How can I get a job in the White House?
If you want to pursue a career at the White House that isn’t a political appointment, you’ll need to keep an eye out for job postings. You can find those at the Office of Personnel Management’s USAJOBS Web site. You can expect a highly competitive job application process.
What positions are in the White House staff?
Office of the Staff Secretary
- Assistant to the President and Staff Secretary: Neera Tanden. Chief of Staff for the Office of the Staff Secretary: Zach Leighton.
- Special Assistant to the President and Deputy Staff Secretary: Michael Hochman. Associate Staff Secretary: Danielle Shulkin. Associate Staff Secretary: Susan Wang.
What is the job of a White House intern?
The assignments given to an intern on any given day could include conducting research, managing incoming inquiries, attending meetings, writing memos, and staffing events.
How much do White House appointees make?
The salaries are set by agency heads and fall within the range of the Senior Executive Service pay schedule, $131,239 to $197,300. Many part-time appointments are unpaid. Key positions just below the top presidential appointees, serving as links between the top appointees and the rest of the federal workforce.
What is a Schedule C position?
Schedule C Employee. A Schedule C employee is an employee in a position that is excepted from the competitive service because of its policy-determining nature or because it involves a close and confidential working relationship with the agency head or other top appointed official.
What are the 3 positions the president appoints?
Presidential appointments include all U.S. ambassadors, all Cabinet positions, all U.S. Supreme Court justices, and all federal judge positions. These are known as PAS positions, meaning presidential appointments with Senate confirmation. The president nominates a candidate, but the Senate must approve the nomination.
How much do presidential appointees make?
For years, Congress has frozen the pay of political appointees at federal agencies making more than that of career feds in the Executive Schedule’s EX-IV salary, which this year is $176,300.
Can the president wage war?
Only Congress can declare war and appropriate military funding, yet the president is commander in chief of the armed forces.