Deputy Director of National Organizing
ACLU
full-time
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Location: District of Columbia, New York • 🇺🇸 United States
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💰 $188,816 per year
Job Level
Lead
About the role
- The ACLU seeks applicants for the full-time position of Deputy Director of National Organizing in the Organizing Division of the National Political Advocacy Department of the ACLU’s National office
- This is a hybrid role with in-office requirements of two (2) days per week or eight days per month
- The National Political Advocacy Department builds power to achieve an accountable, representative democracy
- Our department conducts analysis, develops policy, crafts world class campaigns and situates the ACLU to have impact across legislative, administrative, and electoral levers
- You’ll plan and execute organizing-based actions for nationwide campaigns, manage staff and consultants, and collaborate across ACLU’s national departments and state affiliates
- You’ll help shape the ACLU’s grassroots engagement on critical issues including Reproductive Freedom, Democracy and Voting Rights, Systemic Equality, Immigration, Trans Justice, Criminal Justice
- You’ll be part of a team that centers equity, diversity, inclusion, and belonging in approach
Requirements
- Significant experience in political, advocacy and/or issue campaigns.
- Understanding of fundamental organizing approaches and skills, and the ability to inspire and teach others about organizing
- Strong communications skills in order to convey complex concepts, research and analysis in a clear and concise manner
- Must be self-motivated and possess the ability to work independently as well as within a team
- Ability to work and communicate quickly and accurately, handle multiple projects and devote time and energy to the most important responsibilities, and to lead others in doing so
- Experience managing candidate or issue campaign teams
- Experience developing, executing and/or evaluating data-driven organizing programs, experiments/tests and/or pilot projects
- Experience using VAN or similar database for voter and volunteer engagement
- Understanding of multiple approaches to organizing including distributed and digital
- Ability to work and thrive in matrixed and federated environment