Asphalt, Animals, & Autos

TUESDAY UPDATE: Our next scheduled post, a special Think Tank Jobs Edition, will be delayed until Wednesday. Sorry.

First off, we posted the previously-noted opportunities closing this week yesterday; click here or scroll back. On to the jobs as we welcome Halloween and bid adieu to Jobstoberfest 2011.

DC-focused community development/lending group City First Enterprises seeks Director of Development & Communications to drive fundraising and marketing efforts.

Express Scripts seeks Staff Assistant, Government Affairs (use advanced search and DC location or job ID 15041) for broad set of admin, support and reporting functions.

University of Virginia – Charlottesville, Va.

• Career Services Coordinator, UVa Alumni Association – part-time – program and marketing responsibility for a webinar series, client scheduling and administration, social media communications and more
• Communications Coordinator – supports the Dean of the School of Nursing in speech writing & preparation of remarks, reports, letters, presentations, and media interviews – we’re not sure how the broad $37k-$70k salary range corresponds to 20-hour work week.
• Deputy Editor for the Virginia Quarterly Review

Unknown national patient advocacy organization in cancer screening – Corporate Outreach & Fundraising Manager – $50k-$70k

Center on Budget & Policy Priorities – Media Intern – paid postion

YWCA – Director of Communications – seeking candidates with 5+ years experience in communications leadership role and a clear track record of tangible business and marketing results. Media relations, digital media and events planning skills are among their wants.

Special Olympics – see main careers page for more info:

• Director, Marketing & Communications
• Vice President, Government Relations
• Corporate Relations Intern and Communications Intern

You may be pining for an idyll in Napa or another Pavement reunion, but all we have for you is this Director of Communications post with NAPA, the National Asphalt Pavement Association. Duties include management of Asphalt Pavement magazine. For opportunities that might put you in a safety-orange vest near a cauldron of hot tar, see AsphaltJobs.com.

The Animal Welfare League of Alexandria seeks Director of Communications and Outreach – scroll down for Customer Service Coordinator (low $30k) and part-time Animal Care Technician ($13/hr) opportunities.

The American Wind Energy Association seeks Policy Analyst with strong skill-set in statistical analysis and research.

American Foreign Policy Council – Interns, Spring 2012 – Knowledge of Russian, Mandarin, Arabic or Farsi helpful – apply by Nov. 1

The Auto Alliance seeks hard-driving Director of State Government Affairs – applications by Nov. 4, please.

Defense Security Cooperation Agency – Communications Manager – $105k-$136k – supporting the Africa Center for Strategic Studies – maîtrise du français est essentielle – job ID: D-DSCA-553168-12 – apply by Nov. 14

Bechtel (search external affairs job function):

• Sustainability Specialist – San Francisco, CA
• Manager, Government & Public Affairs – Perth, Australia

This is a little outside our usual focus, but perhaps one of you has the requisite experience in counseling, school psychology, education, and/or youth development sought by the Jack Kent Cooke Foundation for this Educational Advisor post – apply by Nov. 30. The Squire would have turned 99 last week; and the Redskins performance yesterday would have probably done him in again.

Enjoy and extol the leafy campus and bright kids at Georgetown Day School in your work as Director of Advancement – some communications duties involved along with your fundraising responsibilities.

Your job search tool of the day – a listing of non-profit job sources from search firm Transition Guides, along with their own active opportunities.

coming tomorrow: Think Tank Jobs, 8th Edition