Allies & Friends

Most of the Intern opportunities with the British Embassy appear (the way we read it) to have passed you by, on account of an Apr. 23 application deadline – but there is an Internship with their Scottish Affairs Office with a May 19 deadline attached. We think we’ve previously featured most of the other opportunities shown here – although the Admin Assistant slot might be recent.

The University of Virginia seeks Director of Graduate School Admissions to design and oversee the recruitment and external marketing strategy for the Batten School of Leadership and Public Policy – Charlottesville, Va.

American Forest Foundation:

• Development Coordinator (pdf)
• Program Coordinator (pdf)

Amerigroup seeks Policy Analyst to evaluate and report on state and federal legislation and regulation related to aging, health, and long-term care issues – all from Virginia Beach, Va.

The Northern Virginia AIDS Ministry is looking for a Development & Community Relations Manager for fundraising, PR and event management work.

TenCate Geosynthetics would like to find a Government Affairs Manager with a certain junior-grade Mission Impossible flair - to wit: Identifies all potential federal government organizations (trade associations, caucuses, foreign embassies, special cause charities) and develops a plan to target and penetrate certain key organizations. Coordinates activities for final penetration plans.

A little outside our usual orbit, but doesn’t at least one of you – yes, you! – have the imagination and guile to snag this Director of Sales & Marketing position for the Mandarin Oriental Washington hotel? We imagine the benefits are pretty great, at least in terms of vacation lodging and free snacks.

InterMedia:

• Research Analyst/Project Manager – Asia/China focus – proficiency in Mandarin required
• International Qualitative Research Manager
• Survey Research Intern
• Media Research Analyst - focused on quantitative and qualitative research and assessment of media and communication programs in Iraq – consultant position – proficiency in Arabic required
• Assistant Editor – part time

For your far-flung Friday needs, we bring you this Media Relations Specialist position with Borshoff, an Indianapolis-based PR/communications agency that is home to bring your baby to work day – which strikes us as unfair, as the infant visitors are probably encouraged to sleep though the staff meetings, but we get snapped at every time we doze off.

US Army – Public Affairs Specialist – in support of the coming-in-2013 National Museum of the United States Army – $89k-$115k – job ID: NEHT10152890D – apply by June 4

New – in New York – with Ogilvy PR:

• Assistant Account Exec, Corporate Practice
• Assistant Search Manager

Big-deal law firm Wilmer Hale seeks Senior Public Relations Specialist to help enhance the firm’s reputation in legal trade press, general business media, relevant vertical trade outlets, and legal directories. They’re also in the market for Business Development Specialist and Meeting Coordinator hires for the DC office.

Unknown enterprise seeks motivated, accomplished Vice President, Health Care to work with established firm on health care/health policy/public health issues.

Center for Mind/Body Medicine – Publicist/Media Relations Specialist – part-time

Capitol Hill:

• Office of Congressional Ethics – Staff Assistant
• Senior Ways and Means Democrat – Legislative Assistant, Healthcare and Legislative Assistant, Tax – JD a must for both positions
• Senior Democrat – Staff Assistant

Raytheon – Manager, Public Relations (search Fall Church location or ID 2499BR) – Intelligence and Information Systems division – offices to relocate to Dulles area in October 2010 – secret clearance not required

Type MD in the little box that says where to find a pretty-fresh PR/Social Media Intern opportunity with Goodwill Industries – in Rockville, to be precise.

National Rural Electric Cooperative Association – search Arlington, Va. location to find:

• Marketing Specialist
• Assistant Editor for Rural Electric magazine
• Media & Public Relations Intern

Recent college grads! Gain experience as a temporary long-term Marketing Assistant for a mystery consulting firm – that’s the come-on from the gang at Graham Staffing. We’re still trying to get our heads around the temporary long-term part of the equation; perhaps can't-get-here-fast-enough Happy Hour will help.

Your Friday job search resource (and word-of-the-day calendar) brings you KODA:

• Native American word meaning ally or friend (was kemo sabe already taken?)
• A so-called opportunity community for young job-seekers to network and search for positions

Happy Friday from your allies, friends and kemo sabes at
DC Public Affairs + Communications Jobs!