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Summary
Save the Children’s Government Relations department in the Policy, Advocacy and Campaigns (PAC) team is responsible for shaping U.S. foreign and domestic policies on key issues impacting children from addressing child nutrition in the U.S. and globally to improving the lives of women and children around the world to responding to humanitarian crises to ensuring all children have access to early childhood education. We also work to ensure U.S. policies are protecting children at the border and are empowering girls around the world.
Our work involves engaging Congress, administration, multilateral agencies, and participating in external coalitions on various issues. We also track and monitor key legislative developments on U.S. and global issues and conduct policy research and follow the budget and appropriations process.
We closely coordinate with our communications and campaigns team across our work.
What You’ll be Doing (Essential Duties & Responsibilities)
- Conduct policy research for the department related to U.S. government legislative or policy developments on global and domestic issues impacting children
- Attend congressional hearings, coalition meetings, and other meetings as needed and share notes
- Research and write content for background briefs, talking points, fact sheets, policy briefs, and communications materials, including social media content across various issues as needed.
- Assist in preparations and execution of strategic virtual events, including internal and external facing virtual workshops and meetings
- Attend both internal and external meetings and events and assist in note-taking and follow up of action points (virtual)
- Contribute to Save the Children’s advocacy efforts on budget and appropriations such as filling out annual congressional request forms
- Track legislation and upcoming hearings
- As opportunity arises, participate in virtual hill meetings with other government relations staff
- Other duties as needed
Required Qualifications
- Must be an actively enrolled Associate, Bachelor, Master or other post high school education program, or have graduated within 6 months of program start date
- Possess strong written skills, solid interpersonal skills and ability to work within a team
- Proficient in Microsoft Office
- Currently eligible to work in the U.S.
What’s In It for You
- Meaningful work under the direct supervision of an experienced Save the Children staff member
- Highly collaborative and innovative teams
- Flexible schedule
- Remote opportunity
- The knowledge that your internship is changing the lives of children all around the world
Classification: Paid Intern
Part-time: 16-24 hours per week (up to 8 hours max per day)
Dates: June 10 – August 16, 2024
Compensation: $17 / hour
About Save the Children
No matter your role when you join Save the Children, each and every day you will challenge yourself to devote your skills, talent and expertise to changing the world for kids. It’s an ambitious goal, and a meaningful one no matter how you see yourself professionally: an accountant, a writer, a data analyst, a teacher, a driver, a designer, or any one of the hundreds of dozens of roles we’re looking to fill every day.
You see, Save the Children believes every child deserves a future. In the United States and around the world, we give children a healthy start in life, the opportunity to learn and protection from harm. We do whatever it takes for children – every day and in times of crisis – transforming their lives and the future we share.
Our work for children and their families requires that we commit—at every opportunity—to work together to identify and dismantle persistent systemic and structural racism, inequality, and any other forms of discrimination in this country and beyond. As an anti-racist organization, Save the Children will not tolerate discrimination in any form—in our employment practices, amongst our staff, in our leadership or toward the people we serve. We stand in solidarity with all people to fight for equal rights, justice, inclusion, and belonging.
We provide equal employment opportunities (EEO) to all employees and qualified applicants for employment without regard to race, color, religion, gender, gender identity or expression, ancestry, sexual orientation, national origin, age, handicap, disability, marital status, or status as a veteran. Save the Children complies with all applicable laws.
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