Hybrid Graduate Intern, Affiliate Support and Nationwide Initiatives – Program and Strategy

at ACLU

• Job title: Graduate Intern, Affiliate Support and Nationwide Initiatives – Program and Strategy
• Job type: Internship
• Experience level: Entry level
• Salary: $20 - $24 per hour
• Degree requirement: No Education Requirement
• Location requirements: Hybrid, New York City, United States

About the role

• Graduate Intern assisting ACLU's Affiliate Support and Nationwide Initiatives Department. Involves project coordination, program development, and supporting various initiatives.

Responsibilities

• Project coordination and logistics planning assistance.
• Supporting multistate initiatives, including the Southern Collective (regional work with our 13 affiliates in the South) and the Battlegrounds Initiative (election safeguarding work).
• 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.
• Supporting the Southern Legal Internship Program.
• Supporting the roll-out of guides, toolkits, playbooks, and other resources for affiliate knowledge and learning.
• 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.

Requirements

• Experience assisting with administrative tasks in an office setting, preferably a nonprofit.
• Proficiency with Word, Excel, and PowerPoint.
• Strong organization skills with great attention to detail.
• Ability to take initiative, think creatively, contribute innovative ideas, problem solve, work well under pressure, and take ownership of projects and assignments.
• Excellent written and verbal communication and interpersonal skills.
• Eager 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.

Benefits

• A stipend is available for students who are lawfully authorized to work.
• Arrangements can be made with educational institutions for work/study or course credit.