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Location: District of Columbia, United States
Date Posted: May 09, 01:38 AM
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Description
| Public Policy Intern | ||||
| Employer: | National Consumers League | Function: | Public Policy Intern | |
| Job type: | Internship | Country: | United States | |
| Industry: | Nonprofit, Consumer Protection | |||
| The National Consumers League seeks a motivated intern who wants to work with a nonprofit advocacy group. The League is a national membership organization that identifies, protects, represents, and advances the economic and social interests of consumers and workers on issues including telemarketing and Internet fraud, food and drug safety, and fair labor standards. The intern will assist NCL program staff with ongoing projects and research. A National Consumers League internship provides the following areas of experience: • Because the League performs research in complex issue areas, interns deal directly with federal agencies and in some cases Congressional staff. They also attend Senate and House committee hearings, national conferences and public interest coalition meetings. • The League's staff is small and interns are an integral part, working closely with program directors, providing input at staff meetings, and keeping project files up-to-date. • The League requires from its staff and its interns a high level of oral and written communication skills. Interns are frequently called upon to write brief reports for NCL staff to provide background information on various issues. Consumer issues cover a broad range of concerns. Additional issues NCL monitors include: health care, child labor; e-commerce; developments in regulatory agencies (particularly the Federal Trade Commission, Food and Drug Administration and Department of Labor); telecommunications; privacy; and financial services and credit. Many interns work part time at another job while completing their NCL internship. We ask that interns make a minimum time commitment of eight weeks, spending at least 20 hours per week working at the League. Of course, we welcome longer time commitments. Work hours per week are flexible for longer-term assignments. Our goal is to tailor your internship to suit your specific needs. The League will consider the particular interests of applicants and will develop specific projects, if needed, for class credit. Ad provided by Idealist.org |
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