Home Depot’s Government Relations office Internship

The Home Depot’s Government Relations office in Washington, DC islooking for quality and interested students for internships.

 

The Home Depot Government Relations office is looking to hire a Government Relations Intern for our Spring 2013 internship, which runs from mid-January to mid-May, with flexible start and end dates. 

 

Qualified candidates must have an interest in and knowledge of not only the political process, but also political fundraising and grassroots.  We are looking for candidates with an outgoing and friendly personality, excellent organizational skills, a proven attention to detail, strong writing and communications skills, outstanding time management skills, and a familiarity with Excel, especially mail merging.

 

The Government Relations Intern duties will include, but are not limited to:

--Assisting with The Home Depot’s Political Action Committee (PAC)

--Completing a four-month long research project on a pressing government relations/grassroots/programmatic topic and presenting it to the Government Relations team in May.

--Participating in bi-weekly briefings at campaign committees and trade associations relevant to The Home Depot’s legislative priorities, as well as attending hearings on Capitol Hill.

--Assisting with daily office tasks, including sending mailings and UPS packages, office supply stocking, meeting assistance and other administrative support.

 

This is a paid internship; $15/hour for full time to near full time hours (depending on class schedule).  Interested candidates should send a cover letter, resume and political memo, legislative briefing, or similar short writing sample to caroline_quat@homedepot.com.