ACLU

Graduate Intern, Affiliate Support and Nationwide Initiatives – Program and Strategy

ACLU

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Location Type: Hybrid

Location: New York City • New York • United States

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Salary

💰 $20 - $24 per hour

Job Level

Entry Level

About the role

  • Project coordination and logistics planning assistance.
  • Supporting multistate initiatives, including the Southern Collective (regional work with our 13 affiliates in the South) and the Battlegrounds Initiative (election safeguarding work).
  • Supporting the experts on the team from the advocacy/legislative, organizing, legal, communications, and digital functional areas to ensure well-organized and efficient projects/programs.
  • Supporting the Southern Legal Internship Program.
  • Supporting the roll-out of guides, toolkits, playbooks, and other resources for affiliate knowledge and learning.
  • Support administrative tasks, such as taking notes for and assisting with the coordination of meetings related to working groups, learning communities, and other initiatives.
  • Draft preliminary language for deliverables, such as internal communications, summaries of meeting notes, and PowerPoint presentations for different audiences.
  • Support survey data collection and analysis of results.
  • Create and maintain resource banks regarding advocacy/legislative, organizing, legal, communications, and digital program management.
  • Assist in organizing virtual/hybrid workshops and convenings of ACLU affiliates.
  • Assist with tasks that ensure the team’s grants portfolio and budget are well-organized.

Requirements

  • Experience assisting with administrative tasks in an office setting, preferably a nonprofit.
  • Proficiency with Word, Excel, and PowerPoint.
  • Strong organization skills with great attention to detail.
  • Ability to take initiative, think creatively, contribute innovative ideas, problem solve, work well under pressure, and take ownership of projects and assignments.
  • Excellent written and verbal communication and interpersonal skills.
  • Eager to learn and curious to ask questions, particularly about the range of disciplines that the team manages: advocacy/legislative, organizing, legal, communications, and digital work with affiliates.
  • Some knowledge of event planning or logistics coordination preferred.
Benefits
  • A stipend is available for students who are lawfully authorized to work.
  • Arrangements can be made with educational institutions for work/study or course credit.
Applicant Tracking System Keywords

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Hard Skills & Tools
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Soft Skills
organizationattention to detailinitiativecreativityproblem solvingownershipcommunicationinterpersonal skillscuriosityteam collaboration