Company/Organization: Accrete Group, LLC

Description:

Internship Description: Become familiar with the legislative priorities and policy issues of the association. Create legislative updates and reports for leadership and the members. Create and implement grassroots strategies, organize grassroots campaigns and assist grassroots leadership with their messaging to legislators and the general public, utilize social media where appropriate. If available, attend public hearings and legislative committee meetings. Develop coalitions to support the passage of policy issues.

Benefits: You will enhance your skills and gain valuable experience in business management, branding, and legal policies, all while gaining the pleasure in helping a young business develop. Our culture is knowledge-based and team-oriented. Ideas for how to streamline processes to be more efficient and more effectively are welcome. Those you work with will provide mentorship. You will work directly with our leadership and potentially members of the volunteer leadership team. Your experience will result in high-level skills and high-level responsibilities to add to your resume. If you are successful as an intern, you will receive a stellar letter of recommendation, contacts to people in high places for business opportunities, and coaching each week to help you reach your professional goals. Everything you create (that is not confidential) will be available to you for your professional portfolio and we will help you arrange for academic credit if necessary.

Location: This is a virtual internship. All meetings will be held by phone or Skype.

Timeline: Approximately 10 hours a week for 15 weeks is standard. Exceptions can be made for extenuating situations.

Compensation: This is an unpaid internship, but the experience and contacts are potentially life-long.

Qualifications:

Ideal Candidate: Organized, detail-oriented, and great at people management. Please have excellent verbal and written communication skills. Show some knowledge in environmental ad agricultural sciences and must be familiar with grassroots campaigns (i.e., policies, functionality,etc…). Comfort and proficiency with technology like e-mail, the Internet, social media, MS Office, and have the willingness to learn user-friendly software. Able to multi-task and work independently. Must be reliable, punctual, and able to attend phone meetings a few times a week to conduct interviews and meet with staff. Being adaptable to changes in projects and priorities as required.

Paid Internship Info:

Unpaid (Credits Available)

Hours:

Flexible, 10 hours per/week

Length/Availability:

Flexible, 12-15 weeks

Start Date:

Flexible

End Date:

, , Flexible

Deadline:

Rolling Internships (Fall/Spring/Summer)

Additional Info:

Link To Apply: www.indeed.com/cmp/Accrete-Group/jobs/Government-Relation-8e9d3453ec1f9e04

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government  policy  procedure  grassroots  grass  roots  legality  legal  labor  studies  relations  employee  employment  law  strategist  strategy  functionality  work  from  home  office  judicial  development  campaign  report  update  legislative 

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