Chief Program and Strategy Officer

The American Civil Liberties Union of Idaho Foundation (ACLU of Idaho) seeks a Chief Program and Strategy Officer (CPSO) to oversee our multi-department, integrated advocacy efforts that combine legal, community organizing, legislative policy work, and strategic communications. The CPSO is a member of the executive leadership team and charged with leading the direction of the organization’s programmatic work in alignment with our multi-year strategic plan, resulting in greater depth in advocacy strategies to protect and advance civil rights and liberties for all Idahoans.

The CPSO is responsible for managing cross-departmental strategy, overseeing implementation of programs and work plans, leading the development and use of programmatic evaluations tools, and supporting the reporting of outcomes. Our integrated advocacy focuses on four issue areas: Immigrants’ Rights, Transgender Justice, Criminal Legal Reform and Reproductive Rights.

We seek an experienced, innovative, and collaborative leader who works well with diverse groups of people. Each of our programmatic areas is led by an experienced director who in turn supervises their team. The successful candidate will have extensive experience as both a manager and strategist in pursuing an integrated advocacy approach to further a broad range of civil liberties and civil rights work priorities. In addition, the candidate must have a strong background in setting up internal structures for managing staff, program implementation, and evaluation tools to harness the organization’s impact and power more effectively.

The CPSO supervises the Legal Director, Advocacy Director, and Communications Director. The CPSO is supervised by the Executive Director. This is a full-time, exempt position based in Boise, Idaho. The successful candidate must reside in Idaho or be willing to relocate to the state before employment begins.

The salary for this position is $140,000, which is re-evaluated on an annual basis and is subject to adjustment in connection with an organization wide adjustment of compensation. We offer excellent benefits, including 100% employer-paid premiums for medical, vision and dental insurance, 401(k) plan with an employer match, life and long-term disability insurance, sabbatical eligibility after at least five years, and generous paid holidays.

ACLU of Idaho will provide up to $5,000 to support relocation expenses.