Government Affairs and Policy (GAP) Graduate Student Intern

Description

The GAP Graduate Student Intern will support the GAP team with key policy activities to monitor policy developments that are in alignment with our 2025 Policy Agenda. This includes: 

• Management of the legislative tracker 
• Analysis of federal and state legislative and budget proposals 
• Meeting support for public bodies staffed by GAP team, policy tables, and community presentations 
• Conduct deep-dive research and data analysis on public policy issues for reports, presentations, and other written materials that communicate synthesized findings, implications of proposed or adopted legislation and policy/administrative changes; assessment of best/emerging practices in the field; and proposed recommendations for First 5, systems partners, and legislative bodies. 
• Develop written materials (position letters, reports, briefs, memos, overviews, etc.), presentations, outlines, timelines, tools, dashboards, and templates in service to the agency’s strategic plan goals. 
• Project management support of GAP team activities. 
• Demonstrate ownership of project timelines, analysis, and all work projects. 

Qualifications

Minimum Qualifications 

Completed college with four-year degree and a graduate of or currently enrolled in a Master’s level graduate school program. Programs in the social sciences, business, health care, public policy, public health or public administration fields preferred.  

Knowledge of: 

Familiarity with researching and locating data (socioeconomic, education, general population, health, etc.) and analyzing data. 

Ability to: 

• Work collaboratively with community agencies and stakeholders 
• Establish and maintain effective working relationships with those contacted in the course of work, work as part of a team 
• Organize and prioritize work and work well under deadlines in a fast-paced, growing organization 
• Demonstrate cultural awareness and sensitivity in a variety of contexts 
• Communicate effectively, verbally and in writing, including ability to write reports 
• Take initiative and work independently with little supervision 
• Collect, compile and summarize varied information, consider alternatives and reach sound conclusions 
• Adapt to a variety of situations 
• Exercise sound judgment within generally established policies and procedures 

Please note:

• We are currently working a hybrid 2 day per week in-office schedule and employees also come to the office to attend meetings and as requested.
• All First 5 employees must live and work in California.
• The salary range for this position is $30.00/hr and 15 - 20 hours per week.  As an independent government agency, the posted salary is the set salary for this position. We cannot offer salaries above this posted range.
• We conduct reference and background checks for all potential employees.

Equal Opportunity Employment 

First 5 Alameda County is an equal opportunity employer. The Agency  does not discriminate on the basis of race, religion (including religious dress or grooming), creed, sex (including pregnancy, childbirth, breastfeeding, or related medical conditions) or gender, national origin, ethnicity, ancestry, citizenship, age, physical or mental disabilities, color, marital status, registered domestic partner status, sexual orientation, gender identity or gender expression, genetic information, medical condition, military or veteran status, exercise of rights under the Pregnancy Disability Leave Law or the California Family Rights Act, or any other basis protected by applicable law. 

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