KIP Spring 2027- Events and Meetings Intern - American Legislative Exchange Council

STAND TOGETHER; Arlington (VA); Sur place; USD 5 500 - 7 500; Plein temps

Résumé du poste

Stand Together invites applicants to join the Koch Internship Program as an Events and Meetings Intern in Arlington, VA. This paid experiential learning opportunity provides exposure to planning national meetings, travel coordination, and logistics across partner venues.

Successful candidates will gain hands-on experience, develop professional skills, and contribute to coordinating attendee and exhibitor registrations while supporting a fast-paced events team.

Qualifications

• Experience in event planning or coordination is preferred.
• Strong customer service and attention to detail required.
• Ability to interact with venues and manage logistics.

Responsabilités

• Interact with venues and assist with event planning and logistics.
• Assist with travel coordination, attendee and exhibitor registration.
• Support meeting logistics and on-site operations.

Connaissances

Event planning

Travel coordination

Customer service

Attention to detail

Description du poste

The Koch Internship Program (KIP) is a paid experiential learning program run by Stand Together Fellowships that offers professional development, leadership training, and meaningful work experience at non-profits tackling some of our nation's most pressing policy challenges all over the United States. Early-career professionals including undergraduate/graduate/law students and recent graduates are encouraged to apply. Eligible candidates will be geographically located in and authorized to work in the United States through the duration of the program. Successful candidates will interview with both our non-profit partner organizations and Stand Together Fellowships staff.

About ALEC

The American Legislative Exchange Council is America’s largest nonpartisan, voluntary membership organization of state legislators dedicated to the principles of limited government, free markets and federalism. Comprised of nearly one-quarter of the country’s state legislators and stakeholders from across the policy spectrum, ALEC members represent more than 60 million Americans and provide jobs to more than 30 million people in the United States.

All Americans deserve an efficient, effective and accountable government that puts the people in control. ALEC provides a forum for experts to discuss business and economic issues facing the states. The ALEC model policy library is home to dynamic and innovative ideas that reduce the cost of everyday life and ensure economic freedom. ALEC ideas and publications are the product of countless hours of research, debate and discussion and serve as a toolkit for anyone who wants to increase the effectiveness and reduce the size, reach and cost of government. ALEC is proud to offer real solutions to the top issues facing the states, and the strength of the ALEC family is proof that good ideas are better when shared.

About the Role

The events and meetings department is ideal for a high-energy, detail-oriented person who would like to get hands on experience planning one of our three national meetings. The Events and Meetings Intern is responsible for many projects including interacting with various venues and assisting with multiple aspects of the event planning process. He/she will also assist with travel coordination, attendee and exhibitor registration, and other meeting logistics. Individual should have strong customer service and attention to detail.

$5,500 - $7,500 a year

Stand Together Fellowships pays participants a stipend of either $7,500 for full-time participants working approximately 32 hours per week at the partner organization, or $5,500 for part-time participants working approximately 24 hours per week at the partner organization. Attending the entirety of the online and on-site KIP programming is required for both full and part-time participants.

Stand Together Fellowships believes that diversity in experiences, perspectives, knowledge and ideas fuels creativity, broadens knowledge, and helps drive success. Our admissions office treats all program participantsand applicantswith honesty, dignity, respectand sensitivity.We welcome all qualified applicants regardless ofcolor,race,religion,religious creed,sex,genderor gender identity,gender expression,sexual orientation, national origin, citizenship, ethnicity, ancestry, age, physical disability, mental disability, medical condition, pregnancy(including medical needs which may arise from pregnancy, childbirth, or related medical conditions),military andveteran status,genetic information,maritalor familialstatus, political affiliation,or any other legally recognized protected basis under federal, state or local laws, regulations or ordinances.