External Relations Intern

District of Columbia, USA (Hybrid)

$18/hr – $28/hrIntern/New GradInternship

Posted 6 weeks ago

Job Summary

Own the development and execution of strategic advocacy across family caregiving, health and welfare, and prescription drug issues, shaping communications, policy research, and events; produce post-campaign reports and support multiple media events.

  • Own the development and execution of strategic advocacy across multiple policy areas
  • Shape communications, policy research, and event support for advocacy campaigns
  • Produce post-campaign reports highlighting reach and impact

Job Description

Responsibilities

  • Apply strategic, analytical, and creative thinking to help promote policy issues on family caregiving, health and welfare, and prescription drugs
  • Engage in communications strategies to advance these issues and organize the events as part of these efforts
  • Research policy issues, draft documents to support our advocacy efforts, participate in team meetings and strategy discussions, collaborate in communications tactics, and engage in support for various remote and in-person media events
  • Design visually appealing post-campaign reports to highlight the reach and impact of our advocacy media campaigns

Requirements

  • Must be enrolled in a degree program at an accredited college or university; be considered a rising undergraduate junior or senior, graduate student, or postdoctoral student; and remain academically enrolled throughout the internship
  • Pursuing a degree in communications, marketing, journalism, or related fields
  • Must be a self-starter and adaptable to work under tight deadlines
  • Ability to manage multiple projects, anticipate project needs, and discern work priorities
  • Ability to work well with others and communicate effectively
  • Must have strong proficiency in Microsoft Office programs
  • Familiarity with creating visually appealing PowerPoint presentations is a plus

Benefits

  • Internships are non-exempt positions and are not eligible for employee benefits.
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AARP

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What we do might surprise you!AARP is a nonprofit, nonpartisan, social mission organization with a membership of nearly 38 million. Our aim is to disrupt outdated stereotypes about aging, turn goals and dreams into real possibilities, and fight for the issues that matter most to people 50-plus, their families and communities. Our social impact work in health security, financial resilience, and personal fulfillment is at the heart of what we do. With offices in every state plus the District of Columbia, Puerto Rico, and the U.S. Virgin Islands, we live and work in the communities we serve. We listen to what people need and want, and offer programs, services and trusted information that are directly relevant to them. State offices also work with our national office to amplify our members’ voices at the local and federal levels to help empower people 50 and above to choose how they live and work as they age. From being a force for positive change to producing the nation’s largest-circulation magazine – the full scope of what we do might surprise you! That’s why people who are excited by unique opportunities and galvanized by meaningful challenges come to work at AARP.

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External Relations Intern

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