What are the responsibilities and job description for the Political Assistant position at AIPAC?
Summary: The Political Assistant will work with the Director, Political Strategy & Campaigns to support the political department in its day to day operation. This role also offers support to the Israel Seminars department, working closing with the Israel Seminars Director.
Job Duties & Responsibilities:
- Keep up on political news impacting Congress and the Executive Branch and remain informed on national political trends.
- Develop weekly PowerPoints on political races and key political trends for use in national and regional briefings.
- Maintain knowledge of congressional races to manage databases and update information systems on congressional candidates, polling, fundraising, and other race-related data.
- For Israel seminars, prepare research books with member bios, voting records, and position papers.
- Assist with the development of pre-trip educational resources.
- Assist with AIEF alumni events, and other national events as needed.
- Schedule candidate meetings, appointments, and conference calls.
- Generate reports and lists from our databases to support Department needs.
- Create and send e-mail communications to activists and key stakeholders via Salesforce and Salesforce Marketing Cloud.
- Assist team members in the preparation of materials for meetings and events.
- Coordinate Department meetings and submit expense reports for senior Political Department staff.
- Administrative support for Political Department.
- Other duties as assigned.
Qualifications/Skills:
- A strong commitment to the U.S.-Israel relationship and a willingness to work on a bipartisan basis.
- Bachelor’s degree required or commensurate experience.
- A minimum of 1-2 years of professional experience.
- Strong organizational skills and attention to detail are essential.
- The ability to multi-task and engage with key stakeholders across the organization.
- Possessing an aptitude for analytics, software systems and other tools including excel, PowerPoint, adobe and related presentation tools is required.
- A willingness to learn systems and adapt to a developing and expanding political operation.
Posting Instructions:
- Please provide cover letter with resume to be considered. Incomplete applications with missing documentation will not be considered.
- If applying for more than one position, please use the 'Attachments' function to attach a position-specific cover letter.
- Please use your legal name when completing the employment application (no nicknames).
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