Jobs at American Civil Liberties Union

Leads foundation and donor communications by writing grant proposals, reports, letters of inquiry, stewardship materials, and organizational messaging. Synthesizes complex civil liberties issues for varied audiences, fact-checks content, researches prospective funders, develops cultivation strategies, supports donor relationships, and manages multiple deadlines and projects independently.

Conduct impact litigation and advocacy in the national security context. Responsibilities include legal research, fact development, drafting memoranda and court filings, interviewing clients and witnesses, discovery and trial support, public education, affiliate assistance, intern coordination, public speaking, and related projects.

Provide litigation support for the Program on Freedom Religion and Belief: cite-check, format, and proof documents; conduct legal and factual research (including Westlaw); assist with discovery, docket/calendar management, depositions preparation, and correspondence; track legislation; maintain files and public information; receive legal assistance requests and support program projects and outreach.

Design and implement scalable enterprise data architectures and models, lead data governance and privacy/compliance efforts, guide migration of fundraising CRM, provide technical leadership to data engineering teams, improve data quality and reliability, document architectures, and occasionally perform hands-on data engineering using Python, SQL, dbt, and Dagster.

The Senior Content Strategist will lead YouTube strategy development and execution, create platform-specific content, and manage partnerships to enhance ACLU's communications goals.

Develop and pursue impact litigation and advocacy challenging abusive criminal-law practices and policing. Draft pleadings and briefs, lead discovery, hearings, trials and appeals, advise affiliates and partners, support policy and communications, mentor junior staff, and collaborate across ACLU departments to advance criminal and racial justice.

Lead impact litigation and advocacy on immigrants' rights, handling federal court cases, legal research and writing, discovery and motions, client and partner coordination, policy advocacy, public speaking, supervision of paralegals/interns, and rapid-response efforts to immigration enforcement events.

Lead large, complex internal advocacy projects across issue areas; design tracking systems; manage communications, budgets, and stakeholder collaboration; draft and edit materials; serve as strategic partner to senior leadership; adapt priorities, solve problems, and support special projects with occasional travel and nontraditional hours.

The Regional Campaign Strategist will develop and execute campaign strategies, collaborate with affiliates, track progress, and handle multiple tasks while adhering to ACLU's values of equity and inclusion.

The Director of Strategic Communications will design and implement integrated communications strategies, manage strategists, and collaborate across teams to advance ACLU's mission in various civil rights areas.

The Senior Accountant oversees tax and pension benefit areas, ensuring compliance, accuracy in reporting, managing audits, and supporting financial decision-making processes.

The Senior Campaign Lead manages the ACLU's political agenda in democracy, leads campaign strategy, develops priorities, and advises on complex campaigns.

The Technical Project Manager will oversee the implementation of systems and processes, collaborating with various staff for project management, risk assessment, and stakeholder communication in a hybrid role.