Unqualified Albeit Uninformed

1) Aerospace Industries Association – Admin Assistant, Communications & Legislative Affairs

2) Alliance for Community Health Plans – Legislative & Policy Associate

3) American Academy of Actuaries – Experienced Communications Professional

4) American Federation of State, County & Municipal Employees – Political & Legislative Organizers – field-based positions

5) Americans United for the Separation of Church & State – Legal Interns, 2012-13 school year

6-7) American University

• Senior Admin Assistant, School of International Service – low to mid $30k – apply today, Jan. 27
• Associate Dean for Development & Alumni Relations

8) Assorted mystery employers – admin, paralegal, marketing & other support positions – searches managed by Bonnie Jones Associates

9-13) Atlantic Media

• Homepage Editor for the TheAtlantic.com
• Web Producer
• Strategic Content Director, National Journal Group
• Managing Editor, National Journal
• Events Fellow, Government Executive

14) BNSF Railway – Budget & Legislative Affairs Analyst – $37k-$50k

15-17) Brookings Institution

• Research Assistant, Latin America Initiative – Spanish language skills highly valued
• Research Analyst and Research Assistant – Engelberg Center on Healthcare Reform
• Program Assistant, Foreign Policy

18) Cablevision – Executive Secretary, Corporate Federal Affairs Office (search DC location or req ID 15937BR)

19-20) Consumers Union

• Intern, Federal Policy – Summer 2012
• additional Summer Internships available in Yonkers, NY

21) Discovery Communications – Manager, Social Media – Miami, FL

22) DoD/Joint Chiefs of Staff – Congressional Affairs Specialist – $123k-$155k – job ID: JCS-12-596264 – apply by Jan. 31

23-26) Elizabeth Glaser Pediatric AIDS Foundation

• Media Relations Coordinator
• Interactive/Social Media Coordinator
• Director, Editorial/Branding & Creative Services
• Development & Communications Officer

27-29) Fleishman Hillard

• Vice President, Corporate/B2B Communications – Boston, MA
• Mid-level Corporate Communications Professional – Detroit, MI
• Manager, Corporate Communications – Irvine, CA

30) Ketchum – Associate Director, Online Communications – New York

31) Legal Services Corp. – Director of Government Relations & Public Affairs – $118-$155k

32-34) Leukemia & Lymphoma Society

• Director of Federal Affairs
• Manager of State Affairs
• Admin Assistant, Public Policy Office

35) Mesothelioma Applied Research Foundation – Content & Social Media Manager

36) Mystery consulting firm involved in housing/financial sector – Executive Support Staffer

37-39) National Automobile Dealers Association – home of the slight-jump-on-rush-hour, ends-at-4:45 p.m. workday:

• Executive Director, Legislative Affairs (search management category)
• web & marketing/communications posts (search marketing category)
• Intern, Legislative Affairs (search legislative category)

40) National Council of La Raza – Publications Intern

41) Ovarian Cancer National Alliance – Advocacy Outreach Organizer – apply by Feb. 15

42-52) Pew Charitable Trusts – PSPP = Public Safety Performance Project

• Manager, Juvenile Research, PSPP
• Manager, Adult Research, PSPP
• Manager, Adult State Policy, PSPP
• Senior Communications Associate, PSPP
• Communications Manager, Pew Center on the States
• Senior Communications Associate, Children's Dental Campaign
• Senior Communications Associate, Economic Policy
• Senior Research Associate, State Healthcare Costs Project
• Research Manager, Pew Health Group
• Research & Information Officer, Pew Health Group
• Strategic Initiatives Senior Associate, Pew Center on the States

53) Private Equity Growth Council – Director, Communications – apply by Feb. 3

54) Religious Action Center of Reform Judaism

• Legislative Assistant
• Intern, Summer 2012 – apply by Feb. 3

55) Rock Creek Strategic Marketing – Online Marketer and Marketing Strategist

56) Truman National Security Project – Message Writer

57-58) United Nations Foundation

• Program Officer, Adolescent Girls – apply by Feb. 6
• Research Intern, mHealth Alliance – Spring 2012 – $10/hr – apply by Feb. 2

59) U.S. Army/Joint Improvised Explosive Device Defeat Organization – Public Affairs Specialist – $89k-$115k – job ID: NEHT12470745594253D – apply by Feb. 2

60) Vital Voices Women’s Partnership – Online Communications Intern – available immediately (and, definitely still available)

61) Yahoo! – Senior Director, Legal Public Policy

62) and, finally – we’ve actually used the meeting space provided by the U.S. Chess Center, and we thought it was pretty nice, so take that as an unqualified albeit uninformed endorsement for their Executive Coordinator post – $35k-$50k

63) and, finally, part 2 – spend your Spring & Summer at the University of Virginia’s secret spy outpost near the lair of their Blacksburg-based arch-nemesis as Assistant to the Station Agent at the Mountain Lake Biological Station – Pembroke, Va.

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Best weekend-coming-in wishes from your favorite™ public affairs jobs resource! As for us, we're looking forward to the first Hopslam of 2012.