Organizing Strategist

This is a fully remote position, open to applicants in United States.

📋 Description

• Design and spearhead intricate, multi-faceted organizing strategies in collaboration with ACLU affiliates.

• Support research, narrative collection, and analysis to advance the organization’s communication, policy, and legal objectives.

• Establish organizing goals, plans, strategies, tactics, and budgets aimed at achieving the organization’s specific political and policy outcomes.

• Implement essential organizing tactics in conjunction with ACLU affiliates, such as phone banking, text banking, rallies, marches, story gathering, and social media engagement.

• Partner with policy advisors and campaign strategists to formulate and integrate organizing plans into comprehensive campaign strategies.

• Conduct on-the-ground organizing meetings and events in key jurisdictions alongside ACLU affiliates.

• Monitor program progress towards goals and metrics through standardized reporting methods.

• Create compelling call and text scripts for priority campaigns.

• Manage volunteer recruitment, training, retention, and mobilization across various platforms.

• Design and implement innovative volunteer team structures and systems.

• Establish and track volunteer team goals and activities.

• Utilize organizing tools effectively to enhance volunteer engagement.

• Participate in special projects and other assigned duties.

• Exhibit adaptability in shifting priorities according to the evolving external environment.

• This role necessitates flexibility in work schedule and location, including the capacity to travel nationally as programming requires and work during non-traditional hours.

⛳️ Requirements

• Extensive experience in political, electoral, advocacy, and/or issue campaigns in roles such as campaign manager, political director, field director, or similar positions.

• Demonstrated success in grassroots organizing, volunteer recruitment and management, and issue advocacy.

• Exceptional skills in stakeholder engagement and communication.

• Experience with earned media strategies.

• Background in working within and navigating coalition environments.

• Ability to evaluate needs and suggest resource allocation.

• Proficiency in analyzing complex concepts and delivering clear recommendations.

• Strong independent work ethic coupled with teamwork collaboration skills.

• Outstanding analytical, writing, and organizational capabilities.

• Access to a major airport and willingness to travel extensively.

🏝️ Benefits

• Time off to concentrate on what matters most with a generous paid time-off policy.

• Prioritize your well-being with comprehensive healthcare benefits, including medical, dental, and vision coverage, parental leave, gender-affirming care, and fertility treatment.

• Prepare for your retirement with a 401k plan and employer matching.

• We foster employee growth and development through annual professional development funds, as well as internal professional development programs and workshops.