National Organizing Director

ABOUT THE JOB

The ACLU seeks a full-time position of National Organizing Director in the National Political Advocacy Department of the ACLU’s National office in Washington, DC and 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. 

The National Political Advocacy Department builds power to achieve an accountable, representative democracy. We have ambitious goals across Reproductive Freedom, Voting Rights, Systemic Equality, Immigration, Trans Justice, and Criminal Justice 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 and executive levers. We are policy experts, lawyers, community organizers, lobbyists, campaign strategists, 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, inclusion, and belonging in our approach. 

Reporting to the National Political Director the National Organizing Director will be responsible for leading the National Organizing team, which sits within the National Political Advocacy Department. The National Organizing team develops programs to engage and empower supporters, volunteers, and community members. The team develops high-impact grassroots and mobilization campaigns in service of ACLU’s goals by identifying and activating volunteers online and in-person to support national and state campaigns, and electoral efforts.  

RESPONSIBILITIES

• Work with the National Political Director to plan and execute high-impact grassroots organizing and mobilization programs, in collaboration with the national office and affiliate colleagues, resulting in political and policy successes, and long-term capacity building  
• Lead the Organizing team, charged with developing and implementing grassroots organizing and mobilization goals, strategies, and budgets to reach political/policy outcomes
• Work to ensure that supporters, volunteers, community members and staff are empowered and supported in participating in the work of the ACLU
• Ensure goals for the organizing program are aligned with broader organizational goals
• Track political developments and identify strategic organizing and advocacy opportunities for the ACLU, including opportunities for multi-state or nationwide programs
• Collaborate with other departmental leadership to develop large-scale grassroots campaign efforts and help to advise the National Political Advocacy Department more broadly on all of its work
• Manage a large budget, making strategic investments in hosting events and trainings, technology, grants to affiliates, and other resources as needed to further organizing goals  
• Work with affiliates and colleagues in the Affiliate Support and Nationwide Initiatives Department to develop comprehensive strategy to advance ACLU’s approach to organizing  
• Collaborate with other national departments to support and evaluate the ACLU’s organizing work (e.g., Communications Department to generate earned media coverage of grassroots organizing work)
• Attract, hire, develop and retain staff, and give clear and actionable feedback
• Promote a positive work culture for the team as a whole
• Apply a strong equity lens throughout all aspects of the work, promoting key values such as racial justice and gender equity 

In addition: 

• Engage in special projects and other duties as assigned
• Center principles of equity, inclusion, and belonging in all work, embedding the values in program development, policy application, and organizational practices and processes
• Commitment to the mission of the ACLU
• Demonstrate a commitment to diversity within the office using a personal approach that values all individuals and respects differences in regards to race, ethnicity, age, gender identity and expression, sexual orientation, religion, disability and socio-economic circumstance
• Commitment to work collaboratively and respectfully toward resolving obstacles and/or conflicts

EXPERIENCE & QUALIFICATIONS

• Significant grassroots organizing experience, including union or issue campaign organizing and electoral organizing  
• Demonstrated direct experience supervising and developing teams of full-time organizers and remote staff, managing toward excellence in outcomes 
• Strong preference for candidates wit