Political Intern

Job Description

Job Description

Everytown for Gun Safety, the nation’s largest gun violence prevention advocacy group, is seeking a Political Intern. Everytown’s political department supports the work of the organization through the successful engagement of elections, including candidate programming and trainings, independent expenditure (IE) work, electoral partner coordination, and voter research. Our goal for you is to learn about how Everytown for Gun Safety and Moms Demand Action work toward our ultimate goal of ending gun violence.

Primary Responsibilities:

• Assist in the daily operations of Everytown for Gun Safety’s political team

• Track and monitor 2026 down ballot, statewide, and federal elections across the nation

• Assist with planning and implementation of political programming, including the Moms Demand Action Gun Sense Candidate program, Demand a Seat program, and IE planning for 2024 elections

• Support the Demand a Seat campaign management training program by researching and tracking information about candidates and training participants. Supporting program communications and operations by drafting emails and newsletters, and providing technology support for Zoom training sessions.

• Collect and identify relevant political and electoral research on 2024 and 2025 electoral candidates and campaigns

• Maintain databases and input information, data, and records related to Everytown’s political programs

• Special projects for the political department, as needed

Qualifications:

• An interest in gun violence prevention, political and advocacy campaigns

• Experience working with Microsoft Excel or Google Sheets, with the ability to maintain and organize data

• Strong writing skills and comfort providing technology support for virtual training sessions (e.g., Zoom, Google Suite).

• Attention to detail and ability to conduct research and synthesize information from public data, new sources, and databases, etc.

• Willingness to work in a fast-pace, campaign-like environment and ability to juggle multiple priorities

• Position is based in Washington, D.C. or New York City, with a hybrid work schedule

• Approximately 12-15 hours per week during the spring

The minimum pay rate for this position is $18.00 per hour.

Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform essential functions.

About Everytown for Gun Safety

Everytown for Gun Safety Action Fund (“Everytown for Gun Safety”) is the largest gun violence prevention organization in the country with nearly 11 million supporters and more than 700,000 donors, including moms, mayors, survivors, students, and everyday Americans who are fighting for common-sense gun safety measures that can help save lives. Learn more at www.everytown.org and follow us @Everytown.

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.

You can learn about the framework that guides our work by viewing Everytown's Organizations Values