Deputy Director for Affiliate Organizational Management, Equity & Inclusion (Washington)
ACLU
Job Description
The ACLU is hiring a full-time Deputy Director for Affiliate Organizational Management, Equity and Inclusion in the Affiliate Support and Nationwide Initiatives Department of the ACLU’s National office in New York . This is a hybrid role that has in-office requirements of two (2) days per week or eight (8) days per month.
The Affiliate Support and Nationwide Initiatives Department (ASNI) builds state capacity and strengthens the connections between the ACLU and its network of 54 state affiliates and their 1,500 staff members across the country. ASNI’s work constitutes an unparalleled bulwark defending and advancing our civil liberties and civil rights. ASNI staff lead efforts to build program, build organizations, and drive resources to key battles across the country, positioning the nationwide organization for future challenges.
Please note that finalist will be asked tosubmit a sample work product that showcases theirexperience and skills in delivering Organizational Development or Strategic Planning training, advisory support or a project work.
WHAT YOU'LL DO
Reporting to the Senior Director for Affiliate Organizational Management, Equity and Inclusion , the Deputy Director for Affiliate Organizational Management, Equity and Inclusion serves as a strategic partner and second in command to the Senior Director. The Organizational Management, Equity and Inclusion team (OMEI) provides programming, resources, and technical assistance in areas of equity, diversity, inclusion and belonging (EDIB), restorative inclusion practices, change management, organizational development, leadership development, human resources, board governance, strategic planning, and organizational financial health.
YOUR DAY TO DAYThe Deputy Director will serve as a strategic partner to the Senior Director, supporting strategic planning, organizational development, change management, leadership growth, and institutional resilience for ASNI and its 50 affiliate organizations. This role requires a dynamic leader with deep expertise in organizational development, systems strengthening, and transformational change.
Strategy and Management Alignment
- With the Senior Director, lead OMEI strategy development, ensuring alignment with broader organizational goals and priorities.
- Lead OMEI’s assessment and reporting process ensuring progress toward objectives and data informed decision-making.
- Partner with the ASNI Program and Strategy team to incorporate organizational, leadership, and change management best practices in their programs.
- Promote and build excitement for team programs across ACLU nationwide.
- Collaborate on the Nationwide Orientation, providing content about the team’s programs.
- With the Senior Director, oversee team meetings, budgets, resource allocation, vendor management, document management and operational compliance.
- Oversee the hiring, onboarding, and development of team members ensuring furtherance of EDIB and a culture of continuous feedback and learning.
- Ensure the institutionalization of the team’s work within the Department and on the organization’s knowledge-sharing platform and intranet, the HUB.
- Supervise staff, as assigned.
- Working collaboratively with National’s Human Resources and EDIB teams, support consistent hiring practices and demonstrate a commitment to equity, diversity, inclusion and belonging.
Affiliate Programs
- Support the Senior Director in devising, leading, and managing innovative efforts to cultivate excellence and build thriving and impactful affiliate resources and programming including Learning Communities, Strategic Planning, Organizational Development and change management.
- Manage the team’s process and reporting cadence to ensure alignment to ASNI priorities, timely implementation of deliverables and inclusion of affiliate input at the early stage of new programs.
- Coordinate a strategic planning learning community for affiliates and affiliate consultants that centers key approaches and learnings from the Department’s strategic planning toolkit;
- Track affiliate strategic planning processes and strategic plans; and, in general, promote an approach that integrates program priorities with long-term capacity-building in all aspects of organizational health and is coordinated with, and informed by, the work of the Department’s Program and Strategy team.
- Lead the team’s surveys including the census survey analyzing and reporting outcomes.
- Other job duties as assigned.
- Be committed to advancing the mission of the ACLU
- Center and embed the principles of equity, inclusion and belonging in their work by demonstrating commitment to diversity with an approach that respects and values multiple perspectives
- Be committed to work collaboratively and respectfully toward resolving obstacles and conflicts
- Significant experience in the field of organizational development, nonprofit management, strategic planning, and program evaluation.
- Ability to travel, as assigned.
- Significant, proven experience managing diverse teams or networks, particularly in a federated organization or complex organizational structure.
- Keen understanding of how to lead organizational change, empower people, influence colleagues, and manage conflict.
- Ability to use benchmarking and data metrics to drive organizational change and accountability.
- Demonstrated track record of success in project management.
- Highly organized with attention to detail.
- Excellent communications, presentation, facilitation, and interpersonal skills with the ability to build trusting, productive relationships with a wide range of stakeholders.
- Willing to conquer the “small tasks” with an understanding of their vital importance in the success of the organization.
- Master’s degree in organizational development, organizational excellence or a related field preferred.
- Excellent design and delivery training and education skills desirable.
- Experience in organizational financial best practices desirable.
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WHY THE ACLUFor over 100 years, the ACLU has worked to defend and preserve the individual rights and liberties guaranteed by the Constitution and laws of the United States. Whether it’s ending mass incarceration, achieving full equality for the LGBTQ+ community, establishing new privacy protections for our digital age, or preserving the right to vote or the right to have an abortion, the ACLU takes up the toughest civil liberties cases and issues to defend all people.
We know that great people make a great organization. We value our people and know that what we offer is essential not just their work, but to their overall well-being.
At the ACLU, we offer a broad range of benefits, which include:
- Time away to focus on the things that matter with a generous paid-time off policy
- Focus on your well-being with comprehensive healthcare benefits (including medical, dental and vision coverage, parental leave, gender affirming care & fertility treatment)
- Plan for your retirement with 401k plan and employer match
- We support employee growth and development through annual professional development funds, internal professional development programs and workshops
Accessibility, equity, diversity and inclusion are core values of the ACLU and central to our work to advance liberty, equality, and justice for all. For us diversity, equity, accessibility, and inclusion are not just check-the-box activities, but a chance for us to make long-term meaningful change. We are a community committed to learning and growth, humility and grace, transparency and accountability. We believe in a collective responsibility to create a culture of belonging for all people within our organization – one that respects and embraces difference; treats everyone equitably; and empowers our colleagues to do the best work possible. We are as committed to anti-oppression, anti-ableism, and anti-racism internally as we are externally. Because whether we’re in the courts or in the office, we believe ‘We the People’ means all of us.
With this commitment in mind, we strongly encourage applications from all qualified individuals without regard to race, color, religion, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, age, national origin, marital status, citizenship, disability, veteran status and record of arrest or conviction, or any other characteristic protected by applicable law.
The ACLU is committed to providing reasonable accommodation to individuals with disabilities. If you are a qualified individual with a disabilit
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