Careers & Internships

The ACLU of Kansas seeks a dynamic, creative, self-motivated team player to serve as a Voting Rights Policy Strategist. The Voting Rights Policy Strategist is a staff position within the Department of Policy and Research and will report to the Director of Policy and Research. This position will serve as a key policy and advocacy expert on civil rights and civil liberties issues surrounding voting rights through research, analysis of legal and policy issues impacting voting rights, and protection of key provisions of the Voting Rights Act. The role is responsible for analyzing and developing state and local policies, conducting policy and data research on the position’s issue portfolio, supporting an impactful, non-partisan policy advocacy program, and developing a range of materials and trainings to utilize and disseminate research findings and recommendations for public policy. The position is heavily focused on policy, legal, and factual research and analysis. During the Kansas legislative session, this staff person will regularly interact with the legislative process. The ACLU of Kansas is also deeply engaged in policy work at the city and county level in jurisdictions across Kansas; as a result, this position may involve some travel to communities around the state and can be based in either our Overland Park, KS or Wichita, KS office.

The ACLU of Kansas seeks a self-motivated team player to serve as a Data Manager. The Data Manager is a staff position within the Department of Policy and Research and will report to the Director of Policy and Research. This position will serve as a policy and advocacy expert on civil rights and civil liberties issues surrounding voting rights and criminal legal reform through research and analysis of legal and policy issues impacting voting rights and criminal legal reform. The role is responsible for conducting policy and data research on the position’s issue portfolios, analyzing and developing state and local policies, supporting an impactful, non-partisan policy advocacy program, and developing a range of materials and to utilize and disseminate research findings and recommendations for public policy. The position is heavily focused on quantitative and qualitative policy, legal, and factual research. During the Kansas legislative session, this staff person will regularly follow the legislative process. The ACLU of Kansas is also deeply engaged in policy work at the city and county level in jurisdictions across Kansas; as a result, this position may involve some travel to communities around the state and can be based in either our Overland Park, KS or Wichita, KS office.

The ACLU of Kansas is building a strong organizing team within its Field Department, and now seeks to add a Criminal Legal Reform Field Organizer to the team. The ACLU of Kansas seeks an experienced organizer with initiative, independence, and strong interpersonal skills to enhance the ACLU’s ability to achieve public policy objectives by mobilizing grassroots supporters.

The American Civil Liberties Union of Kansas seeks to hire an experienced, passionate, strategic, and innovative Political Director. This position will have primary responsibility for functions related to Kansans United for Civil Liberties (the IRS Section 527 organization), managing a non-partisan and non-endorsing political program that educates voters about candidates' positions on the issues, implementing get out the vote (GOTV) programs, facilitating collaboration with critical organizational partners, leading the organization’s engagement on state and local ballot initiative campaigns, and serving as a key point of contact for current and prospective elected officials throughout the State of Kansas. The position is a full-time, salaried position and reports to the Executive Director. The position is a senior management position, part of the organization’s leadership team, and is not eligible for participation in the organization’s collective bargaining unit.

The American Civil Liberties Union of Kansas seeks to hire an experienced, passionate, and innovative Staff Attorney or Senior Staff Attorney to investigate and litigate civil rights cases in Kansas state and federal courts. The selected candidate will work primarily on voting rights cases, including cases to provide greater access to the polls and statutory disenfranchisement.

The Bonney Legal Fellowship is a paid summer internship in the Legal Department of the ACLU of Kansas—the civil rights litigation arm of this integrated advocacy organization. Our department uses litigation as a tool to vindicate constitutional rights, critique unacceptable government practices, and support the policy and advocacy efforts of grassroots organizers. Our efforts are focused on serving and defending reproductive rights, racial justice, LGBTQ+ rights, First Amendment rights, immigrant rights, voting rights, criminal justice reform, and privacy rights; with 80% of our efforts and resources dedicated to protecting voting rights and criminal justice reform in 2026.