Careers

The Project Contractor will ensure the ongoing success of the research being conducted by the Air Quality Partnership for NYC Schools, of which the NYCLU is a founding member. The project contractor will lead and sustain consistent data-collection and management of the partnership, including overseeing and coordination of undergraduate and graduate research assistants to maintain engaged partnership.

The Executive Assistant, under the supervision of the Deputy Executive Director, provides support and assistance to the Executive Director, Executive Leadership Team, and Board of Directors on matters affecting the New York Civil Liberties Union’s efforts to promote and defend civil rights and civil liberties in the legislative and public policy arenas. This position regularly handles confidential information and materials.

Reporting to the Director of Development, the Senior Major Gifts Officer role will manage an individual donor portfolio at the Major to Leadership/Principal Gift level ($10,000 - $100,000).

The Development Assistant will undertake a range of tasks and responsibilities that facilitate and coordinate the activities of development staff, under the direction of the Deputy Director of Development.

The NYCLU seeks an experienced and innovative Senior Policy Counsel or Policy Counsel (together “Counsel”) to lead a broad docket that is focused on issues to enhance the rights and liberties of criminal legal system-involved New Yorkers after arrest. Issues that the Counsel may work on include advocacy on bail, discovery, and speedy trial reforms; alternatives to incarceration; parole and sentencing reform; rehabilitation and re-entry into the community; ending solitary confinement; and conditions of confinement and community supervision.

The Artist Engagement & Events Consultant will support the Artist Engagement Strategist with administrative needs, event planning, and social media marketing related to our Artist Ambassador programming & assist the Artist Engagement Strategist and Executive Producer of the annual Sing Out for Freedom benefit concert, including all aspects of event planning, logistical coordination, and social media marketing. The Consultant is expected to work one (1) full day per week for the months of April, May, and June, and then is expected to work two (2) full days per week – including one day in-person – for the months of July, August, September, and October.

The Legal Director is a member of the NYCLU's senior leadership team and provides vision and direction for the NYCLU's legal program. The Legal Director is responsible for overall management of the legal department and its docket, 20+ staff members, and a network of cooperating attorneys.

In anticipation of an aggressive litigation response to the incoming Trump administration, the NYCLU seeks a senior staff attorney (6 or more years of legal experience) or a staff attorney (up to 5 years of legal experience) to conduct litigation and related advocacy in the NYCLU’s legal department. The senior staff attorney or staff attorney will work on the full range of NYCLU work, including immigration and immigrants’ rights, challenging institutional and systemic racism that undermines civil rights and civil liberties, reproductive justice, criminal legal system, the rights of LGBTQ communities and gender equity, government transparency, free expression, equal protection, police misconduct, student rights, and surveillance and privacy.