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Posted May 14Organizing Strategist
at ACLU
Remote
Responsibilities
- Design and lead complex, multi-tooled organizing strategies in partnership with ACLU affiliates
- 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
- Demonstrate flexibility in adjusting priorities based on the changing external environment
Requirements
- This position requires flexibility in work schedule and location, including the ability to travel nationally as programming demands and work non-traditional hours FUTURE ACLU'ERS WILL
- experience in political, electoral, advocacy and/or issue campaigns as a campaign manager, political director, field director or equivalent role
- Experience with earned media strategies •
- Experience working in and navigating coalition spaces
Benefits
- We work to center principles of equity, diversity, inclusion, and belonging in our approach.
- 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
- Access to a major airport and ability to travel substantially COMPENSATION The ACLU is committed to equity, transparency, and clarity in pay.
- Consistent with our compensation philosophy, there is a set salary for each role based on geographic work location.
- The annual salary for this position is $128,294 (Level G), reflecting the salary of a position based in New York, NY. Salaries are subject to a regional pay adjustment if authorization is granted to work outside of the location listed in this posting. For details on our pay structure, please visit: https://www.aclu.org/careers/ACLU_Geographic_Pay_Structure-July_2024.pdf WHY THE ACLU
- Time away to focus on the things that matter with a generous paid time-off policy
- benefits (including medical, dental and vision coverage, parental leave, gender affirming care & fertility treatment)
- We support employee growth and development through annual professional development funds, internal professional development programs and workshops OUR COMMITMENT TO ACCESSIBILITY, EQUITY, DIVERSITY & INCLUSION
- Accessibility, equity, diversity and inclusion are core values of the ACLU and central to our work to advance liberty, equality, and justice for all.
- For us diversity, equity, accessibility, and inclusion are not just check-the-box activities, but a chance for us to make long-term meaningful change.
- The Department of Education has determined that employment in this position at the ACLU does not qualify for the Public Service Loan Forgiveness Program.
Contact
- If you are a qualified individual with a disability and need assistance applying online, please email benefits.hrdept@aclu.org .
Additional details
- The ACLU seeks applicants for the full-time position of Temporary Organizing Strategist in the National Political Advocacy Department of the ACLU’s National Office .
- This position is an 18-month term-limited position and is eligible for remote work in the United States.
- 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.
- This position is part of a collective bargaining unit. It is represented by ACLU Staff United (ASU).
- Reporting to the Temporary Deputy Director of Organizing , the Temporary Organizing Strategist will be responsible for the following:
- Assist with research, story gathering and analysis to further the organization’s communication, policy and legal goals