Staff Assistant

Congresswoman Rashida Tlaib, representing Michigan’s 12th Congressional District, is seeking a DC Staff Assistant. The Staff Assistant will help to support all team members. Their primary role is to provide strong administrative support to team members for meetings, ensuring that constituent services are addressed by appropriate staff, and creating a welcoming environment for residents and advocates visiting our DC office.

• Create a welcoming and organized front office; • Lead administrative support for calls, voicemails, and email messages; • Develop a system for resident follow ups and requests as needed; • Management of all front of office duties including but not limited to signing for deliveries, and forwarding mail or other materials to the appropriate staff; • Work closely with the Scheduler to ensure that the Member's appointments are on time and that the team is aware of the visitors' arrival; assisting with staffing of meetings as required or needed; • Follow up and complete constituent requests for flags, White House and U.S. Capitol tours and other requests for tours; • Manage the organization and updating of the office cheat sheet that has all important contacts for staff and constituent services; • Support constituent service team as needed in intake process; • Lead the work on letter responses to constituent mail not related to legislation, including thank you letters; • Manages follow-ups or call list for the member as needed or requested; • Organizes general email box for the office; • Support Operations Manager with office supply management and office inventory tracking; • Tracks commendation and greeting requests received from stakeholders and constituents; • Processes and tracks ledger for in-kind gifts; • Manages inventory and supplies needed for the office, staff and for the member; • Supports management of internship programs and assists with assignments of responsibilities and tasks as needed; • Support with all other duties as assigned.

A strong candidate will be able to work a flexible schedule. Michigan ties are highly desirable but not required.

To apply, please email Rashida.Jobs@mail.house.gov (SUBJECT LINE: Staff Assistant, YOUR NAME) with a cover letter, resume and 2-3 references (no office walk-ins). Application will be reviewed on a rolling basis until Wednesday, April 30th.