Why is Ivanka Trump Becoming a Federal Employee? Ivanka Trump, the elder daughter of Donald Trump had on March 29, 2017 been officially recognized as a federal employee. Her job title was vaguely revealed to be just "an adviser". And that's not something that will be okay. Because, being just an "an adviser" will give her just all the powers that she might need to go to any department and do anything that she wants. This didn't go down well with critics who viewed this recent development as another "nepotic act of Donald Trump" But that's not something to worry about so much. What is more disturbing in this recent development in Trump's government is that Ivanka Trump is that Ivanka Trump said that she will be a worker without pay. In her own words, “I have heard the concerns some have with my advising the president in my personal capacity while voluntarily complying with all ethics rules, and I will instead serve as an unpaid employe...