Late July Indolence

A schedule update before we get into it today: DCPA+CJ will just be publishing on Monday, Wednesday & Friday of this week. Is this due to late-July indolence on our part, or a particularly busy week ahead for us? We're not telling.

And now, let's get to previously noted opportunities closing this week:

America’s Future Foundation – Editor for Doublethink – July 25

Church World Service – Grassroots Coordinator, Immigrants’ Rights – $50k-$57k – July 25

Dept. of Labor – International Relations Officer – $72k-$115k – job ID: DE-11-HRC-ILAB-209 – July 25

Nature Conservancy – Editorial Manager (scroll to find or use job #39129) – July 25

Treasury Dept. – Senior Legislative & External Communications Specialist – $89k-$115k – job ID: 11-DO-763P – July 26

Collaborative Communications Group – Senior Associate, Online Collaboration – July 27

North Asian Pacific Center on Aging – deadline info found here:

• Legislative Consultant (pdf) – part-time – $31k-$42k – July 27
  
• Director of Research (pdf) - $59k-$78k – Seattle, WA – July 27
  
• Development Consultant (pdf) – part-time – $31k-$42k – Seattle, WA – July 27
  

American Cancer Society – Office Coordinator – $28k-$32k – White Marsh/Baltimore, MD – July 29

American Water Works Association – Federal Relations Specialist – July 29

Arthritis Foundation:

• Director of Federal Affairs – July 29
• Development & Services Director – Knoxville, TN – July 29

Kauffman & Associates – Director of Research & Evaluation (pdf) – July 29

Rails to Trails Alliance – Vice President, Development & Communications (pdf) – search managed by Dewey & Kaye – July 29

Union of Concerned Scientists – Program Assistant, Energy & Climate – July 29

University of Maryland – Coordinator of Marketing Communications, Business School – low to mid $30k – July 29

Henry L. Stimson Center – Development Assistant – July 31

Marine Conservation Institute (scroll down):

• Director of Foundation Giving – DC or Belleview, WA – July 31
• Legislative Director – July 31

Radio Free Europe – Production Assistant – Prague, Czech Republic – July 31

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The National Association for College Admission Counseling has an immediate opening for a Communications Coordinator to serve as editor of bi-monthly electronic newsletter and other related PR/marketing duties.

Women Thrive Worldwide is a nonprofit organization whose mission is to shape U.S. policy to help women in developing countries lift themselves and their families out of poverty - play a leadership role in those efforts as Vice President for Policy & Government Affairs (pdf) – search managed by Slesinger Management.

Prince William County Government – Neighborhood Coordinator – $57k-$92k – work involves assisting the community to build a civic infrastructure to enable the community groups to effectively interact with service-providing agencies to improve their individual circumstances and relationships with the County government – public administration or urban planning degree helpful – Woodbridge, Va. – apply by Aug. 3

University of Virginia – Charlottesville, Va.

• Historical Collections Assistant, Health Sciences Library – part-time
• Assistant Director of Leadership Annual Giving – $44k-$78k
• Assistant Director, Athletic Media Relations – $35k-$61k – you’ll owe us some sweet tickets if you score this slot, OK?
• Web & Publications Editor, University Library – $37k-$65k

Speaking of Charlottesville, that’s where you’ll be if you’re tapped as Leadership Gift Officer for the Southern Environmental Law Center – your background should include a minimum of five or more years of successful one-on-one fund raising. [hey, wait: wouldn’t minimum of five years suffice? Isn’t the addition of or more actually contradictory to the whole idea of minimum?]

Direct Selling Association – Communications Assistant

The Chesapeake Bay Foundation will give you until July 29 to pull together highlights from your minimum of five years experience in contributing at the leadership level in a successful development/fundraising operation and apply for Director of Individual & Planned Giving – Annapolis, MD

Some recent out-of-town opportunities with the Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation:

• Executive Director, Hampton Roads Chapter – Virginia Beach, Va.
• Development Coordinator – Richmond, Va.
• Development Manager – Raleigh, NC
• National Manager, Major & Planned Gift, Midwest Region – St. Louis, MO, Indianapolis, IN, Minneapolis, MN or Cincinnati, OH
• more available nationwide

The American Association for Cancer Research seeks DC-based Manager of Legislative Affairs with 1-3 years experience in public policy or advocacy environment; preferably dealing with biomedical research, science policy, or cancer/health policy. Several program & marketing positions available in the Philadelphia HQ, as well.

Options Clearing Corp. – Director, Government Affairs – looking for candidates with a min. of 10 total years experience as a Congressional staffer or in a gov’t relations role, with relevant contacts on the Hill, at Federal financial services regulatory agencies and at industry associations.

Latest from the American Society for Clinical Oncology:

• Program Assistant, Government Relations
• Non-profit Governance Manager
• Editorial Coordinator

ICF International – Health Communications/Outreach Coordinator – government contracting, public health communications or proposal development experience helpful

Dept. of State – Public-Private Partnership Officer, Office of the U.S. Global AIDS Coordinator – $89k-$115k – job ID: S-2011-0079 – apply by July 28

Pew Charitable Trusts:

• Associate, Kids Healthful & Safe Food Campaign
• Associate, Philanthropic Partnership Group
• Admin Assistant, Office of the President
• Field Associate, Pew Environment Group
• Manager, Global Shark Conservation
• Associate, European Marine Program – Brussels, Belgium

Greater Baltimore Medical Center – Marketing & Communications Manager

A little patience required here – as the New York Life careers page seems to generate unstable, session-based links – for the Exec Assistant position in their government affairs office: a) go to corporate careers, b) then to experienced professionals, c) then to experienced jobs, d) then to openings, e) then search using DC location or req ID 6064BR. We think NYL should give you the job just for being able to actually find it.

Mystery defense government relations firm seeks a motivated and organized Receptionist/Exec Assistant to support the senior staff of the company and assist with daily operations - $30k

These Senior Director, Federal Affairs (use DC location, or job ID 2794BR) $170k-$220k – and Director, Public Policy (2421BR) $120k-$140k – positions with Aetna sport recent July listing dates – but we first came across them a full month ago. We don’t know what that means, really, except that we really like to demonstrate that we’re paying attention here.

Association of Credit and Collection Professionals seeks Manager for their PAC – DC or Minneapolis, MN location possible – can also search here, if original direct-to-word-doc link doesn’t come up for you.

Do you think they let a bunch of cats run around the office all day at Alley Cat Allies? Let us know if you snag an interview for Grassroots Organizing Director – other media/fundraising slots noted as available there date back to earlier this month.

Community of Hope works to help address the healthcare and housing needs of DC’s most economically vulnerable residents – seeking Communications & Development Intern – start date flexible within early-to-mid Sept. time frame.

Fleishman-Hillard:

• Project Manager, Digital Integration
• Account Director, Infrastructure Public Affairs with their Stratacomm comrades

Halfway between Tyson’s & Leesburg – that’s where you’ll be working as Communications Specialist for the Architectural Woodworking Institute

Your job-search resource of the day will be a downer to recent grads, as the New York Times posits the notion of The Master’s as the New Bachelor’s. Sorry.