Everytown for Gun Safety

Everytown for Gun Safety, the nation’s largest gun violence prevention advocacy group, is seeking an Intern for the summer to join and support the office of the Executive Director of Moms Demand Action. The Office of the Executive Director is responsible for all administrative duties that support the principal, including managing the principal’s schedule, coordinating travel, building external relationships, and staffing the principal at events. In this role, the Intern will report to the senior executive assistant and assist in administrative duties to support the principal. Interns are expected to work no more than 20 hours per week and will be based from our DC office.

Responsibilities:

• Assist with creating digital and social content for principal’s social media accounts 
• Assist in internal and external meeting logistics, including collecting meeting material information
• Assist in day-to-day tasks for the principal
• Research travel options for principal and team 
• Assist in managing and tracking internal and external correspondence
• Assist the team in routine research administrative tasks, as and when required
• Interact regularly with Everytown staff across all departments to ensure effective coordination and delivery of research program activities
• Assist with other interdepartmental special projects as needed

Note: This is an on-site position in our Washington, DC Office.

The minimum pay rate for this position is $17.00 per hour.

Qualifications:

• Currently enrolled undergraduate or graduate student 
• Lives or is able to relocate to Washington, DC for the summer
• Ability to handle sensitive information with discretion and confidentiality
• Exceptional attention to detail
• Willingness to take initiative on projects
• A self-starter who is willing to take initiative on projects
• Ability to quickly learn and adapt to a fast-paced environment
• Excellent judgment and communication skills
• Experience and proficiency using Google Suite products like Google Sheets, GoogleDocs, and Google Calendar.

About the Hiring Process

We are accepting applications on a rolling basis and will review them, and reach out to the candidates who meet the requirements of the position.

• Candidates that advance to the next step of the recruitment process, will be invited to meet with a member of the hiring team for a 30-minute phone interview.
• Team Interview - candidates that advance from the phone interview step will meet with 2 other members of the recruitment team for a 30-45 minute virtual interview.
• Final Candidates will meet with the Chief of Staff

About Everytown for Gun Safety

Everytown is the largest gun violence prevention organization in the nation with nearly ten million supporters, including parents, students, survivors, educators, gun owners, and Americans fighting for common sense gun safety. Through victories in Congress, statehouses, corporate America, the courts, and town halls across the country, Everytown is helping change how Americans think about this public health threat. At the core of Everytown is Moms Demand Action, a grassroots movement of American mothers founded the day after the Sandy Hook tragedy, and Students Demand Action. Learn more at everytown.org and follow us @Everytown.

About Everytown for Gun Safety Support Fund

Everytown for Gun Safety Support Fund (the “Everytown Support Fund”) is the education, research, and litigation arm of Everytown for Gun Safety, the largest gun violence prevention organization in the country with nearly ten million supporters. The Everytown Support Fund seeks to improve our understanding of the causes of gun violence and help to reduce it by conducting groundbreaking original research, developing evidence-based policies, communicating this knowledge to the American public, and advancing gun safety and gun violence prevention in communities and the courts. Learn more at www.everytownsupportfund.org.

Everytown for Gun Safety provides equal employment opportunities (EEO) to all employees and applicants for employment without regard to race, color, religion, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, national origin, age, disability, genetic information, marital status, amnesty, or status as a covered veteran in accordance with applicable federal, state and local laws.

Candidates who identify as members of historically underrepresented groups are highly encouraged to apply. A diverse workforce and open culture are at the heart of our organization and vital to our success.