Senior Organizing Manager
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ABOUT THE JOB
The ACLU seeks applicants for the fulltime position of Senior Organizing Managerin the National Political Advocacy Department of the ACLUs National office in New York NY or Washington DC.This is ahybrid rolethat has inoffice requirements of two 2 days per week or eight8 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.
The Senior Organizing Manager will report to the Deputy National Organizing Director. This termlimited position is expected to end on September 30th 2025.
YOUR DAY TO DAY
- Design and lead complex multitooled organizing campaigns from planning to on multiple campaigns at a time.
- Develop goals strategies tactics and budgets with minimal need for management level guidance.
- Spearhead the development of robust organizing goals plans strategies tactics and budgets to achieve concrete political/policy outcomes on specific campaigns and other programming.
- Demonstrate ability to skillfully and strategically deploy the full spectrum of sophisticated organizing tactics and tools including but limited to phonebanking text banking bird dogging rallies marches picketing canvassing petitioning social media storms online action sessions or forums to advance policy/political outcomes.
- Demonstrate ability to identify retain and manage consultants/contractors with sufficient knowledge to ensure that performance is appropriate on the basis on pricing quality and timeliness.
- Work in coordination with other senior stakeholders affiliate staff and national staff.
- Work handinhand with policy counsels and campaign strategists in developing organizing plans and strategies integrating them into broader campaign plans.
- Help coordinate the daytoday activities of other organizing staff working on organizing plans or to execute organizing tactics.
- Develop strategic partnerships that expand the ACLUs influence in ways the ACLU would otherwise not have operating alone.
- Convene and execute ontheground organizing meetings and events in priority jurisdictions to support campaigns and other programming.
- Track programs progress to goals highlights and other data through standardized reporting templates and demonstrate the ability to identify the need to and execute upon plan adjustments as necessary.
- Produce clearlywritten and compelling call and text scripts for priority campaigns on tight deadlines.
- Closely track political developments and identify strategic organizing and advocacy opportunities for the ACLU.
- Leverage permanent volunteer teams (including the call team and text team) and recruit train and manage campaignspecific volunteer teams either in person or remotely.
- Propose and implement the creation of new volunteer teams and systems that address the strategic and programmatic needs of ACLU campaigns.
- Leverage organizing tools (e.g. click to call tools dialers etc. that are fundamental to volunteer teams and organizing strategies.
- 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.
FUTURE ACLUERS WILL
- 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
WHAT YOULL BRING
- Significant demonstrated experience with issue advocacy and/or electoral campaigning at the federal state and/or local levels including campaign management experience.
- Significant experience designing organizing strategy and executing organizing plans and tactics.
- Significant track record of success in grassroots organizing volunteer training issue advocacy and/or political program planning.
- Ability to work largely independently as well as within a team.
- Ability to project manage effectively with minimal supervision.
- Excellent research writing analytical and communication skills.
- Familiarity building leading and working within coalitions.
- Ability to work in a fastpaced environment simultaneously handle many tasks; work efficiently meeting multiple deadlines while remaining composed under pressure.
- Familiarity with earned media strategies.
- Ability to assess the needs and propose recommendations for resources to support campaign initiatives.
- Ability to communicate complex concepts research and analysis in a clear and concise manner.
- 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 .
- Willingness to travel
COMPENSATION
For details on our pay structure please visit: THE ACLU For over 100 years the ACLU has worked to defend and preserve the individual rights and liberties guaranteed by the Constitution and laws of the United States. Whether its ending mass incarceration achieving full equality for the LGBTQ community establishing new privacy protections for our digital age or preserving the right to vote or the right to have an abortion the ACLU takes up the toughest civil liberties cases and issues to defend all people. We know that great people make a great organization. We value our people and know that what we offer is essential not just their work but to their overall wellbeing. At the ACLU we offer a broad range of benefits which include: 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 checkthebox activities but a chance for us to make longterm meaningful change. We are a community committed to learning and growth humility and grace transparency and accountability. We believe in a collective responsibility to create a culture of belonging for all people within our organization one that respects and embraces difference; treats everyone equitably; and empowers our colleagues to do the best work possible. We are as committed to antioppression antiableism and antiracism internally as we are externally. Because whether were in the courts or in the office we believe We the People means all of us. With this commitment in mind we strongly encourage applications from all qualified individuals without regard to race color religion gender sexual orientation gender identity or expression age national origin marital status citizenship disability veteran status and record of arrest or conviction or any other characteristic protected by applicable law. The ACLU is committed to providing reasonable accommodation to individuals with disabilities. If you are a qualified individual with a disability and need assistance applying online please email. If you are selected for an interview you will receive additional information regarding how to request an accommodation for the interview process. The Department of Education has determined that employment in this position at the ACLU does not qualify for the Public Service Loan Forgiveness Program.OUR COMMITMENT TO ACCESSIBILITY EQUITY DIVERSITY & INCLUSION
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