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ABOUT THE JOB The ACLU seeks applicants for the full-time position of  Deputy Director of National Organizing in the Organizing Division  of the  National Political Advocacy Department of the ACLU’s National office in Washington, DC.  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, 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.    WHAT YOU'LL DO   Reporting to the Director of National Organizing , the  Deputy Director of National Organizing serves as a key strategic partner in building power to achieve an accountable, representative democracy. Working within the National Political Advocacy Department's Organizing Division, you will lead and oversee a portfolio of programmatic organizing work that operates across geographies and movement spaces, including mass mobilization, campus organizing, and other constituency-based organizing efforts as the program evolves. You will manage senior staff and consultants, represent the ACLU at senior coalition tables, and collaborate across ACLU's national departments and state affiliates. You will help shape the ACLU's grassroots engagement on critical issues including Reproductive Freedom, Democracy and Voting Rights, Systemic Equality, Immigration, Trans Justice, and Criminal Justice, while identifying strategic organizing opportunities and building durable organizing infrastructure across our priority programs.   YOUR DAY TO DAY Plan and assist in planning organizing-based actions (both traditional field organizing actions and distributed/digital actions) for nationwide campaigns and major state and local campaigns and events   Manage staff, including remote staff and consultants, for program success and professional growth   Conceive, revise and share stories of organizing work, successes and lessons learned, within the ACLU and with current and prospective volunteers and volunteer leaders   Collaborate with colleagues in the ACLU’s national departments and ACLU state affiliates, as well as national coalitions, academics/researchers, consultants and other allies as necessary   Collaborate with national and affiliate communications staff to contribute to earned media coverage of grassroots organizing projects and events   Assist with national coalition engagement, planning and organizing program execution   Advise state affiliates on state-based coalition engagement, when requested   Closely track political developments, and identify strategic organizing and advocacy opportunities for the ACLU, including opportunities for multi-state or nationwide program or technology solutions   Identify and execute grassroots engagement experimentation, data collection, analysis and results-based recommendations   Help shape ACLU’s grassroots engagement on key political issues and pending legislation.   Work acros