Spring 2025 Paid Undergraduate/Graduate Intern, Organizational Management, Equity and Inclusion

The Team:

The Affiliate Support and Nationwide Initiatives Department's (ASNI) Organizational Management, Equity & Inclusion Team of the National ACLU Office has an opening for a graduate or undergraduate internship in New York, NY (remote or hybrid).

What You’ll Do:

The intern will be responsible for collaborating with the OMEI team to ensure that the needs of the affiliate staff are met through learning programs, tools, and resources. The intern will be a part of designing and rolling out improved systems for collecting and communicating resources to ensure that learnings and experience can be shared across the ACLU network.

Your Day to Day

• Compile, maintain and organize resource banks to ensure ACLU leaders have access to the tools and information they need to succeed
• Based on attendance at meetings and reviewing existing data, brainstorm and develop key tools and trainings that would help ACLU leaders
• Research and share best practices around training, learning methods, and resource libraries.
• Help draft a project plan to roll out new programs and think through change management best practices
• Support convenings and learning sessions for ACLU leaders with a focus on tracking impact and metrics
• Draft preliminary language for deliverables, such as internal communications, brief summaries, and PowerPoint presentations, for different audience

What You’ll Bring:

• Experience with project management and building resources
• Experience with user focused design of resources and learning programs to support leadership development
• A continuous improvement mindset and a desire to improve existing programs within the team
• Word, PowerPoint and Excel proficiency
• 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 skill

Future ACLU-ers Will:

• 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