Government Works Weekly #29
Jobs, Events, and A Brief Defense of State
Welcome to your weekly roundup of opportunities, events, and information about how government works—and how government can work better—to improve the lives of individuals, families, and communities.
Welcome to the new readers this week, the first time I am writing for more people than I can count on my fingers and toes. Not a joke, folks. If you find this newsletter useful, please consider sharing with a friend or colleague.
APPLY YOURSELF – jobs, internships, and other ways to get involved
Vice President, Development (and more), Run for Something [Remote]
Multiple Positions, Partners for Public Good [Remote U.S.]
Vice President, External Affairs, Freedom Together Foundation [NYC / priority deadline 28 Feb.]
Chief of External Relations (and more), Roosevelt Institute [priority deadline 2 Mar.]
Advocacy Manager, Arnold Ventures [D.C.]
Operations Project Manager, Bloomberg Center for Public Innovation at Johns Hopkins University [Baltimore]
Director of Finance and Administration (and more), Economic Security Project [Remote]
Director, Public Sector Partnerships, Atlantic Council [D.C.]
Communications Director (and more), Partners in Democracy [Mass.]
TECH/DIGITAL/DESIGN
Public Sector Growth Lead (and more), Code for America [SF or Remote U.S.]
Senior Manager, Digital Marketing (and more), Code for America [SF or Remote U.S.]
Deputy Director, The Lab @ DC [Hybrid D.C. / deadline 27 Feb.]
Senior Fellow - Design, New Practice Lab (and more), New America [Remote]
Civic Design and Training Specialist (and many more), Bloomberg Center for Public Innovation at Johns Hopkins University [Hybrid Baltimore]
Engineering Director, New Jersey State Office of Innovation [Remote]
Business Development Analyst (and more), Nava [Remote]
Research Assistant, Technology Policy, Center for Data Innovation [D.C.]
Government Gen AI Product & Delivery Technologist in Residence, US Digital Response [Remote]
Digital Staffer, Democratic Staff of the Ways and Means Committee [D.C. / deadline 21 Feb.]
DEMOCRACY
Senior Creative Content Manager (and more), Center for Popular Democracy [Multiple positions / remote / deadline 1 Mar.]
Program Director, Democracy Strategy Group, Democracy Alliance [Remote]
Partnerships Coordinator, Democracy Fund [D.C.]
Program Manager, Just Democracy, Skyline Foundation [Hybrid Palo Alto, CA / deadline 7 Mar.]
Research Director, Analytical Services (and more), Democracy International [Bethesda, MD]
Program Manager, Normalizing Migration (and more), Open Society Foundations [D.C. or NY / deadline 19 Feb.]
Program Coordinator, Democracy Security Project [D.C.]
POLICY FOCUS
Associate Director, Education and Labor (and more), RAND [Multiple locations]
Legislative Director, Workforce and Economic Development, National Conference of State Legislatures [D.C. / deadline 7 Mar.]
Policy Research Analyst, ZERO TO THREE [Remote U.S.]
Data Analyst for Homelessness Research (and more), California Policy Lab [Flexible / preference LA / deadline 30 Apr.]
Senior Associate, Substance Use Prevention and Treatment Initiative–State Campaigns (and more), Pew Charitable Trusts [D.C. or Philadelphia]
Research Fellow/Senior Research Fellow, Judiciary Program (and more), Brennan Center [NYC]
Fellow or Senior Fellow and Director, The Hamilton Project (and more), Brookings [Hybrid D.C.]
Program Director, Justice Education, Institute for Social Concerns [University of Notre Dame]
Research Project Manager, Justice Center (and more), Council of State Governments [Remote or Hybrid / deadline 27 Feb.]
Associate Research Director of Land Use and Supply, The Terner Center for Housing Innovation [UC Berkeley]
Chief Administrative Officer, Goldman School of Public Policy [UC Berkeley]
Program Coordinator, Bloomberg Harvard City Leadership Initiative, Executive Education, Harvard Kennedy School [Hybrid Cambridge, MA]
Threats/Harassment Researcher, Bridging Divides Initiative [Princeton University]
INTERNATIONAL
Policy Analyst, Center for Data Innovation [London]
Regional Lead, Asia Pacific, Open Government Partnership [Indonesia or the Philippines preferred / deadline 28 Feb.]
Programme Manager (12 month Parental Leave Cover), ANZ, Centre for Public Impact [Remote Australia / deadline 28 Feb.]
Director, Programs, Open Society Foundations [Johannesburg / deadline 20 Feb.]
Operations, Facilities and Travel Administrator (Maternity cover), CIVICUS [Johannesburg / deadline 23 Feb.]
Associate/Senior Legal Research Associate, Centre for Civil Society [New Delhi / deadline 20 Feb.]
Programme Assistant, Chile, International IDEA [deadline 27 Feb.]
OTHER OPPORTUNITIES
Terms of Reference - Rapid Response Support Ecosystem Landscape Assessment, CIVICUS [Remote / deadline 20 Feb.]
[Digital Democracy Initiative] Terms of Reference (TOR): Regional Support Mechanism Implementing Partner's Capacity Assessment (East Asia), CIVICUS [preference for Indonesia / deadline 3 Mar.]
[Digital Democracy initiative] Terms of Reference (TOR): Regional Support Mechanism Implementing Partner's Capacity Assessment (South Asia), CIVICUS [deadline 4 Mar.]
Advisory Board Members, Open Data Charter [deadline 21 Feb.]
Tech & Public Policy Scholars Program Application 2025-2026, The McCourt School of Public Policy [deadline 28 Feb.]
Climate Action Learning Lab, J-PAL North America [deadline 31 Mar.]
Rising Stars Mentorship, People Powered [deadline 26 Feb.]
INTERNSHIPS
Summer 2025 Internships, Bipartisan Policy Center [D.C. / deadline 7 Mar.]
Summer 2025 Internship Program, Partnership for Public Service [D.C. / deadline 3 Mar.]
Election Protection Intern (Summer 2025), Issue One [D.C. / deadline 3 Mar.]
Masters Associate X2 (Summer Internship), Open Society Foundations [NY / deadline 28 Feb.]
Human Rights Intern, CIVICUS [Remote / deadline 28 Feb.]
Autumn 2025 Internship, Quality of Government Institute [deadline 3 Apr.]
And loads more opportunities in the last edition of the newsletter too: Government Works Weekly #28. Sign up to get these weekly-ish.
UPCOMING EVENTS – webinars, conferences, and other human things
WEEK OF 17-21 FEB.
17 FEB: A Politics of Belonging [The Philosopher]
18 FEB: AI for Digital Democracy: How to navigate opportunities and threats [People Powered]
18 FEB: The future of human rights measurement and tracking [Geneva Human Rights Platform]
19 FEB: First 100 Days of Trump: Tariffs, Taxes and the Care Economy [Main Street Alliance]
19 FEB: Modernizing Federal Vital Records Data Management: A New Vision for Reducing Improper Payments [Data Foundation]
19 FEB: Transforming City Charter Processes Through Democratic Innovation [National Civic League]
19 FEB: Globalizing perspectives on AI safety [Brookings]
19 FEB: Expanding Digital Opportunity: Charting a Path toward Full Inclusion [Urban Institute]
19 FEB: Policy Simulation Library Legislative Workshop [Policy Simulation Library]
19 FEB: The New Empire of AI: The Future of Global Inequality [New America]
19 FEB: AI, the Surveillance State, and Immigrant Justice [Center for Civil Rights and Technology]
19 FEB: Federal Employee Explainer Series: How might my public sector skills translate into the private sector? [Partnership for Public Service]
20 FEB: At the crossroads? German constitutional resilience after the Bundestag elections 2025 [Democracy Reporting International]
20 FEB: Defending Against Disinformation: A Trusted Messenger Workshop for Rural Communities [PEN America]
20 FEB: Continued Discussion: Human-Centered Change Management [Public Policy Lab]
20 FEB: Organizing and Mobilization during Democratic Backsliding [Ash Center]
20 FEB: The Limits of Professional-Class Liberalism [Boston Review]
20 FEB: Executive Power: How Presidential Authority Reshapes our Relationship with Democracy and Daily Life [SNF Agora Institute]
20 FEB: Federal Data Excellence Awards [Partnership for Public Service + USAFacts]
20 FEB: Seeking the Good and the Real in an Algorithmic Age [Georgetown Law Center on Privacy & Technology]
21 FEB: The Village for Civic Action [Democratic Odyssey]
21 FEB: The Democratic Dismantling of Democracies [Ash Center]
21 FEB: The Hidden Globe: How Wealth Hacks the World [The Remarque Institute]
WEEK OF 24-28 FEB.
24 FEB: RightsCon Event: Hope as a Driver for Social Change in the Digital Era [Global Democracy Coalition]
24 FEB: How the U.S. Government Hires, Uses, and Pays for AI Tools and Talent [Center for Security and Emerging Technology + Beeck Center for Social Impact + Innovation]
24 FEB: The Age of Choice: A History of Freedom in Modern Life [American Historical Association + Wilson Center]
24-27 FEB: RightsCon 2025
25 FEB: Reconciliation 101: The Budget Resolution & What Comes Next [Committee for a Responsible Federal Budget]
25 FEB: Reimagining Public Institutions [Apolitical]
26 FEB: LAUNCH EVENT Freedom in the World 2025 [Freedom House]
26 FEB: State and Community Adoption Initiatives: Maximizing Federal Broadband Investments [New America]
26-27 FEB: Co-Creation Bootcamp: Improving Civic Participation with Emerging Technologies [OECD]
27 FEB: Digital-era government skills masterclass [Teaching Public Service in the Digital Age]
27 FEB: The Peacemaking Machine with MIT and Deepmind's Michael Henry Tessler and Michiel A. Bakker [Burnes Center for Social Change]
27 FEB: Evidence + Evaluation RFP [Arnold Ventures]
27 FEB: Human Learning Systems in action: stories of transformation [Centre for Public Impact]
27 FEB: Addressing Homelessness and Housing Insecurity in Kentucky Through National Service [Americorps Evidence & Impact Webinar]
27 FEB: From barriers to bridges: Building relational trust through collaborative research [Brookings]
27 FEB: The Political Minds of Humans and Other Apes [SNF Agora]
27 FEB: Engaging Youth for Responsible Data Reuse: Global Action Research Insights [Data Tank]
27 FEB: Advancing Transportation Decarbonization through Rigorous Evaluation in the Climate Action Learning Lab [J-PAL North America]
EYES & EARS – reading, podcasts, and other good stuff
Nothing to see here. On deadline for a project. Next week? Pretty sure it would be good for us all to take a break from the news anyway. But this did just come over the wires and is worth a gander. If, like me, you are of insufficient funds to be a regular subscriber of the Financial Times, you will be pleased to know you can get a couple of free articles if you register on the site.
