Description:

Families USA, a national, non-partisan organization dedicated to the achievement of high quality, affordable health care for all Americans, is looking for a Field Department Intern. The intern will work as part of Families USA’s Field Team to support our networks of state-based consumer health advocates in expanding access to care. The intern’s tasks will include:

Health Action 2013 Conference
Families USA will have brought together over 650 advocates for our annual conference, Health Action 2013, to develop plans and strategies to defend and implement the Affordable Care Act in the coming year.
• Compile overall and workshop evaluation results so that we may get better every year.
• Assist with clean-up and organization of all conference materials (including helping the Manager of Conference Operations with the final participant list).
• Help with additional conference follow up

Database Administration
Families USA cultivates three distinct lists of advocates – Stand Up for Health Care, Health Action, and Key Advocates – to ensure that implementation of the health care law is consumer-friendly.
• Making changes to the database as address and email updates are received.
• Assisting with database clean-up, including deleting duplicates and completing regular maintenance activities.
• Ensuring accurate contact information for key consumer health advocates across 50 states.

Online Advocacy – Stand Up for Health Care
Families USA’s Stand Up for Health Care website is designed to reach a mass audience to educate and engage the public on the positive benefits of the new health care law.
• Maintaining and updating the “In the News” feature and other content on the Stand Up microsite.
• Blog writing and research.
• Assisting in social media campaigns through Facebook, Twitter, Pintrest, Tumblr, and YouTube.

Online Advocacy – Health Action
Families USA’s Health Action list was built over the course of almost three decades and includes advocates from across all 50 states that advance health care justice at the state and local levels.
• Surveying Health Action advocates through telephone interviews so that Families USA might better understand how best to support their work.
• Drafting email copy to disseminate written products and engage advocates in action.
• Supporting the Field Assistant in sending emails out to the Health Action list on a regular basis.

Supporting State-Based Advocates
State-based advocates undertake extensive public education and policymaking work to implement the health care law. Families USA supports them with resources and technical assistance.
• Tracking contacts made with state-based advocates and identifying trends in the states.
• Interviewing advocates and drafting articles for the monthly State Health Beat newsletter.
• Supporting work to further public education activities in the states. Working as part of a team to help advocates develop and implement their media and community organizing strategies.

Field Department Operations
Families USA’s Field Department is responsible for working with consumer health advocates and activists across all 50 states to further the goal of quality, affordable health care for all.
• Participating in staff meetings and collaborating with staff to further the goals of the team.

Interns at Families USA are considered part of the staff and attend weekly staff meetings and internal team meetings to discuss Families USAs advocacy strategy and new initiatives to ensure health care access for all Americans. In addition, Families USA encourages interns to take part in the active political community of Washington, D.C. by attending policy forums at other major organizations and think tanks. Interns are also expected to participate in “brown bag” discussions of advocacy work and political issues.

Qualifications:

• Passion for health care advocacy and social justice.
• Strong writing and editing skills.
• Ability to work individually, as well as part of a team.
• Dependable and detail-oriented.
• Knowledge of online organizing tools and technology.
• Knowledge of database administration and content management systems a plus.

Paid Internship Info:

$8.25 per hour

Hours:

40 hour work week

Length/Availability:

February to May

Start Date:

2/15/2013

End Date:

1/1/2013, 5/15/2013

Deadline:

1/1/2013

Tags:

health  policy  progressive  politics  organizing  field  online  advocacy  social  media   

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