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16open roles

3new in 30 days

4closed in 30 days

0remote-eligible

steadyhiring velocity

What they're building

Democracy, elections and national campaign work in the National Political & Advocacy department strong signal

Today: "Politicians are busy sowing confusion, fear, and doubt in our elections" (ACLU site)

Roles: Senior Campaign Lead, Democracy · Director, National Campaigns, Abuse of Power · Senior Project Manager, National Campaigns · Deputy Director, National Organizing · Senior Advisor to the Chief Political and Advocacy Officer

Requirements mention: campaign management · electoral campaigning · polling · voter targeting · issue campaigns and electoral campaigns · grassroots organizing · mass mobilization

Inference: the department is adding campaign leadership and organizing capacity across several federal and democracy issue areas, based on five open roles in National Political & Advocacy.

Impact litigation and legal work across the Immigrants' Rights, National Security, Religion and Speech/Privacy projects moderate signal

Today: "we're in courts and communities across the country to protect everyone's rights" (ACLU site)

Roles: Staff Attorney, Senior Staff Attorney, or Senior Counsel, Immigrants' Rights Project · Fall 2027 National Security Fellowship, National Security Project · Paralegal, Program on Freedom of Religion and Belief · William J. Brennan Fellowship, Speech, Privacy & Technology Project

Requirements mention: impact litigation · complex legal analytical work · motion practice · discovery · legal research · drafting briefs

Inference: four litigation-focused openings across four projects, two of them fellowships, suggest steady legal staffing. The postings alone do not show a new case area.

Systems implementation and a support-model transition for fundraising systems in Development moderate signal

Today: "organization-wide implementation of systems, business applications, and processes across the National and Affiliate offices" (Technical Project Manager posting)

Roles: Technical Project Manager (Term-Limited) · Deputy Director, Support Transition

Requirements mention: enterprise system implementations · post-implementation operational transitions · fundraising systems support · BBCRM · NetSuite · Salesforce · Blackbaud · change management

Inference: a term-limited project manager for an organization-wide implementation and a Development deputy director for the post-implementation support model point to a systems implementation with fundraising systems in scope.

Where the headcount is going

Department	Open
National Political & Advocacy	4
Development	2
Administration and Finance	2
National Prison Project	1
Trone Center for Justice & Equality	1
Information Technology	1
Communications & Marketing	1
National Security Project	1
Immigrants' Rights Project	1
Speech, Privacy & Technology Project	1
Affiliate Offices	1

Eighteen open roles across twelve departments, with National Political & Advocacy the largest group at five roles and most roles listed in New York, New York.

Who they need

Seniority: Postings span junior (6), director (4), senior (4), mid (1), staff (1) and intern (1), with one role unspecified. Five openings are fixed-term fellowships: Aryeh Neier, two Pauli Murray, National Security and Brennan.

Skills named most: Microsoft Office, Excel, project management, strategic planning, public speaking, complex legal analytical work, legal research, policy advocacy, campaign management, grassroots organizing, Active Directory, ticketing software

Locations: Locations: New York, New York, United States (9 roles alone), Washington, District of Columbia, United States (4), and combined listings pairing New York with Washington and/or San Francisco. No roles are marked remote.

You'd fit if you hold a J.D. degree and active Bar membership for the Staff Attorney, Senior Staff Attorney or Senior Counsel role at the Immigrants' Rights Project in New York or San Francisco, California.
You'd fit if you have proficiency in one language in addition to English, plus exceptional analytical skills and a demonstrated commitment to human rights and justice, for the 2027-2029 Aryeh Neier Fellowship in New York.
You'd fit if you have Westlaw, cite-check and deposition preparation experience for the Paralegal, Program on Freedom of Religion and Belief role in Washington, District of Columbia.

How to use this

If you're applying: Before applying to the New York, Washington or San Francisco roles that match your background, check the location and any hard requirements in each posting. Examples are a J.D. and active Bar membership for the Immigrants' Rights staff attorney role, or language proficiency for the Aryeh Neier Fellowship. Five openings are fixed-term fellowships. The NYCLU Racial Justice Center Director posting dates from June 2022, so confirm it is still active.

If you're selling or recruiting: Open roles include five in National Political & Advocacy, four on legal projects and two systems-implementation roles. The systems roles list NetSuite, Salesforce, Blackbaud and BBCRM. The postings do not name hiring managers, budgets or team sizes, so ask about campaign, litigation or systems hiring plans when you reach the relevant team.

Open roles (16)

Title	Department	Location	Posted
Deputy Project Director for Immigration Detention	National Prison Project	New York, New York, United States; San Francisco, California, United States; Washington, District of Columbia, United States	2026-10-22
Special Assistant to the Deputy Legal Director / Director of the Trone Center	Trone Center for Justice & Equality	Washington, District of Columbia, United States	2026-10-20
Service Desk Technician II	Information Technology	Washington, District of Columbia, United States	2026-09-24
The Pauli Murray Fellowship, Communications Team	Communications & Marketing	New York, New York, United States	2026-09-22
Associate, Nationwide Portfolio Strategy & Prospect Development	Development	New York, New York, United States	2026-09-16
Deputy Director, Support Transition	Development	New York, New York, United States	2026-09-11
Senior Advisor to the Chief Political and Advocacy Officer	National Political & Advocacy	New York, New York, United States; Washington, District of Columbia, United States	2026-09-10
Fall 2027 National Security Fellowship, National Security Project	National Security Project	New York, New York, United States	2026-09-02
Staff Attorney, Senior Staff Attorney, or Senior Counsel, Immigrants' Rights Project	Immigrants' Rights Project	New York, New York, United States; San Francisco, California, United States	2026-08-10
William J. Brennan Fellowship, Speech, Privacy & Technology Project	Speech, Privacy & Technology Project	New York, New York, United States	2026-07-08
Deputy Director, National Organizing	National Political & Advocacy	New York, New York, United States	2026-06-18
Director, National Campaigns, Abuse of Power	National Political & Advocacy	Washington, District of Columbia, United States	2026-04-20
Technical Project Manager (Term-Limited)	Administration and Finance	New York, New York, United States; San Francisco, California, United States; Washington, District of Columbia, United States	2026-04-13
Senior Accountant Tax and Pension Benefits	Administration and Finance	New York, New York, United States	2026-03-06
Senior Campaign Lead, Democracy	National Political & Advocacy	Washington, District of Columbia, United States	2026-02-26
Racial Justice Center Director	Affiliate Offices	New York, NY	2022-06-24