Organizing Strategist

Summary

Join the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) as a Temporary Organizing Strategist! This 9-month, full-time position offers remote work opportunities within the United States and focuses on developing and executing impactful organizing strategies around key issues like immigration enforcement. You will collaborate with affiliates, design multi-faceted campaigns, and leverage various organizing tactics. The ideal candidate possesses extensive experience in political organizing, volunteer management, and stakeholder engagement. The ACLU offers a competitive salary, comprehensive benefits, and a commitment to fostering a diverse and inclusive workplace.

Requirements

• Senior-level experience in political, advocacy and/or issue campaigns as a campaign manager, political director, field director or equivalent role
• Proven success in grassroots organizing, volunteer recruitment and management, and issue advocacy
• Strong stakeholder engagement and communication skills
• Experience with earned media strategies
• Experience working in and navigating coalition spaces
• Ability to assess needs and recommend resource allocation
• Excellence in analyzing complex concepts and presenting clear recommendations
• Strong independent work ethic and team collaboration skills
• Superior analytical, writing, and organizational abilities
• Access to a major airport and ability to travel substantially

Responsibilities

• Design and lead complex, multi-tooled organizing strategies in partnership with ACLU affiliates to respond to federal immigration enforcement actions from planning to execution
• Assist with research, story gathering and analysis to further the organization’s communication, policy and legal goals around immigration enforcement and other organizational priorities
• 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
• Set and track volunteer team goals and activities
• Leverage organizing tools effectively for volunteer engagement
• Demonstrate flexibility in adjusting priorities based on the changing external environment

Preferred Qualifications

• 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