Deputy Director, National Organizing

ACLU - National Office • New York, NY

4d • Hybrid

About The Position

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 in Washington, DC. This is a hybrid role that has in-office requirements of two (2) days per week or eight (8) days per month. 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.

Requirements

• Reporting to the Director of National Organizing, the Deputy Director of National Organizing serves as a key strategic partner in building power to achieve an accountable, representative democracy.
• Working within the National Political Advocacy Department's Organizing Division, you will lead and oversee a portfolio of programmatic organizing work that operates across geographies and movement spaces, including mass mobilization, campus organizing, and other constituency-based organizing efforts as the program evolves.
• You will manage senior staff and consultants, represent the ACLU at senior coalition tables, and collaborate across ACLU's national departments and state affiliates.
• You will help shape the ACLU's grassroots engagement on critical issues including Reproductive Freedom, Democracy and Voting Rights, Systemic Equality, Immigration, Trans Justice, and Criminal Justice, while identifying strategic organizing opportunities and building durable organizing infrastructure across our priority programs.
• Plan and assist in planning organizing-based actions (both traditional field organizing actions and distributed/digital actions) for nationwide campaigns and major state and local campaigns and events
• Manage staff, including remote staff and consultants, for program success and professional growth
• Conceive, revise and share stories of organizing work, successes and lessons learned, within the ACLU and with current and prospective volunteers and volunteer leaders
• Collaborate with colleagues in the ACLU’s national departments and ACLU state affiliates, as well as national coalitions, academics/researchers, consultants and other allies as necessary
• Collaborate with national and affiliate communications staff to contribute to earned media coverage of grassroots organizing projects and events
• Assist with national coalition engagement, planning and organizing program execution
• Advise state affiliates on state-based coalition engagement, when requested
• Closely track political developments, and identify strategic organizing and advocacy opportunities for the ACLU, including opportunities for multi-state or nationwide program or technology solutions
• Identify and execute grassroots engagement experimentation, data collection, analysis and results-based recommendations
• Help shape ACLU’s grassroots engagement on key political issues and pending legislation.
• Work across a multi-issue spectrum of issues that concern the ACLU
• Engage in special projects and other duties as assigned
• This position requires flexibility in work schedule and location, including the ability to travel nationally as programming demands and work nontraditional hours
• Be committed to advancing the mission of the ACLU
• Center and embed the principles of equity, inclusion and belonging in their work by demonstrating commitment to diversity with an approach that respects and values multiple perspectives
• Be committed to work collaboratively and respectfully toward resolving obstacles and conflicts

Responsibilities

• Lead the design, planning, and execution of a portfolio of programmatic organizing work, which may include mass mobilization, campus organizing, and other constituency-based programs to be developed in alignment with ACLU priorities
• Manage senior staff and consultants leading programmatic verticals, supporting their professional growth and ensuring program success
• Represent the ACLU in senior coalition spaces with national partners, including coordination on mobilization, election safeguarding, and movement-aligned organizing efforts
• Build and strengthen infrastructure for sustained constituency-based organizing, including ladders of engagement that move participants from one-time actions into long-term involvement
• Identify strategic organizing opportunities tied to political developments, and surface opportunities for multi-state, nationwide, or movement-wide program approaches
• Collaborate with colleagues in the ACLU's national departments and ACLU state affiliates, as well as national coalitions, academics and researchers, consultants, and other allies as necessary
• Collaborate with national and affiliate communications staff to contribute to earned media coverage of grassroots organizing programs and events
• Conceive, revise, and share stories of organizing work, successes, and lessons learned, within the ACLU and with current and prospective volunteers and volunteer leaders
• Advise state affiliates on coalition engagement, program implementation, and constituency-based organizing approaches when requested
• Identify and execute organizing experimentation, data collection, analysis, and results-based recommendations across the program portfolio
• Help shape ACLU's grassroots engagement on key political issues and pending legislation
• Work across a multi-issue spectrum of issues that concern the ACLU
• Engage in special projects and other duties as assigned
• This position requires flexibility in work schedule and location, including the ability to travel nationally as programming demands and work nontraditional hours

Benefits

• generous paid time-off policy
• comprehensive healthcare benefits (including medical, dental and vision coverage, parental leave, gender affirming care & fertility treatment)
• 401k plan and employer match
• annual professional development funds, internal professional development programs and workshops

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Manager
• Education Level: No Education Listed