Legislative Intern Resume Annapolis, MD - Hire IT People

SKILLS:

Computer: Word, Excel, PowerPoint, SPSS (basic), R (basic)

Writing: experience in professional journal articles, creative writing, conference papers, research papers

Public Speaking: experience in presentations, lectures in classroom, workplace, and conferences

Analysis: coursework and workshops in qualitative and quantitative research methods

RELEVANT WORK EXPERIENCE:

Legislative Intern

Confidential, Annapolis, MD

Responsibilities:

Perform background legislative research on bills to assist Delegate Andrew Platt in constituent inquiries
Write 2 - 3 replies to constituent letters weekly about political issues in a timely fashion to increase civic engagement
Blog 1-2 times weekly on Facebook page about socioeconomic issues affecting the United States to generate political support for Delegate Platt
Assist in data entry for constituent contact information and perform other administrative tasks as necessary in a fast-paced environment with multiple demands
Engage up to 12 constituents and lobbyists weekly to establish relations for Delegate Platt
Consult with policy analysts on research for independent study course on income inequality and higher education accessibility in Maryland to generate a 20-page term paper

Dataverse Assistant Editor Intern

Confidential, College Park, MD

Responsibilities:

Used SPSS value labels to code or write about survey variables from other researchers as a research assistant
Created codebooks using Word to explain variables’ meanings and created metadata using Excel to explain data and prepare for upload to Global Terrorism Database for public viewing
Thoroughly briefed and reported to Confidential researchers with other team members on emerging terrorist threats around the world using PowerPoint
Attended weekly team meetings on terrorism talks and recorded notes on lectures
Consulted with senior researchers on 20-page term paper assessing homegrown terrorism threats in the United States

General Operations Assistant

Confidential, Odenton, MD

Responsibilities:

Efficiently provided operational and clerical administrative support to office in reorganizing filing cabinet of over 9,000 invoices up to every 8 months chronologically and alphabetically
Professionally answered phones and recorded detailed messages for service manager
Guided office in meeting customers’ personal needs by driving customers to their intended destinations.
Managed front office in absence of service manager to ensure customer demands were met
Proficiently used Word to create estimate sheets for shop technicians, Excel to prepare 12 month sales and profit for manager analysis, and Access database to schedule appointments, write repair orders, bill invoices

Writing Center Tutor

Confidential, Baltimore, MD

Responsibilities:

Tutor up to 5 students weekly in setting goals for college papers, resumes, cover letters for a variety of subjects
Serve as an online tutor for up to 3 hours weekly to assist English as a Second Language students with improving composition
Train and mentor one student each semester in becoming a writing tutor based on standing as CRLA Level 3 Master Tutor certification
Address deficiencies in tutoring practice by creating, organizing, and implementing workshops providing instruction to undergraduate and graduate students in writing research papers for a variety of courses

Transfer Student Network Leader

Confidential, Baltimore, MD

Responsibilities:

Represented Confidential by working with team of 3 other Transfer Student Network Leaders and Graduate Assistant to address transfer student needs at Confidential and ease their integration during first academic year
Brainstormed and implemented ideas for workshops, social opportunities for 3-5 hours weekly
Provided opportunities for individual transfer student mentoring on an as needed basis

Futures Interest Group President/Student Consultant

Confidential, Arnold, MD

Responsibilities:

Creatively implemented a detailed 16 business plan for marketing to over 100 students as student club president
Successfully overcame student participation problems through marketing and recruited 2 officers and 1 student
Actively began solving problems of the Institute by writing to college administration as student consultant
Reliably attended committee meetings to report progress and research to consult with Advisory Board