Senior Electoral Strategist (Term-Limited)

ACLU - National Office • Washington, DC

12h • Hybrid

About The Position

The ACLU is seeking to fill a full-time term-limited position of Senior Electoral Strategist in the National Political Advocacy Department of the ACLU’s National office in Washington, DC or New York, NY. This is a hybrid role that has in-office requirements of two (2) days per week or eight (8) days per month. This position may be eligible for remote work in the United States.
This is a 12-month term-limited position.
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.
Reporting to the Director of Candidate Races, the Senior Electoral Strategist drives the design and execution of complex, multi-tooled electoral campaigns. In this role, you will advance the ACLU’s civil liberties agenda through candidate races and ballot measures, exercising significant independence to achieve national and local impact.

Requirements

• Significant demonstrated experience with electoral campaigning at the federal, state, and/or local levels, including campaign management experience
• Significant demonstrated experience designing campaign strategy and executing campaign plans and tactics
• Strong independent work ethic and team collaboration skills
• Excellent research, writing, analytical, and communication skills
• Experience with earned media strategies
• Experience 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
• Willingness to travel

Nice To Haves

• Experience doing advocacy on both issue campaigns and electoral campaigns, a plus
• Experience doing grassroots organizing, a plus
• Experience doing legislative and administrative advocacy, a plus
• 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

Responsibilities

• In close partnership with the Director of Candidate Races and at times the Director of Ballot Initiatives, develop robust campaign goals, plans, strategies, tactics, and budgets
• Design and lead complex, multi-tooled electoral campaigns from planning to execution, including but not limited to candidate races and ballot measures
• Lead electoral campaigns with minimal need for management level guidance
• Utilize a wide variety of sophisticated campaign tactics and tools
• Successfully employ constituent targeting, developing advertisements (TV, radio, print), polling, and developing creative campaign tactics for earned media or other purposes
• Retain and manage consultants
• Work closely with ACLU affiliates, the States Campaign team, the Organizing Team and Comms on developing plans for relevant campaigns
• Coordinate the day-to-day activities of the staff working on the campaigns in matrixed structure
• Work in coordination with other senior stakeholders, affiliate staff, and national staff, including policy staff within NPAD
• Develop and maintain relationships with partner organizations to further electoral goals, identifying strategic partnerships that expand the ACLU’s influence in ways the ACLU would otherwise not have operating alone
• Convene and execute on-the-ground meetings, planning, and campaign events in priority jurisdictions
• Maintain awareness of emerging opportunities and challenges in the issue areas within the division’s purview
• Maintain awareness of the work to facilitate representation of the Department internally and externally
• 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
• 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

Benefits

• Time away to focus on the things that matter with a generous paid time-off policy
• Focus on your well-being with comprehensive healthcare benefits (including medical, dental and vision coverage, parental leave, gender affirming care & fertility treatment)
• Plan for your retirement with 401k plan and employer match
• We support employee growth and development through annual professional development funds, internal professional development programs and workshops

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level
• Education Level: No Education Listed
• Number of Employees: 101-250 employees