Author: Miles Royce

The Position:

The American Constitution Society (ACS), one of the nation's leading progressive legal organizations, seeks an experienced, creative, and detail-oriented Director to lead the Policy and Program Department’s rule of law efforts.

The Director’s portfolio will focus on legal efforts to defend and strengthen the rule of law, maintain the proper balance of power between the three branches of government, as well as between the federal government and the states, and includes work on administrative law and government accountability. The Director will work closely with other members of the Policy and Program Department to coordinate a unified, intersectional, and strategically coherent vision for ACS’s rule of law work. The position may be responsible for additional, substantive portfolios based on experience and interest.

The Director will play a central role in coordinating and facilitating ACS's substantive legal and public policy work in the areas described above and will:

• Work closely with constitutional scholars, practitioners, advocates, public officials, and law students to formulate and advance a progressive vision of the law that is intellectually sound, practically relevant, and faithful to our constitutional values.
• Serve as an expert voice by moderating and speaking on panels, providing substantive direction and support for other departments within ACS, representing ACS before relevant coalitions, authoring op-eds, blog posts, articles, and white papers related to ACS’s work, and responding to inquiries from the media.
• Work with outside experts on various ACS publications and projects.
• Develop and oversee execution of conferences, convenings, and other live programming.

Qualifications:

Applicants should possess a J.D. degree from an accredited law school and have four to seven years of professional experience. The ideal candidate will be familiar with constitutional and other legal scholarship, and have outstanding analytic, writing, and interpersonal skills.

ACS values a diverse workforce and an inclusive culture. ACS encourages applications from all qualified individuals without regard to race, color, religion, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, age, national origin, marital status, citizenship, disability, and veteran status.

Compensation and Benefits:

This position will report to the Vice President of Policy and Program. The successful candidate’s salary will be commensurate with relevant professional experience. The salary range for this position is $70,000 to $80,000.

ACS offers generous benefits, including: a 4-day work week schedule; health, vision, dental and life insurance; paid holiday, vacation, and sick leave.

Location:

ACS’s has a flexible remote work policy but this position is based in Washington, D.C. The Director may work hybrid in-office/remotely if they live in the Washington metropolitan area or remotely if they live outside that area with the expectation of occasional travel to Washington D.C., when necessary.

How to Apply:

Interested applicants should email a cover letter, resume, and writing sample of no longer than five pages to jobs@acslaw.org. No phone calls please.

The American Constitution Society (ACS) seeks a dynamic, collaborative, and driven fundraising professional to serve as Major Gifts Officer. Reporting to the VP of Development and collaborating with all levels of the ACS team, the Major Gifts Officer has a unique opportunity to support ambitious goals around expansion of resources from individual donors for the nation’s leading progressive legal organization. This role provides strategic leadership for individual fundraising and stakeholder engagement, ensuring the organization builds strong, lasting relationships with donors.

ROLES/RESPONSIBILITIES

Fundraising and External Relations

• Grow the organization’s resources through innovative, dynamic fundraising strategies, and effective communications with donors and prospects.
• Lead efforts to engage and cultivate current and prospective ACS major donors to increase contributed revenue.
• Actively manage a portfolio of donor prospects, including all aspects of moves management.
• Build out a major donor/high net-worth individual cultivation and engagement process.
• Act as a thought partner to the VP of Development to support organization fundraising goals
• Report regular progress against strategic and operational goals, including donor engagement and stewardship touchpoints, revenue targets, and pipeline management details.

Event Strategy

• Develop and help execute opportunities to use existing and new ACS events as fundraising vehicles.

Annual Giving Strategy

• Implement a data-driven annual giving solicitation system; employ and monitor proactive strategies to increase performance metrics such as average gift size, donor retention, acquisition, and upgrades, and return on investment.

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCES/QUALIFICATIONS/COMPETENCIES 

Candidates should possess five or more years of successful fundraising with increasing responsibility. Desired qualities and background include:

• Record of accomplishment in fundraising; experience developing or growing a major gifts program, and experience with planned gifts and endowments desired.
• Experience building and expanding relationships with diverse constituencies, both internal and external.
• Commitment to ACS’s mission and vision, experience in the pro-democracy field a plus
• Excellent communication and collaboration skills. Strategic thinker with organizational, project management, and problem-solving skills
• Possess a command of cultural sensitivity and value and embrace cultural, political, and social differences. The Major Gifts Officer will contribute to an environment that encourages diversity, equity, and inclusion.
• Strong professional ethics, transparency, integrity, and accountability in all actions.

EDUCATION

Bachelor's degree required; Advanced degree preferred.

BENEFITS AND COMPENSATION

• Salary range for this role is $70,000 - $80,000.
• 4-day work week schedule.
• Generous health, vision, dental, life insurance.
• Paid holiday, vacation, and sick leave.

How to Apply

Those wishing to apply should submit a résumé and cover letter (each as a PDF) to Morgan Washburn, HR Manager, at jobs@acslaw.org. Please include “ACS Major Gifts Officer” in the subject line.

ACS values a diverse workforce and an inclusive culture. ACS encourages applications from all qualified individuals without regard to race, color, religion, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, age, national origin, marital status, citizenship, disability, and veteran status. Former government employees are encouraged to apply.