JOB: DNC Vacancy Announcement: Staff Assistant in the Political Department (Based in Washington, DC)

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POSTING DATE:          July 10, 2013
CLOSING DATE:          July 17, 2013
POSITION:                 Staff Assistant
DEPARTMENT:            Political
LOCATION:                    Washington, DC
CONTACT:                  Resumes should be emailed to:  wal...@dnc.org

(NO PHONE CALLS, PLEASE)

Responsibilities:  Primary responsibilities include, but are not limited to, the following:

• Leads research and data collection on a broad array of political priorities, including tracking and developing race snapshots, following critical legislation and summarizing current events and clips.
• Drafts critical organizational documents, including political briefings, memos and reports for political surrogates and staff.
• Assist in managing and updating political databases and tracking systems.
• Assist in planning, organizing and managing special events.

 Skills & Qualifications:

• Strong interest and experience in politics, party building and/key Democratic Party issues. The ideal candidate will be a self-starter who possesses sound organizational skills, pays strict attention to detail, with the ability to meet tight deadlines.
• Strong analytical skills with a proven ability to review data from a variety of sources to produce political judgments.
• Demonstrated competency in handling several tasks, simultaneously.
• Excellent verbal and strong written skills.
• Computer literacy is a must, specifically Microsoft Office (Word, Excel and Power Point.)
• Bachelor’s Degree plus at least two years of related work experience.

The Democratic National Committee (DNC), is committed to diversity among its staff, and recognizes that its continued success requires the highest commitment to obtaining and retaining a diverse staff that provides the best quality services to supporters and constituents. The DNC is an equal opportunity employer and it is our policy to recruit, hire, train, promote and administer any and all personnel actions without regard to sex, race, age, color, creed, national origin, religion, economic status, sexual orientation, veteran status, gender identity or expression, ethnic identity or physical disability, or any other legally protected basis. The DNC will not tolerate any unlawful discrimination and any such conduct is strictly prohibited.