The City of Long Beach is located in sunny Southern California. Larger than the cities of Atlanta and Miami, Long Beach offers Fellows exciting opportunities--and challenges--to put to use their graduate degrees and to gain valuable experience in local government. With an airport, the second busiest port in the nation, and a full suite of city services, fellows take on incredible projects vital to the City's host of operations. Many Fellows go on to work for the City full-time, or continue distinguished careers in local, state, federal, and private sectors.
Qualifications: Applicants must have a Master's degree in Public Policy, Public Administration, Business Administration, Urban Planning, or related field by July 2015.
Deadline: Monday, February 2 at 11:30 PM (Pacific Time).
Compensation:
$53,900 with full health, vision, and dental benefits. Fellows are enrolled in CalPERS, the City's generous retirement program.
How to Apply: Submit in one (1) PDF document the following documents by email to managementassistant@longbeach.
* Resume including honors, work experience and school/extracurricular activities. Names and telephone numbers of three references, one of which must be a faculty member or work professional.
* Complete graduate and undergraduate transcripts (unofficial, scanned copies accepted).
* Responses to the following three questions. (Responses should be no more than two pages per question.)
1. How will serving as a Management Assistant with the City of Long Beach assist you in obtaining your career goals, and what is it about the City of Long Beach that makes this your position of choice? Please include your short-term and long-term career objectives.
2. Describe the most complex analysis that you have completed either in a past internship, job or school assignment. Please specify where you completed the analysis, why it was done, what the outcome of the analysis was and any analytical tools used to complete the project.
3. Describe what qualities you possess that you believe will make you successful as a Management Assistant in the City of Long Beach.
Be sure to include your name and "Management Assistant Program" in the subject heading of your email and include all documents in ONE PDF attachment. No mail applications will be accepted.
Questions can be emailed to managementassistant@longbeach.