Legislative Intern

Pay Rate: $18.00/hr.

Job Posting Closing on: Tuesday, October 1, 2024

Workdays & Hours: This is a temporary position with the City of Fort Worth. The Intern is scheduled to begin the first full week of January 2025 and work through May 2025.

The City of Fort Worth is one of the fastest-growing large cities in the U.S. Our employees serve the needs of nearly 1,000,000 residents, promoting our values of exceptional customer experience, mutual respect, embracing our diversity, continuous improvement, ethical behavior, and accountability.

A Legislative Intern job is available with the City of Fort Worth – Legislative Affairs. The purpose for this temporary position is to assist the Legislative Affairs Manager in administering the legislative program for the 89th Session of the Texas State Legislature. Many students who have previously interned in this office have used the experience to gain full-time employment either in the Capitol Complex or other local governments. 

College credit may be available based on university guidelines and policy.

Location: 823 Congress Avenue, Austin, Texas 

The Legislative Intern job responsibilities include:

• Analyze proposed legislation bills and amendments.
• Maintain updated legislative analyses in database.
• Monitor media coverage pertaining to legislation and related issues.
• Assist in preparing reports, writing speeches and writing press releases.
• Research existing statutes and policy issues in ascertaining legislative impacts.
• Monitor legislative committee hearings.
• Attend legislative hearings and meetings at the Texas Capitol.
• Assist with other policy related projects. Some clerical duties will also be involved.

Minimum Qualifications:

• Currently enrolled in undergraduate studies related to Law, English, Communications, Political Science, Public Administration, Public Policy, Regulatory Affairs or a related degree.

Preferred Qualifications:

• The ideal intern will be at least in their sophomore year of undergraduate studies.
• Excellent computer skills (especially with spreadsheets).
• Excellent communication skills.
• Strong research, writing and organizational skills.
• Ability to handle and organize large quantities of data.

If you have any questions, please contact T.J. Patterson at 817-201-4779 or Thomas.J.Patterson@fortworthtexas.gov.

Conditions of Employment

The City of Fort Worth is proud to be an Equal Employment Opportunity employer. It is the policy and practice of the City to recruit, hire, train and promote a diverse workforce without regard to race, color, religion, sex (including pregnancy and gender identity), national origin, political affiliation, sexual orientation, marital status, disability, genetic information, age, membership in an employee organization, parental status, military service, or another non-merit factor.

The City of Fort Worth is committed to full compliance with the Americans with Disabilities Act. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable qualified individuals with disabilities to participate in the job application or interview process and to perform essential job functions.

Candidates who do not meet the Education requirement, may be considered if they have more relevant work experience than the position requires. Those selected for employment will be required to pass Pre-Employment checks depending on the position requirements. Those could include, but are not limited to: criminal background check, drug screen, education verification, etc. criminal convictions will be considered on a case-by-case basis. Employees are paid by direct deposit only.

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