Fall Graduate Intern, Affiliate and Nationwide Initiatives - Program and Strategy

The ACLU seeks an Intern for their Affiliate Support and Nationwide Initiatives Department's (ASNI) Program and Strategy Team of the ACLU New York National office. This internship can be hybrid or remote.

Qualifying applicants must currently be matriculated graduate or recently graduated undergraduate students and must be based in the U.S. for the entire duration of the internship.

The ASNI department 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. The affiliates’ work constitutes an unparalleled bulwark defending and advancing our civil liberties and civil rights. ASNI staff lead efforts to build programs, build organizations, and drive resources to key battles across the country, positioning the nationwide organization for future challenges.

The Program & Strategy Team within ASNI works with ACLU affiliates to strategically align our chief program drivers – advocacy, communications, and legal – so that the full power of ACLU affiliates can reach their goals, increase connectivity between national and affiliate staff, better drive nationwide strategies, and leverage the strengths of the whole nationwide enterprise.

As our intern, you will have the opportunity to gain valuable experience in program development and project coordination in a nonprofit setting.

• Project coordination and logistics planning assistance
  • Supporting multistate initiatives, including the Southern Collective (regional work with 13 affiliates in the South) and the Battlegrounds Initiative (election safeguard work)
  • Supporting the Southern Legal Internship Program (SLIP)
• Supporting the roll‑out of guides, toolkits, playbooks, and other resources for affiliate knowledge and learning
• Supporting the experts on the team from the advocacy/legislative, organizing, legal, communications, and digital functional areas to ensure well‑organized and efficient projects/programs, including:
  • Program and Strategy Playbook
  • Future of Organizing Retreat
  • Affiliate Communications Excellence Guide
  • Affiliate Media Trainings
• Support administrative tasks such as taking notes for and assisting with the coordination of meetings related to working groups, learning communities, and other initiatives
• Draft preliminary language for deliverables, such as internal communications, summaries of meeting notes, and PowerPoint presentations for different audiences
• Support survey data collection and analysis of results
• Create and maintain resource banks regarding advocacy/legislative, organizing, legal, communications, and digital program management
• Assist in organizing virtual/hybrid workshops and convenings of ACLU affiliates
• Assist with tasks that ensure the team’s grants portfolio and budget are well‑organized

• Experience assisting with administrative tasks in an office setting, preferably a nonprofit
• Proficiency with Word, Excel, and Power Point
• Strong organizational skills with great attention to detail
• Ability to take initiative, think creatively, and contribute innovative ideas to improve team or project efficiency
• Problem‑solve, work well under pressure, and organize/take ownership of the various projects and assignments with competing priorities
• Excellent written and verbal communication and interpersonal skills
• Hungry to learn and curious to ask questions, particularly about the range of disciplines that the team manages: advocacy/legislative, organizing, legal, communications, and digital work with affiliates
• Some knowledge of event planning or logistics coordination preferred

• 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 working collaboratively and respectfully toward resolving obstacles and conflict

• Location: Our internship program offers a limited number of remote or hybrid intern positions. This internship is remote or hybrid from our NY National office.
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