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Government Affairs Intern

1 month ago


Arlington, United States Lockheed Martin Corporation Full time

Description:By bringing together people that use their passion for purposeful innovation, at Lockheed Martin we keep people safe and solve the world's most complex challenges. Our people are some of the greatest minds in the industry and truly make Lockheed Martin a great place to work. With our employees as our priority, we provide diverse career opportunities designed to propel development and boost agility. Our flexible schedules, competitive pay, and comprehensive benefits enable our employees to live a healthy, fulfilling life at and outside of work. At Lockheed Martin, we place an emphasis on empowering our employees by fostering innovation, integrity, and exemplifying the epitome of corporate responsibility. Your Mission is Ours.

Position is to learn and assist the Space, Strategic & Missile Defense & Technology Programs team in government affairs with interactions in the executive and legislative branches. The position is to learn policy and program issues related to the portfolio and attend discussions and assist in the team in monitoring hearings, budget discussions, and policy initiatives for the team. The intern will serve in this capacity for a year that typically mirrors the calendar year and congressional budget cycle.

Basic Qualifications:

* Currently pursuing a masters or doctorate degree in defense and strategic studies.
* This position requires access to export controlled information only US Persons (e.g. US Citizen, US permanent resident) may be considered for this position.

Desired Skills:

* Excellent academic management,

communication and interpersonal (written,

verbal, and presentation) skills

* Ability to interface with various levels across

the organization

* Self-motivated; comfortable voicing opinion

and seeking out resources

* Proficient with Microsoft Office Applications
* Ability to consolidate data from multiple

sources into a usable, concise format

Clearance Level: None

Other Important Information You Should Know

Expression of Interest: By applying to this job, you are expressing interest in this position and could be considered for other career opportunities where similar skills and requirements have been identified as a match. Should this match be identified you may be contacted for this and future openings.

Ability to Work Remotely: Part-time Remote Telework: The employee selected for this position will work part of their work schedule remotely and part of their work schedule at a designated Lockheed Martin facility. The specific weekly schedule will be discussed during the hiring process.

Work Schedules: Lockheed Martin supports a variety of alternate work schedules that provide additional flexibility to our employees. Schedules range from standard 40 hours over a five day work week while others may be condensed. These condensed schedules provide employees with additional time away from the office and are in addition to our Paid Time off benefits.

Lockheed Martin is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, pregnancy, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age, protected veteran status, or disability status.

The application window will close in 90 days; applicants are encouraged to apply within 5 - 30 days of the requisition posting date in order to receive optimal consideration.

Join us at Lockheed Martin, where your mission is ours. Our customers tackle the hardest missions. Those that demand extraordinary amounts of courage, resilience and precision. They're dangerous. Critical. Sometimes they even provide an opportunity to change the world and save lives. Those are the missions we care about.

As a leading technology innovation company, Lockheed Martin's vast team works with partners around the world to bring proven performance to our customers' toughest challenges. Lockheed Martin has employees based in many states throughout the U.S., and Internationally, with business locations in many nations and territories.

Experience Level: Co-op/Summer Intern

Business Unit: CORPORATE HEADQUARTERS

Relocation Available: Possible

Career Area: Business Development

Type: Call-In

Shift: First


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