Policy Internship @ Children's Defense Fund

Children's Defense Fund-Policy Internship Announcement

The Children's Defense Fund is an organization deeply committed to our Leave No Child Behind® mission and to ensure that every child has a Healthy Start, a Head Start, a Fair Start, a Safe Start and a Moral Start in life with the support of caring parents and nurturing communities. For more than 30 years, CDF has combined education, policy development, leadership training and other efforts to protect children and encourage preventive investment in children before they get sick, drop out of school, suffer family breakdown or get into trouble.
Policy interns can serve in any of our divisions: Child Health, Early Childhood, Juvenile Justice, Child Welfare and Mental Health, and Education. For more information about our divisions, see the website: http://www.childrensdefense.org/about-us/join-our-team/internship-program/types/

Responsibilities:
• Attending hearings and briefings—both on and off the Hill—that are relevant to our division’s work, and generating summary memos of such events.
• Tracking and analyzing Congressional legislation dealing with issues relevant to this division
• Develop policy summaries and fact sheets
• Monitoring, analyzing and summarizing news, research briefs and other studies that focus on the above issue areas.
• Contributing research and original ideas to our campaign advocacy and marketing efforts
• Meeting the educational component of the CDF Internship Program, including luncheons, seminars, and trips.
• Other duties and projects as assigned.

Preferred Experience (Qualifications):
• Ability to work effectively and calmly in a fast-paced, high-pressure environment with daily deadlines.
• Strong organizational and analytical skills.
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills.
• Commitment to social advocacy and CDF’s mission to be a voice for all children in America.
• Ability to organize facts and present issues in a clear, concise and logical manner, both orally and in writing, is essential.
• Strong internet research skills.
• Self-starter who is comfortable working independently.

To learn more about the Children’s Defense Fund, visit our website at www.childrensdefense.org.

Application Instructions:
Each applicant must submit the following: CDF Internship Application, Cover Letter, Resume, and two references. The application can be filled out online at: http://www.childrensdefense.org/about-us/join-our-team/internship-program/application.html.

For further information, contact Jennifer Brown at jbrown@childrensdefense.org.