Job Opportunity II: Internships, Marijuana Policy Project, Washington, DC

The Marijuana Policy Project is hiring fall interns to work in their State Policies and Federal Policies departments. These are unpaid, part-time internships, with class credit available. Interns work approximately two days per week and have the chance to play a responsible role in a successful nonprofit organization.

Internships are available in two departments: (1) MPP's State Policies department, which works to reform marijuana laws on the state level through direct lobbying and by inspiring lobbying at the grassroots level by individuals and allied organizations, and (2) MPP's Federal Policies department, which works to reform marijuana laws on the national level through direct lobbying and grassroots outreach.

State Policies Interns will format and post relevant news articles on each of MPP's state Web pages; monitor news for marijuana-related articles; maintain MPP's state Web pages; assist in improving and maintaining the department's filing system; and perform miscellaneous projects and research as assigned.

Federal Policies Interns will monitor news for articles related to marijuana policy in the department's target districts; assist with outreach to activists in target districts, including calling MPP members and volunteers to generate pressure on members of Congress; assist with database clean-up; conduct research as needed; organize the department's files and other materials, including correspondence with Senate and House offices; and occasionally attend hearings on the Hill and write summaries for the department's staff.

Candidates should expect a fast-paced, professional environment and should have excellent oral and written communications skills, strong Internet research skills, and be meticulous, organized, and detail-oriented. Ideal candidates will also have an interest in learning about the legislative and policy-making process, excellent interpersonal skills, good research skills, a professional demeanor, and the ability to work independently.

To apply, please visit http://www.mpp.org/jobs/internship-application.html and follow MPP's internship application process. Please e-mail [email protected] if you have any questions about this internship.

With 36 staffers, more than 27,000 members, and 100,000 e-mail subscribers nationwide, MPP is the largest marijuana policy reform organization in the United States. MPP works to minimize the harm associated with marijuana -- both the consumption of marijuana and the laws that are intended to prohibit its use -- and believes that the greatest harm associated with marijuana is imprisonment.