ACLU · 3 months ago
Senior Director, National Campaigns
Washington, District of Columbia, United States
Full-time
Hybrid
Director/Executive
$242K/yr - $242K/yrThe American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) is the nation's guardian of civil rights and liberties, seeking a Senior Director of National Campaigns to strategically advance its goals across various civil rights issues. This role involves leading national efforts that support ACLU priorities while managing a skilled national campaigns team to achieve legislative and administrative victories.
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Responsibilities
Create and put in motion a comprehensive national campaign strategy in conjunction with the Chief Political & Advocacy Officer
Establish priorities and identify mutually reinforcing efforts among the national campaigns
Maintain the big-picture (a 30,000-foot view) across emerging opportunities and challenges to drive integrated and seamless execution in National campaigns
Sequence and prioritize the work of multiple complex initiatives
Connect and amplify emerging trends, identifying common threads across issues
Inspire confidence by making and enforcing decisions
Reinforce the connection and work of the highly skilled national campaigns team and integrate their work to prevent conflicting efforts, inefficiencies, and siloed initiatives
Provide visibility and oversight across all campaign activities
Enable success by reducing bureaucratic obstacles and sharpening campaign performance through hands-on support
Continuously evaluate whether the focus of work represents the highest use of resources
Ensure campaign activities are strategically sequenced and operationally sustainable for the operations, organizing, and state teams
Identify and capitalize on missed opportunities
Provide insight, clarity, and creativity, and drive well-developed options and decisions as a trusted deputy and thought partner to the Chief Political & Advocacy Officer (CPAO)
Distill complex operational realities into action and strengthen ideas coming from multiple directions in the matrixed organization
Support alignment between the CPAO and national campaigns team by fostering a culture of accessibility, mutual respect, and shared purpose
Lead rapid response efforts with experience, agility, and nimbleness
Qualification
Required
Significant leadership running and winning high intensity major issue advocacy campaigns and multi-year efforts at the national level
Deep experience shifting public opinion through diverse campaign strategies and movement-building
High level general expertise developed through work for organizations of similar impact and complexity, bringing understanding of campaigns beyond legislative and electoral work
Exceptional capacity for managing and leading across teams in a matrixed environment
Strong conflict management skills with ability to bring consensus and/or make decisions where all can agree or 'disagree and commit' to move the work forward
Experienced in leadership and coordination of rapid response
Effective spokesperson for the organization with honed skills in advocacy, influence, and persuasion
Brings strong relationships with external constituencies
Demonstrated commitment to ACLU's core values of equity, diversity, equity, and inclusion
A leader and manager who creates a culture of belonging for all; respects and embraces difference; treats everyone equitably; and empowers colleagues to do the best work possible
Deeply committed to ensuring liberty and justice are lived realities for every American
Creative thinker who identifies connections and opportunities
Has strong EQ and ability to lead through complexity with self-awareness
Tenacious leader who sets and executes priorities amidst the noise and fast pace
Decisive problem solver who is accountable and calm under pressure
Supportive manager who helps the team keep steady, connect, be accountable, and achieve
Creates space where the team can take risks, admit mistakes, and bring their full selves to work
Quickly respond with a bias towards action
Embraces and activates the best ideas regardless of source
Credible, authentic, and equipped to lead the work on day one
Company
ACLU
The ACLU is an non-profit, non-partisan organization of people who believe in the power of action.
Founded in 1920
501-1000 employees
Funding
Current Stage
Late StageTotal Funding
$0.12M2017-01-31Seed· $0.12M
Leadership Team
Deborah Archer
President
Esete Assefa
Chief Political Advisor
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