Your Next Forty Years

Previously referenced jobs closing this week:

NASA – Public Affairs Specialist – $72k-$136k – job ID: HQ10B0124 – June 14

United States Sentencing Commission – Public/Legislative Affairs Assistant – $42k-$67k – job ID: 10-05 – June 14

Center for Justice & International Law – Communications Director – Spanish language desired, Portuguese a plus – June 15

George Washington University/Institute for Public Policy – Senior Research Associate – $50k-$60k – for the Significant Features of the Property Tax project – June 15

ActionAid USA:

• Supporter Marketing Manager – June 15
• Contracts & Grants Manager – June 15

United Nations Foundation:

• Online Communications Senior Associate, Public Affairs & Girl Up – June 15
• Campaign Associate, Girl Up – June 16
• Communications Associate, Public Affairs & Girl Up – June 16

Nature Conservancy (scroll back to find or use advanced search and ID #)

• International Marine Policy Representative (12094) – June 15
• Senior Online Fundraising Manager, Digital Membership (12074) – June 18
• Chief Conservation Strategy Officer (12079) – June 20
• Director, Conservation Operations (12078) – June 20

Montgomery County Public Schools – Senior Communications Specialist (search job # 10001I2 - yes that's one-I-two at the end, or use job title in keyword box) – $71k-$100k – our sources tell us MCPS would prefer to see applications by June 17

Smithsonian Institution – Public Affairs Assistant – $37k-$49k – job ID: 10A-RM-296213-DEU-NMAI – June 17

University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences/Robert Wood Johnson Foundation – Senior Policy Analyst – DC-based – can also search here, using position # 50041827 – June 17

Alliance for Climate Protection – Press Assistant – June 18

Grantmakers for Effective Organisations – Manager of Marketing Communications (pdf) – upper $50k – June 18

Bowie State University – Assistant Director of Public Relations (pdf) – $40k-$52k – June 18

Bank Information Center – Executive Assistant – $30k – June 20

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The American Legislative Exchange Council is seeking a Senior Director of Public Affairs to drive media & communications efforts. In addition to relevant skill set, candidates should have philosophical orientation towards free markets, limited government, and individual liberty – $85k-$110k

Don't miss the Mid-level Public Affairs Professional opportunity with the Wade Group, along with 16 other opportunities in our Saturday supplement

Management Sciences for Health – Communications Manager – USAID experience & foreign language skills in French, Spanish, Portuguese, or Dari, deemed very helpful – search here for additional MSH opportunities

Council on Foreign Relations:

• Special Assistant to the Vice President, Washington Program – mid $30k
• Assistant to the Senior Vice President & Director of Studies – New York
• Interdepartmental Program Associate – mid $30k – New York

The Archdiocese of Baltimore seeks Assistant Director of Communications to manage marketing, public relations and media for Catholic schools in Baltimore and nine surrounding counties that comprise the Archdiocese and support broader communications efforts.

Sabin Vaccine Institute – Senior Resource Development Officer, Global Network for Neglected Tropical Diseases – in other words, a big-deal type fundraising position supporting important work

This Account Coordinator, Consumer Healthcare & Wellness opening with Ketchum sports the important-to-many term entry-level. Nice place to kick off your 40-or-so years ahead in the workforce, we think.

Medtronic – Grassroots Advocacy & Communications Specialist – manage the gov’t affairs internal & external communications program, including content development for the company’s soon-to-be launched web-based employee grassroots tool

Comcast – Coordinator, External Affairs (search PA location & use keywords external affairs) – Philadelphia, PA – no guarantee the job is actually Comcastic

OPOWER is a self-described leader in energy efficiency and smart-grid software. They have a bunch of local opportunities – including some admin & sales/marketing related jobs – and, of particular relevance to the DCPA+CJ community: Director, Government Affairs (scroll down to sales/marketing category)

Planned Parenthood:

• Campaign Manager, Online Supporter Engagement
• Campaign Field Manager
• Public Policy Analyst

American Rights at Work – Office Manager – $50k-$60k

Working America – a community affiliate of the the AFL-CIO – seeks Media Outreach Specialist – experience working with Capitol Hill reporters desired; bi-lingual in Spanish language a strong plus

Is Twitter the solution for every client? If you think so, please do not apply for this Digital Media Director position with unknown communications firm. Boundless creativity, enormous energy also required.

American College of Radiology – Web Editor – Ideal candidate will have at least 4 years experience in writing/editing for the web and managing web content development/creative web staff. Familiarity with HTML, CSS, Dreamweaver, Photoshop & web content management systems also sought.

National Association of College & University Business Officers:

• Managing Editor for Business Officer magazine
• Manager, Research & Policy Analysis

Communications opportunities aplenty with the American Chemistry Council:

• Coordinator, Advocacy Communications
• Coordinator, Member Communications & Marketing
• Director, Member Communications
• Director, Online Advocacy Communications
• Director, Program Communications
• Director, Regional Media Desk
• Graphics Designer
• Manager, Product/Panel Communications
• Writer/Researcher
• Senior Director, Advocacy Communications
• Director, Responsible Care/Sustainability

New with Burson-Marsteller since last week's PR jobs special edition, we find this Executive Assistant spot

Center for International Private Enterprise:

• Program Assistant, Middle East & North Africa – fluency in French required, proficiency in Arabic preferred
• Editorial/Communications Assistant – ability in a second language such as French, Spanish, Russian, or Arabic desired

Your job search resource du jour is a month ahead of schedule - on July 14, the Partnership for Public Service will host the Eighth Annual Public Service Career and Internship Fair from 3:00-7:00 p.m. at the National Building Museum in Washington, D.C. Given the fact that agencies are primarily recruiting for entry-level jobs and internships, the target audience for this event is students, both graduate and undergraduate, recent graduates, and professionals with fewer than five years of experience. The positions agencies will be looking to fill include special agents, engineers, program analysts, financial specialists, environmental scientists, IT specialists, economists, contract specialists and more.