JOB ANNOUNCEMENT
Graduate Student Internship--Summer
Respond by Friday, March 12, 2010
Start date June 2010 (flexible)
Position Description
Marin Institute – the nation’s leading alcohol industry watchdog – is looking for a smart, up-and-coming graduate student interested in public health, public policy, law, or related field to join our dynamic team of experts for the summer. If you want to release your inner activist to help expose the alcohol industry’s dirty tricks in promoting harmful products, engaging in deceptive marketing (particularly targeting youth), and undermining public policy, this internship is for you. Working in coordination with research and policy staff, responsibilities include: conducting research into alcohol industry tactics, lobbying, and political influence and writing reports, articles, and fact sheets.
Qualifications
- Graduate student in public health, public policy, law, or related field
- Ability to follow directions accurately
- Ability to work both independently and in a team environment
- Excellent interpersonal and written communication skills
- Strong administrative skills
- Desire to use research and advocacy to advance social change/progressive public health policy
- Experience in state-level public policy and politics a plus
Salary:
$6,400 - 9,600 for summer / $20 per hour, Full-time for 8-12 weeks
San Rafael, California – easy commute from San Francisco or East Bay
To Apply:
Please send résumé, cover letter, and writing sample of no more than 1,000 words in an email with subject line “Graduate Student Internship--Summer” to:
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No phone calls please.
Organizational Description
The Marin Institute is an alcohol industry watchdog based in San Rafael, California. We envision communities free of the alcohol industry’s negative influence and an alcohol industry that does not harm the public’s health and safety. We fight to protect the public from the impact of the alcohol industry’s negative practices. We monitor and expose the alcohol industry’s harmful products, promotions and influence and support the effort of communities to reject these damaging activities. Visit MarinInstitute.org for more information. Work-study for this position is available.
Marin Institute does not discriminate based on race, color, religion, national origin, ancestry, age, medical condition, disability, veteran status, marital status, gender, sexual orientation, or on any other impermissible basis.
