United States Institute of Leadership & Diplomacy
A Division of Orpe Human Rights Advocates
Certificate of Specialist in Public Affairs
Location:
In person; Virtual
Phone:
+1 410-807-3897
Email:
Address:
6701 Baymeadow Drive. Ste B
Glen Burnie, MD 21060
Deadline:
July 19th, 2023
Earn a Certificate of Specialist in Public Affairs
from the United States Institute of Leadership and Diplomacy
The United States Institute of Leadership and Diplomacy (USILD)'s unique leadership, public affairs delivery, and international affairs model brings the power of live faculty and coaches to diplomats, government officials, political leaders, nonprofit leaders, military officers, CEO of enterprises, and all aspiring leaders from 160 countries close.
Specialist in Public Affairs Certificate Track
Week 1
June 2025 - April 2026
Week 2
July 2024 - May 2025
Week 3
January 2023 - June 2024
Week 4
January 2023 - June 2024
This is a Job Description. Briefly describe your specific position, including details about important achievements and milestones. Make sure to include relevant skills and highlights, and don't forget to adjust the timeframe in the subtitle.
This is a Job Description. Briefly describe your specific position, including details about important achievements and milestones. Make sure to include relevant skills and highlights, and don't forget to adjust the timeframe in the subtitle.
This is a Job Description. Briefly describe your specific position, including details about important achievements and milestones. Make sure to include relevant skills and highlights, and don't forget to adjust the timeframe in the subtitle.
This is a Job Description. Briefly describe your specific position, including details about important achievements and milestones. Make sure to include relevant skills and highlights, and don't forget to adjust the timeframe in the subtitle.
Successful candidates will be able to apply key concepts in public affairs including:
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Typologies of political and democratic systems and government structures;
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Advocacy and leadership skills
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Approaches to policy formation and decision making within these systems;
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Researching key political institutions and actors;
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Analysis and mapping of linkages between political stakeholders and their influences;
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Policy making processes;
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Interactions between political stakeholders;
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Recent developments in public affairs including the rise of populism and the increasing influence of social media;
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The employment of, and differences between, methods of political science research (including content analysis, policy analysis, (quasi) experimental methods, polling and surveys, interviews and focus groups).
You'll need to have:
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A strong interest in, and enthusiasm for, politics, policy issues and current affairs
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Advocacy and leadership skills
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Excellent research and communication (written and oral) skills
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The ability to assimilate, analyze and summarize written material quickly
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Time-management skills and the ability to work to tight deadlines
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The ability to organize and prioritize your workload
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Interpersonal skills
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The capacity to work on your own initiative and to relate well to colleagues, as well as clients and other contacts
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Teamworking skills
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Excellent listening skills, as well as the ability to take an impartial view
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IT skills, as many information sources such as Hansard are online. You'll often have to prepare documents and PowerPoint presentations for clients and potential clients
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The ability to inspire trust and confidence in clients as they may be making commercially-sensitive decisions, based in part on your advice, and will therefore need to trust your judgement and discretion
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Commercial awareness, in order to attract new business.
Key areas of work include:
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monitoring the activities of Parliament, Whitehall and other relevant bodies and organizations
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raising the profile of an organization or client
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lobbying
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public relations work
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providing strategic communications advice
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providing public affairs support.