ACLU of Kansas: Deputy Executive Director and Chief Program Officer

Deputy Executive Director And Chief Program Officer

The ACLU of Kansas seeks a dynamic, innovative, and seasoned professional to serve as its inaugural Deputy Executive Director and Chief Program Officer (CPO). The CPO reports directly to the Executive Director and is a member of a senior management team that also includes the Chief Operating Officer and the Chief Development Officer. The CPO will lead the strategic direction, planning, and day-to-day management of the ACLU of Kansas's programmatic work.

This position may be based out of the organization's Overland Park or Wichita office and will require frequent travel throughout Kansas.

Primary responsibilities include serving as a member of the ACLU of Kansas executive team, providing strategic direction, leadership, and management of the ACLU of Kansas's five programmatic departments, directly supervising the Communications Director, Field Director, Legal Director, Policy & Research Director, and Political Director, providing support, guidance, mentorship, and coaching to programmatic staff, working collaboratively with the Chief Development Officer and programmatic staff to maintain working relationships with funders, pursuing funding opportunities, and reporting on programmatic impact, providing structure and support for internal collaboration, project management, progress, and outcome tracking in the programmatic departments, providing oversight to programmatic department directors in developing and monitoring annual budgets, managing compliance by programmatic departments with legal, regulatory, and internal policy requirements, developing and stewarding strong, effective strategic relationships and partnerships to achieve programmatic impact, providing programmatic expertise in both substantive civil liberties/civil rights issues and strategic/tactical approaches to achieving meaningful victories in these issues, identifying priorities, gaps, and trends in program areas and making recommendations accordingly, leading learning and evaluation processes to enhance programmatic impact and ensure continuous improvement in organizational effectiveness, creating and supporting a high-performing work culture that centers people directly impacted by ACLU work and that is characterized by equity, diversity, inclusion, and belonging, and acting as a spokesperson and public face for the ACLU of Kansas, as appropriate.

Desired qualifications include at least five (5) years of senior level experience in non-profit, policy advocacy, advocacy-related communications, political management, civil liberties/civil rights law, or related field, experience in designing and executing integrated advocacy campaigns, experience in/strong familiarity with at least two (2) of the five key programmatic areas communications, field/organizing, legal, policy/advocacy, and political, at least four (4) years of experience supervising staff, bachelor's degree, a JD/law degree is strongly preferred but not required, a history of working collaboratively and successfully with people and organizations from diverse racial and ethnic backgrounds and a broad range of ideological positions and religious views, strong written and oral communications skills, exceptional organization skills; highly detail-oriented with strong follow-through and the ability to unfailingly meet tight deadlines, experience with and a high degree of comfort working with technology, ability to work independently when necessary and keep organized in a fast-paced environment, manage multiple projects simultaneously and adjust to frequently changing demands, creative, results-oriented, self-starting, and willing to learn, strong task and time management skills, ability to travel across Kansas, as necessary, and participate in regular evening and weekend meetings, unwavering commitment to the mission and goals of the ACLU, including a demonstrated commitment to equity and racial justice, and willingness to travel across the state with occasional overnight stays.

Compensation begins at $150,000 and rises commensurate with experience. Benefits include competitive health benefits, a comprehensive retirement package, longevity payments, generous paid time off, an employee assistance plan, and flexibility with a hybrid schedule model allowing staff to work remotely for up to three days per week.