Monday, August 24, 2009

Several with ONE

Plenty of great new public affairs, communications, advocacy & PR jobs today, along with a light (HR-folks-have-headed-to-the-beach) roster of previously-referenced opportunities closing this week:

National Defense University
Internet Publication Specialist/Editor – $85k-$95k – job ID D94020 – Aug. 24

Census Bureau - Assistant Director for Communications - $117k-$177k - job ID ADOC-2009-0017 - Aug. 24

United Nations Foundation - Global Network Manager, World Heritage Alliance for Sustainable Tourism - Aug. 25

Smithsonian/Woodrow Wilson Center
- Human Resources Assistant - $33k-$43k - job ID CK277330FH - Aug. 26

World Bank - Communications Associate - Arabic language web experience desired - Aug. 27

National Farmers Union - Communications Coordinator (note: pdf link) - $30k-$35K - Aug. 28

Brookings Institution - Assistant to the Vice President of Communications - Aug. 30

United Way - Director, Education Policy - Aug. 30
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430) AARP - Senior Manager, Media Relations - economic security issues - apply by Sept. 17

431) American Bird Conservancy - Director of Public Relations - apply by Sept. 20

432) American College of Radiology - Senior Director of Marketing & Communications

433-434) Association of Public Television Stations:
435) Freddie Mac - Community Relations Manager (use job ID 203410 or scroll back to find)

436-437) Center of Concern:
438) Discovery Communications - Senior Vice President, Corporate Research

439) Federal Reserve Board - Communications Specialist (search position # 7154)

440) Federation of American Scientists - Strategic Security Interns - graduate & undergraduate-level - apply by Sept. 11

441-443) Greenpeace:
444) Heart Rhythm Society - Manager of Public Relations - and possible additional opportunity

445) Hill & Knowlton - Junior Media Research Analyst - contract/consultant status - night shift also available

446) Hilton Hotels - Coordinator, Advertising & Public Relations - can also search here, using job ID 31715

447) Leading public affairs firm - Communications Associate

448) Library of Congress - Writer/Editor - $73k-$95k - job ID 090175 - apply by Aug. 27

449-450) Management Science for Health:
451) National Telecommunications & Information Administration - Communications Program Specialist - $102k-$133k - job ID NTIA-OTIA-2009-0019 - apply by Aug. 28

452) Natural Resources Defense Council - Legal Interns, Summer 2010 - rolling application/offers - Los Angeles, Chicago, San Francisco & New York legal intern opportunities also available

453-457) ONE Campaign:
458) Towson University - Editor, Office of University Relations - Towson, MD

459-461) Vera Institute of Justice:

Friday, August 21, 2009

Deep in the Heart of Texas

You asked for more jobs in Irving, TX (ok, you did no such thing), and we responded with not one or two but three opportunities in the hometown of soon-to-be demolished (good riddance!) Texas Stadium.

Speaking of which, we've got some closer-to-home Redskins season tickets for sale, if you're interested in a nice deal on some great seats.

Today's catch features some fine public affairs jobs in the DC area, as well a handful of far-flung Friday opportunities.

396) American Federation of Teachers - Assistant Director (Media Relations) - 18-month term

397) American Institute for Cancer Research - Communications Assistant

398-400) American University - scroll to find or use job ID #
401-404) Center for Public Integrity:
405-406) Council for the National Interest - Middle East policy organization:
407) Edelman PR - Junior Web Specialist - can also search here, via DC location

408) Fannie Mae - Project Manager, Making Homes Affordable Communications

409) Harvard University - Assistant Director, Communications - Alumni Affairs & Development - Cambridge, MA

410) Healthcare Distribution Management Association - Associate Director, State Government Affairs

411) Immigration Equality - Policy Associate (scroll down)

412) Judicial Watch - Research Assistant (scroll down)

413-414) Kimberly Clark - Irving, TX:
415) Leadership Conference on Civil Rights - New Media Manager

416) National Association of Corporate Directors - Manager, Marketing & Communications

417) National Association of Latino Elected Officials - Media Relations Manager - $53k-$58k - can be based in DC or Los Angeles

418-419) National Council of Nonprofits:
420) RJ Reynolds Corp. - Senior Director/Director of State Government Relations (search Winston-Salem, NC location) - $120k-$150k - you'll also see some previously-referenced communications/legislative opportunities there

421) State Public Policy Group - Program Manager - Des Moines, IA - apply by Aug. 31

422) TXU Energy - Director of Communications - Irving, TX

423) University of Virginia - Executive Director, Curry School of Education Foundation - $65k-$163k - Charlottesville, Va.

424) Urban Land Institute - Executive Assistant

425) US Telecommunications Training Institute - Fall/Spring Intern opportunities - paid position

426) Vets First - Policy Associate

427) Writers Guild of America, East - Director of Communications - New York

428) And, finally, we note that grasstroturf pioneer Bonner & Associates is always hiring candidates for temporary political work - and, they obviously have at least one slot to fill.

429) Your job search tool of the day - the always relevant and useful Journalism Jobs operation.

Thursday, August 20, 2009

Twenty Six More

afternoon update: apply today, Aug. 20, for Intern opportunities with the Concord Coalition

369) American Legislative Exchange Council - Interns, Fall 2009 - apply by Aug. 21

370-371) Americans United for Life:
372) BRTRC - Social Media & Electronic Communications Specialist

373) Economic Club of Washington - Assistant Membership Services Manager - $38k-$42k

374) EMBARQ/Century Link - Manager, Public Affairs & Communications - can also search here, using job # 0006052 - Charlottesville, Va.

375) Fenton Communications - Senior Account Exec

376) Fleishman-Hillard/VOX - Account Exec, Sustainability - more on VOX Global

377) Georgetown University:
378) Hill & Knowlton:
379) Johns Hopkins University - Senior Admin Coordinator - $16-$22/hr. - Baltimore, MD

380) Levick Strategic Communications - Social Media AE, Account Exec, & Account Supervisor positions

381) Medical Group Management Association - Government Affairs Representative

382) Merrill Lynch - Media Relations Generalist, Research Division - New York

383-384) National Council on Quality Assurance:
385) The National Interest - Editorial/Production Position

386-388) OMP Direct:
389) PBS - Project Coordinator

390-391) Pew Charitable Trusts:
392) Preferred Systems Solutions - Communications Specialist III - can also search here, under Virginia location (scroll down)

393) Smithsonian/Woodrow Wilson Center - Human Resources Assistant - $33k-$43k - job ID CK277330FH - apply by Aug. 26

394) Virilion PR - Editor - marketing & social media experience required

395) Wyss Foundation - Grants & Office Manager - apply by Sept. 15

Wednesday, August 19, 2009

Mystery Nonprofit

333-334) American Association for Cancer Research:
335-338) American Petroleum Institute:
339-340) Catholic Diocese of Arlington:
341-342) DCI Group - can also search here, if links give you trouble:
343) Jesuit Refugee Service - Director of Development

344) Mystery nonprofit, possibly in healthcare/HIV-AIDS arena - Director of Media Relations - $90k-$100k

345) National Association of County Behavioral Health & Developmental Disability Directors - Execitive Director - $95k-$105k - apply by Sept. 1

346-347) National Board of Osteopathic Medical Examiners - Conshohocken, PA:
348-350) New America Foundation:
351-352) Planned Parenthood:
353) Roll Call TV - Producer

354-357) Sabin Vaccine Institute:
358-360) United Way:
361) Well-known (but wishing to remain unknown) investment company - Executive Assistant - search managed by RuthiPostow Staffing

362-363) World Bank:
364-367) World Wildlife Fund:
368) Your job-search resource catch o' the day: the job board at AssociationJobs.org - featuring plenty of nonprofit opportunities in Chicago and thereabouts.

Tuesday, August 18, 2009

306 - 332*

306) The Advocacy Project - several Internship positions - apply by Aug. 21

307-309) American Council on Education:
310) Boxwood Technology - Marketing Manager

311) Center for Progressive Leadership - External Affairs Manager - apply by Aug. 31

312) Concurrent Technologies - Senior Public Relations Professional - DoD/Navy experience required

313) Congressional Budget Office - Production Editor - $50k-$110k - job ID 09-32 - apply by Sept. 30

314) Defense Intelligence Agency - Public Affairs Specialist - $60k-$118k - M09-025499-01-CM - apply by Sept. 2

315) Earth Day Network - Green Schools Coordinator - can also scroll down for Intern info

316) FEMA/DHS - External Affairs Officer - $86k-$113k - job ID DE-09-451-MAF3 - apply by Aug. 21

317-318) Food & Water Watch:

319) George Mason University - External Affairs Assistant (search position # WG4946) - $10/hr.

320) Heldref/World Affairs Journal - Communications/PR Specialist - more on World Affairs Journal

321-322) Independent Community Bankers of America:

323) National Association of City & County Health Officials - Media & Public Relations Manager - $63k-$78k - apply by Oct. 13

324-325) National Trust for Historic Preservation:

326) Nonproliferation Policy Education Center - Admin Intern - $11/hr. - we love their logo at top right

327-328) Polaris Project:

329) Special Olympics International - Chief Marketing & Development Officer (coming soon, scroll to bottom for note) - search managed by Nonprofit Professionals Advisory Group

330) Unknown transportation technology concern - Government Affairs Assistant - $15-$16/hr. - search managed by Aerotek

331) US-Saudi Business Council - Research Intern - apply by Aug. 31

332) Today's search resource is aimed for our conservative/libertarian viewers: the job board of the America's Future Foundation

* yeah, we couldn't think of a clever title today.

Monday, August 17, 2009

Nukes (GE) & Nature (Conservancy)

We have a lot of great new jobs in public affairs, communications, government relations/lobbying, PR, advocacy, development/fundraising and public policy today - and a smaller-than-usual catch of previously referenced opportunities closing this week:

National Institutes of Health - Legislative Liaison - $102k-$133k - job ID HHS/NIH-2009-3232 - Aug. 17

Congressional Research Service/Library of Congress - Specialist in Energy Policy - $120k-$153k - job ID 090168 - Aug. 18

University of Maryland, Baltimore County - Communications Manager - Aug. 20

Dept. of the Army - Congressional Actions Coordinator - $60k-$95k - job ID NEHT09682938D - Aug. 20

Smithsonian Institution - Program Assistant, Woodrow Wilson Center for International Scholars - $33k-$53k - job ID CK267914 tw - Aug. 21

National Association of Conservation Districts - Communications Associate & Web Manager (note: pdf link) - Aug. 21

Executive Office of the PresidentLaw Librarian – $73k-$113k – OA-09-23-DH-DE – Aug. 21

American Veterinary Medical AssociationGrassroots Coordinator – apply by Aug. 21

Agricultural Research Service - Public Affairs Specialist - $50k-$95k - job ID ARS-X9E-0198 - Aug. 21
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267-269) Alliance to Save Energy:
270) American Association of Medical Colleges - Legislative Analyst - can also search here

271-272) American Heart Association:
273) American Hospital Association - Staff Writer

274) American Medical Student Association - Director, Digital Strategy - $70k-$75k - apply by Sept. 4

275) Capital Area Asset Builders - Fundraising & Communications Manager - $45k-$50k

276) Carnegie Mellon University - Assistant to Director, Federal Relations (search posting # 6079) - $35k-$64k - DC-based

277) Center for Reproductive Rights - Director of Government Relations & Communications - search managed by Isaacson, Miller

278) Council on Foreign Relations - Fall Intern opportunities in Washington (11) or New York (15)

279) Discovery Communications - Communications/Marketing Intern

280) Environmental Research & Education Foundation - Director of Development & Communications - apply by Oct. 1

281) Fannie Mae - Production Manager, Communications & Marketing Services

282) Federal Communications Commission - Media & Public Affairs Outreach Specialist - $73k-$95k - job ID DEU-OMR-2009-0002 - apply by Aug. 21

283) Fleishman-Hillard - Assistant Account Exec, Public Affairs/Health Policy

284) General Electric Energy Infrastructure - Government Relations Leader, GEH Nuclear (search job # 1079697)

285-286) Gibraltar Associates:
287) Government Accountability Project - Communications Fellowship - six month term - $10k-$12k stipend - apply by Aug. 22

288) Henry M. Jackson Foundation for the Advancement of Military Medicine - Admin. Assistant/Office Manager (scroll back to find or use job ID 204644)

289) Home Front Communications - Director of Interactive

290-292) MasiMax Resources:
293) National Federation for Independent Business - E-mail Marketing Manager

294-295) Nature Conservancy (search by job number or scroll back to find):
296) Orbital Science Corp. - Director, Government Relations - can also search here, under government relations category

297) Pew Charitable Trusts - Project Manager, Research & Development - Pew Center on the States

298-300) Physician's Committee for Responsible Medicine:
301) Porter-Novelli - Executive Assistant

302) SkyTerra Communications - Director, Marketing

303) Sodexo - Public Relations Consultant - note: could not find via Sodexo careers page

304) Vets for Freedom - Executive Director

305) Women Thrive Worldwide - multiple intern opportunities in communications and policy

Saturday, August 15, 2009

All Over the Place

For a Saturday, change of pace, we bring you a selection of PR, public affairs and communications jobs from Anchorage, Atlanta, Boston, Berkeley, Charlotte, Columbus, Dallas, Deerfield, Hartford, Los Angeles, Miami, Minneapolis, New York, Philadelphia, San Francisco, & Winston-Salem. We understand you don't want to leave your comfy Falls Church, Palisades or Silver Spring digs, but frankly, after watching the Skins' dispiriting performance in preseason week one, maybe you should get out of town before things get worse.

244) 5WPR - multiple opportunities - scroll to find Social Media Specialist, Account Exec, Account Coordinator and more - New York

245) Children's Hospital of Philadelphia - Government Affairs Graduate Fellowship - for Master's-Level student currently enrolled in second year of study $11k stipend for six-month term

246) Connecticut General Assembly - Director, Office of Fiscal Analysis - $130k - Hartford - apply by Sept. 11

247) Duke Energy - Marketing Communications Specialist - Charlotte; other locations referenced - can also search here, using job ID 105676

248) Kimberly-Clark Corp. - Senior Communications Coordinator/Web Editor - Dallas

249) Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory - State Government & Community Relations Manager - Berkeley, CA

250) Medtronic - Social Media Program Manager - Minneapolis

251) Partnership for a Drug Free America - Director, Corporate Relations & Alliances - New York - apply by Sept. 30

252) Partners in Health - Director of Public Sector Development - Boston - apply by Sept. 4 - search managed by Nonprofit Professional Advisory Group

253-258) Porter-Novelli - among their currently-listed career opportunities:
259-260) R.J. Reynolds Corp. - both opportunities can be found in Winston-Salem, NC location:
261) Ralph Lauren Corp. - Marketing & Communications Coordinator - New York

262) School Employees Retirement System of Ohio - Communications Coordinator - Columbus - can also search here

263) Touchstone Energy - Communications Coordinator - Atlanta

264) University of Alaska, Anchorage - Government Affairs Director/Students Assistant - part time - $9.50/hr.

265-266) Walgreen's - Deerfield, IL - can also search here using job ID noted:

Friday, August 14, 2009

Microsoft, multi-billion dollar agencies, & mystery nonprofits

221) Alliance for Climate Protection - State Communications Director

222) America's Edge - Senior Membership Associate

223) Coalition for Government Procurement - Manager of Policy

224) Conservation International - US Media Manager

225) Democracy Data Corp. - Online Campaigns Coordinator

226) Fleishman-Hillard - Vice President, Public Affairs/Health Policy - for their TogoRun affiliate

227) Institute of Food Technologists - Project Coordinator

228) International Foundation for Electoral Systems - Program Officer, Latin America - can find other opportunities here, under DC-based full-time positions

229) Microsoft - Government Affairs Coordinator - can also search here, under DC location

230) Multi-billion dollar transportation & infrastructure agency - Federal & Legislative Affairs Manager - New York

231) Mystery nonprofit - Development Associate

232) National Association of Broadcasters - Manager, Public Service Initiatives

233) National Institutes of Health - Legislative Liaison - $102k-$133k - job ID HHS/NIH-2009-3232 - apply by Aug. 17

234) National Fair Housing Alliance - Public Policy & Communications Internship

235) National Journal - Staff Writer for the Global Security Newswire

236) Office of unknown Senate Committee Chair - Senior Budget Analyst

237) Pew Charitable Trusts - Manager, Communications - Pew Prescription Project

238) ReThink Media - Rapid Response Media Associate

239-240) Third Way:

241) US Soccer Foundation - Director of Development

242) Williams Whittle - Director of Public Relations

243) World Bank - Communications Assistant, Web Program Office - apply by Aug. 31

Thursday, August 13, 2009

200 & Counting

200-203) AARP Foundation:
204) Academy of Managed Care Pharmacy - Grassroots Coordinator/State Legislative Analyst

205) Adkins Arboretum - Development Officer (scroll down to find) - part-time a possibility - Ridgely, MD

206) Assoc. of Women´s Health, Obstetric and Neonatal Nurses - Government Affairs Intern

207) Booz Allen Hamilton - multiple strategic communications opportunities - (search via keywords strategic communications and McLean Va. - or other - location)

208-210) Brookings Institution:
211) Dept. of the Army - Congressional Actions Coordinator - $60k-$95k - job ID NEHT09682938D - apply by Aug. 20

212) G&H International Services - Public Affairs Specialist

213) George Washington University - Assistant Vice President for Development, Communications (search posting # 0601301)

214) National Beer Wholesalers Association - Deputy Press Secretary

215) National Farmers Union - Communications Coordinator (note: pdf link) - $30k-$35K - apply by Aug. 28

216-217) Natural Resources Defense Council:
218) Novo Nordisk - Associate Manager, Government Affairs (search DC location)

219) Medco Health Solutions - Director, Government Affairs

220) Steptoe & Johnson - Energy Government Affairs Advisor (scroll down to find)

Wednesday, August 12, 2009

Zoo Bar

New to our little slice of job-search heaven? Or been away a while and wonder what happened to the extra comment, context and comedy? We're going with a with a just-the-jobs August format (and maybe even through Labor Day).

But before you tear into the jobs, we want to make sure you don't miss this overseas volunteer opportunity in the public health field - Unite for Sight - Global Impact Fellows - a great way to get some exposure to healthcare and global development/relief work. And really help a lot of people in a significant way. And now, on with the countdown ....

177-178) American Academy of Pediatrics (scroll down to find):

179-180) American Lung Association:

181) Burson-Marsteller/Proof Digital Media - Associate/Senior Associate - more on Proof Digital

182) Council on Foreign Relations - multiple Intern opportunities - DC and New York

183) Euler Hermes ACI - Public Relations & Communications Specialist (note: pdf link) - Owings Mills, MD

184) Family Research Council - Media Coordinator/Videographer

185) Military Familes United - Comunications Coordinator (note: pdf link)

186-188) National Endowment For Democracy:

189) National Guard Educational Foundation - Development & Marketing Services Director

190) Paralyzed Veterans of America - Associate Director of Media Relations - apply by Sept. 30

191) Sodexo - Director, Digital Media

192-194) Smithsonian Institution:

195) Stanton Communications - Intern

196) United Nations Foundation - Executive Director of Communications & Public Affairs - apply by Sept. 1

197) University of Virginia, Dept. of Athletics - Assistant Media Relations Director - Charlottesville, Va.

198) Unknown boutique PR firm - Director

199) Widmeyer Communications - Marketing Manager

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