISO portfolios; make judgements and recommendations to ensure smooth day-to-day engagements

  • Work closely with the CIO and CISO to keep them well informed of upcoming commitments and responsibilities, following up as appropriate; act as a "barometer," having a sense for the issues taking place in the environment and keeping the CIO and CISO updated and anticipating needs in advance of engagements

  • Receive and screen communications to the CIO and CISO, including office visitors, telephone calls, email messages, and mail; provide assistance using independent judgment to determine those requiring priority attention

  • Draft regular organization-wide communication(s) from CIO or CISO; liaise with communications, digital, internal communications counterparts as necessary

  • Manage and update intranet pages for the CIO and CISO departments

  • Manage vendor billing and invoices on behalf of IT and Information Security teams

  • Engage in special projects and other duties as assigned

Qualifications

  • Significant executive support experience, including supporting C-level executives and board members

  • Excellent judgement with ability to maintain a high level of integrity and discretion in handling confidential information

  • Excellent interpersonal skills and high emotional intelligence with the ability to engage stakeholders at all levels

  • Strong verbal and written communication skills

  • Ability to manage multiple projects simultaneously and switch gears at a moment’s notice

  • Highly organized with great attention to detail

  • Proficiency with Microsoft Word, Excel, and PowerPoint; ability to design and edit basic graphic presentations and materials using Microsoft Office applications

  • Willingness to conquer the “small tasks” with an understanding of their vital importance in the success of the team

  • Ability to complete a high volume of tasks and projects with little or no guidance

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ACLU, District of Columbia, Hybrid, Advanced Andrew DeZarn ACLU, District of Columbia, Hybrid, Advanced Andrew DeZarn

Sr. Policy Counsel

  • Identifies opportunities to advance civil liberties and civil rights, focusing on fair immigration policies, and provides policy support to ACLU affiliates

  • Includes lobbying, counseling affiliates, coordinating briefings, and collaborating with stakeholders to advance campaign goals and represent the ACLU

  • Leverages expertise in immigration policy, strong communication skills, and the ability to work independently and collaboratively


About the Company

For over 100 years, the ACLU has worked to defend and preserve the individual rights and liberties guaranteed by the Constitution and laws of the United States. Whether it’s ending mass incarceration, achieving full equality for the LGBTQ+ community, establishing new privacy protections for our digital age, or preserving the right to vote or the right to have an abortion, the ACLU takes up the toughest civil liberties cases and issues to defend all people. We know that great people make a great organization. We value our people and know that what we offer is essential not just their work, but to their overall well-being.

The National Political Advocacy Department builds power to achieve an accountable, representative democracy. We have ambitious goals across Reproductive Freedom, Democracy and Voting Rights, Systemic Equality, Immigration, Trans Justice, Criminal Justice and other core issues in order to protect and expand civil rights and civil liberties, and advance the freedom, equality, ability to prosper, and humanity of all People.

About the Job

Our department conducts analysis, develops policy, crafts world class campaigns and situates the ACLU to have impact across legislative, administrative, and electoral levers. We are policy experts, lawyers, community organizers, lobbyists, campaign strategists, electoral specialists, program managers and more. We partner across the ACLU to drive national efforts, and support and amplify the priorities of our affiliates. We work to center principles of equity, diversity, inclusion, and belonging in our approach.

The Senior Policy Counsel will report to the Deputy Director, Policy & Government Affairs—Equality Division. This position is part of a collective bargaining unit. It is represented by ACLU Staff United (ASU).

Responsibilities

  • As advocate and policy and/or legal expert, identify opportunities to advance civil liberties and civil rights in complex policy areas through multiple methods at the federal, state, and local levels, specifically regarding immigration policies that are fair, humane, and comport with due process, as well as other civil rights and civil liberties issues

  • Develop strategic legislative and administrative policy options related to immigration issues

  • Engage with and provide in-depth policy and advocacy support to ACLU state affiliates as needed

  • Independently develop novel ideas and approaches to solving problems, in addition to sourcing existing policy ideas and approaches to civil liberties challenges

  • Independently draft bills and/or administrative rules/regulations at the state, local, or federal levels, providing content expertise as well as legislative and regulatory drafting knowledge

  • Prepare, provide guidance on and/or deliver testimony on pending legislation before Congressional committees or federal regulatory agencies; and draft or provide guidance on testimony to be delivered by ACLU state affiliates before legislative or regulatory bodies at the state and local/municipal levels, in collaboration with an affiliate

  • Lobby elected officials, their staff, and other public officials to support ACLU positions on pending legislation and policy initiatives

  • Support Division leadership and National and State Campaigns staff in presenting information and advocating policies to internal and external audiences

  • Provide legislative counseling, including policy, legislative or legal analysis, strategic planning guidance, and tactical suggestions, to ACLU affiliates to support state and/or locally-based efforts

  • Coordinate and conduct in-depth civil liberties briefings for government officials as pertinent to advancing priority ACLU positions

  • Help coordinate strategy designed to reach campaign goals or other policy/political outcomes across ACLU departments, ACLU affiliates, and coalition partners

  • Work with National and State Campaigns and organizers in NPAD to advance campaign goals or other policy and political outcomes

  • Collaborate with other NPAD Policy and Government Relations staff to ensure effective relationship management, coordination on Capitol Hill and on effective legislative strategies

  • Participate as the ACLU representative in meetings of ad hoc lobbying and policy and/or political coalitions, as relevant

  • In collaboration with ACLU Communications staff and other key stakeholders, provide expert commentary to media, participate in media briefings, and draft and contribute to op-eds and other publications, as relevant

  • Organize, lead, and work with outside groups to bolster support for ACLU policy goals or to minimize opposition to those goals

  • May provide subject matter expertise, advice, and support to fellow colleagues in other Divisions as they develop and execute state/local campaigns in new and unfamiliar issue areas

  • Demonstrate an ability to be flexible and adjust priorities as necessary in order to adapt to changing external environment

  • Engage in special projects and other duties as assigned

Qualifications

  • Advanced degree (J.D., M.P.P.) or substantial equivalent training and experience in policy analysis and/or advocacy strongly preferred

  • Prior lobbying experience

  • Familiarity and relationships with legal, policy, communications and organizing groups working in the immigration field

  • Demonstrated expertise in immigration policy and working with immigration coalitions

  • Significant experience working in political, policy, legal, or government settings; high degree of familiarity with public policy and legislative, administrative and/or electoral processes

  • Sophisticated judgment; experience giving advice and counsel to a principal

  • High level, substantive, and extensive experience in policy development

  • Demonstrated expertise in one or more areas or fields of specialty covered by the ACLU

  • Ability to work independently as well as within a team

  • Experience with media and serving as a spokesperson for an issue, campaign, or cause; ability to communicate complex policy issues to a general public and government decisionmakers

  • Excellent interpersonal, relationship building and communication skills, including at the highest levels of government and politics

  • Excellent research, writing, analytical, and communication skills

  • Ability to communicate complex legal and policy issues to government decision makers, and the general public

  • Ability to work and communicate quickly and accurately, handling multiple projects and deliverables under pressure

  • Fluency in Spanish a plus

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ACLU, District of Columbia, Hybrid, Mid-level Andrew DeZarn ACLU, District of Columbia, Hybrid, Mid-level Andrew DeZarn

Organizing Manager

  • Designs and implements comprehensive organizing campaigns, employing diverse tactics and adapting strategies to achieve campaign objectives

  • Cultivates strategic partnerships with external organizations and community leaders, expanding reach and building networks for effective advocacy

  • Recruits, trains, and manages volunteer teams, providing leadership and support to maximize volunteer engagement and impact on outcomes


About the Company

For over 100 years, the ACLU has worked to defend and preserve the individual rights and liberties guaranteed by the Constitution and laws of the United States. Whether it’s ending mass incarceration, achieving full equality for the LGBTQ+ community, establishing new privacy protections for our digital age, or preserving the right to vote or the right to have an abortion, the ACLU takes up the toughest civil liberties cases and issues to defend all people. We know that great people make a great organization. We value our people and know that what we offer is essential not just their work, but to their overall well-being.

The National Political Advocacy Department builds power to achieve an accountable, representative democracy. We have ambitious goals across Reproductive Freedom, Democracy and Voting Rights, Systemic Equality, Immigration, Trans Justice, Criminal Justice and other core issues in order to protect and expand civil rights and civil liberties, and advance the freedom, equality, ability to prosper, and humanity of all People.

About the Job

Our department conducts analysis, develops policy, crafts world class campaigns and situates the ACLU to have impact across legislative, administrative, and electoral levers. We are policy experts, lawyers, community organizers, lobbyists, campaign strategists, electoral specialists, program managers and more. We partner across the ACLU to drive national efforts, and support and amplify the priorities of our affiliates. We work to center principles of equity, diversity, inclusion, and belonging in our approach.

The Organizing Manager will report to the Deputy National Organizing Director. This term-limited position is expected to end on September 30th, 2025.

Responsibilities

  • With assistance from a Deputy Organizing Director and National Organizing Director, design and lead complex, multi-tooled organizing strategies from planning to execution, on multiple campaigns at a time

  • Support the development of robust organizing goals, plans, strategies, tactics, and budgets to achieve concrete political/policy outcomes on specific campaigns and other programming

  • Demonstrate ability to skillfully and strategically deploy many, key organizing tactics and tools, including but limited to [phonebanking, text banking, bird dogging, rallies, marches, picketing, canvassing, petitioning, social media storms, online action sessions or forums ] to advance policy/political outcomes

  • Demonstrate ability to manage consultants/contractors, and support efforts to ensure that performance is appropriate on the basis on pricing, quality and timeliness

  • Work in coordination with other senior stakeholders, affiliate staff, and national staff

  • Work hand-in-hand with policy counsels and campaign strategists in developing organizing plans and strategies, integrating them into broader campaign plans

  • Develop strategic partnerships that expand the ACLU’s influence in ways the ACLU would otherwise not have operating alone

  • Convene and execute on-the-ground organizing meetings and events in priority jurisdictions to support campaigns and other programming

  • Track programs’ progress to goals, highlights, and other data through standardized reporting templates, and demonstrate the ability to identify the need to and execute upon plan adjustments, as necessary

  • Produce clearly written and compelling call and text scripts for priority campaigns on tight deadlines

  • Closely track political developments and identify strategic organizing and advocacy opportunities for the ACLU

  • Leverage permanent volunteer teams (including the call team and text team) and recruit, train, and manage campaign-specific volunteer teams, either in person or remotely

  • Propose and implement the creation of new volunteer teams and systems that address the strategic and programmatic needs of ACLU campaigns

  • Leverage organizing tools (e.g. click to call tools, dialers, etc.) that are fundamental to volunteer teams and organizing strategies

  • Exercise significant independent judgment to solve problems and determine creative solutions

  • Demonstrate an ability to be flexible and adjust priorities as necessary in order to adapt to changing external environment

  • Engage in special projects and other duties as assigned

Qualifications

  • Experience with issue advocacy and/or electoral campaigning at the federal, state, and/or local levels, including campaign management experience

  • Experience designing organizing strategy and executing organizing plans and tactics

  • Track record of success in grassroots organizing, volunteer training, issue advocacy and/or political program planning

  • Ability to work largely independently as well as within a team

  • Excellent research, writing, analytical, and communication skills

  • Familiarity building, leading, and working within coalitions

  • Ability to work in a fast-paced environment, simultaneously handle many tasks; work efficiently, meeting multiple deadlines, while remaining composed under pressure

  • Familiarity with earned media strategies

  • Ability to assess the needs and propose recommendations for resources to support campaign initiatives

  • Ability to communicate complex concepts, research and analysis in a clear and concise manner

  • Fluency, expertise and experience in multiple ACLU issue areas, a plus

  • Comfort with policy, including an ability to efficiently and effectively weave policy objectives into campaign execution

  • Willingness to travel

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ACLU, District of Columbia, Hybrid, Advanced Andrew DeZarn ACLU, District of Columbia, Hybrid, Advanced Andrew DeZarn

Deputy Director, Gifts

  • Manages a portfolio of leadership and principal gift prospects and donors, focusing on soliciting six- and seven-figure gifts to support ACLU's strategic priorities

  • Supervises a team of fundraisers, guiding them in stewarding the ACLU's top major donors ($10k+) and leadership donors ($100k+), and manage fundraisers

  • Collaborates with the Director to enhance strategies for revenue growth and team effectiveness and assists affiliate colleagues with donor strategy


About the Company

For over 100 years, the ACLU has worked to defend and preserve the individual rights and liberties guaranteed by the Constitution and laws of the United States. Whether it’s ending mass incarceration, achieving full equality for the LGBTQ+ community, establishing new privacy protections for our digital age, or preserving the right to vote or the right to have an abortion, the ACLU takes up the toughest civil liberties cases and issues to defend all people. We know that great people make a great organization. We value our people and know that what we offer is essential not just their work, but to their overall well-being.

About the Job

Reporting to the Director of Leadership Gifts, the Deputy Director, Leadership Gifts will be responsible for carrying a portfolio of leadership and principal gifts prospects and donors and for supervising a team of individual fundraisers, who are cultivating, soliciting and stewarding the ACLU’s top major ($10k+) and leadership ($100k+) donors and prospects.

Responsibilities

  • Solicit and steward a portfolio of 50-75 donors and prospects with a goal of soliciting six- and seven-figure support for ACLU’s strategic priorities

  • Partner with the Director of Leadership Gifts and Deputy Director of Leadership Gifts on crafting and enhancing strategies for growing revenue, enhancing team effectiveness, and building team culture

  • Manage fundraisers who conduct face-to-face donor visits to solicit and close gifts of five figures and greater from portfolios of approximately 100 prospects through a strategic nationwide program of discovery, cultivation, solicitation, and stewardship

  • With the team of fundraisers, respond to inquiries from donors and prospects outside of portfolios to assess their capacity and inclination

  • Assist affiliate colleagues with donor strategy and collaborate on transformational asks that require national and affiliate partnership

  • Develop and implement engagement opportunities to nurture philanthropic relationships

  • Work collegially and effectively with numerous constituencies, including senior staff members and high net worth donors and prospects

  • Advance a cohesive Nationwide Fundraising Model that harnesses and channels enterprise resources to raise the most funds in support of the ACLU’s mission

  • Ensure that all information is managed in a central database in a manner that emphasizes the highest standards of data integrity

  • Maintain working knowledge of nationwide programmatic priorities and issues

  • Identify and incorporate industry best practices

Qualifications

  • Successful track record soliciting and closing gifts of $100,000 or more

  • Experience managing frontline fundraisers and development teams

  • Experience with evolving trends in philanthropy

  • Experience working in or with complex national or international nonprofits

  • Experience working with c3 and c4 fundraising

  • Experience with fundraising databases

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Temp. Organizing Strategist

  • Designs and executes multi-faceted organizing campaigns, including phone banking, rallies, and digital engagement, to respond to federal immigration enforcement actions

  • Recruits, trains, and mobilizes volunteers, setting goals and tracking progress to ensure effective campaign execution

  • Collaborates with policy teams, conducts research, and analyzes data to inform campaign strategies and achieve organizational goals


About the Company

For over 100 years, the ACLU has worked to defend and preserve the individual rights and liberties guaranteed by the Constitution and laws of the United States. Whether it’s ending mass incarceration, achieving full equality for the LGBTQ+ community, establishing new privacy protections for our digital age, or preserving the right to vote or the right to have an abortion, the ACLU takes up the toughest civil liberties cases and issues to defend all people. We know that great people make a great organization. We value our people and know that what we offer is essential not just their work, but to their overall well-being.

About the Job

The National Political Advocacy Department builds power to achieve an accountable, representative democracy. We have ambitious goals across Reproductive Freedom, Democracy and Voting Rights, Systemic Equality, Immigration, Trans Justice, Criminal Justice and other core issues in order to protect and expand civil rights and civil liberties, and advance the freedom, equality, ability to prosper, and humanity of all People.

Our department conducts analysis, develops policy, crafts world class campaigns and situates the ACLU to have impact across legislative, administrative, and electoral levers. We are policy experts, lawyers, community organizers, lobbyists, campaign strategists, electoral specialists, program managers and more. We partner across the ACLU to drive national efforts, and support and amplify the priorities of our affiliates. We work to center principles of equity, diversity, inclusion, and belonging in our approach.

Responsibilities

  • Reporting to the Deputy Director of Organizing the Temporary Organizing Strategist will be responsible for the following:

    • Design and lead complex, multi-tooled organizing strategies in partnership with ACLU affiliates to respond to federal immigration enforcement actions from planning to execution

    • Assist with research, story gathering and analysis to further the organization’s communication, policy and legal goals around immigration enforcement and other organizational priorities

    • Develop organizing goals, plans, strategies, tactics, and budgets to serve the organization’s concrete political/policy outcomes

    • Deploy key organizing tactics in partnership with ACLU affiliates including phone banking, text banking, rallies, marches, story collection, and social media engagement

    • Collaborate with policy counsels and campaign strategists to develop and integrate organizing plans into broader campaign strategies

    • Execute on-the-ground organizing meetings and events in priority jurisdictions in partnership with ACLU affiliates

    • Track program progress to goal and metrics through standardized reporting

    • Produce compelling call and text scripts for priority campaigns

    • Oversee volunteer recruitment, training, retention and mobilization across multiple platforms

    • Develop and implement new volunteer team structures and systems

    • Set and track volunteer team goals and activities

    • Leverage organizing tools effectively for volunteer engagement

    • Demonstrate flexibility in adjusting priorities based on the changing external environment

Qualifications

  • Senior-level experience in political, advocacy and/or issue campaigns as a campaign manager, political director, field director or equivalent role

  • Proven success in grassroots organizing, volunteer recruitment and management, and issue advocacy

  • Strong stakeholder engagement and communication skills

  • Experience with earned media strategies

  • Experience working in and navigating coalition spaces

  • Ability to assess needs and recommend resource allocation

  • Excellence in analyzing complex concepts and presenting clear recommendations

  • Strong independent work ethic and team collaboration skills

  • Superior analytical, writing, and organizational abilities

  • Access to a major airport and ability to travel substantially

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