Temp. Organizing Strategist
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
