• Gain experience with and knowledge of animal protection issues, campaigns, and advocacy. • Improve skills in research, writing, legislative analysis, coalition-building, and lobbying strategies. • Assist the Legislative Affairs Program in developing and implementing resources and strategies to further legislative goals. • Specific duties may include researching policy issues, developing memos or issue briefs, analyzing state and federal legislation or regulation, and assisting with administrative work. • Prepare correspondence and assist with outreach to supporters, coalition partners, and public officials, including elected and appointed officials. • Attend virtual public hearings, coalition calls, stakeholder meetings, lobby day(s), lobby 101(s), conferences, and other events. • Collaborate with Communications and other departments to propose, draft, proofread, edit, and update content on priority campaigns for the website, including project pages and online action centers, email action alerts, phonebanking scripts, etc. • Coordinate with other programs, including with the Criminal Justice Program and Litigation Program staff on cases related to legislative campaigns. • Prepare and deliver virtual presentations for lobby 101(s) or other advocacy trainings for advocates, professional conferences, fundraising events, etc.