Government Works Weekly #12
Jobs, Events, and Longreads for the Last Lazy Days of Summer
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.
Note: Heading offline for a couple weeks for a family vacation. Expect the next one of these some time later in August. Until then…
APPLY YOURSELF – jobs, internships, and other ways to get involved
[NEW] CIRCLE Research Assistant: MA Civic Education Research and Administrative Support, Center for Information and Research on Civic Learning and Engagement [Massachusetts / part-time]
[NEW] Engagement Lead (Training), Involve [UK / Remote / deadline 27 Aug.]
[NEW] COP Event Coordinator (Contract), Centre for Public Impact [deadline 14 Aug.]
[NEW] Senior Manager, Office of the President, JPB Foundation [New York]
[NEW] Director of Program Management (and more), JPB Foundation [New York]
[NEW] President / CEO, Philanthropy for Active Civic Engagement [Remote / U.S. / deadline 27 Sept.]
[NEW] Chief Development Officer (and more), Center for Popular Democracy [Remote]
[NEW] Director of Research & Evaluation, ideas42 [Remote / Washington, D.C. or New York / NY preferred]
[NEW] Senior Advisor for Governance and Anti-Corruption, Center for Global Impact, IRI [Washington, D.C.]
[NEW] Policy Analyst (results-based management and evaluation), OECD [Paris / deadline 1 Sept.]
[NEW] Monitoring, Evaluation and Learning (MEL) Officer, European Partnership for Democracy [Belgium / deadline 5 Aug.]
Senior Director, Finance and Operations, Centre for Public Impact [Remote / USA / deadline 5 Aug.]
Democracy Officer (Senior Media Advisor), Bureau for Democracy, Human Rights, and Governance, USAID [Washington, D.C. / deadline 5 Aug.]
Congressional Innovation Fellowship, TechCongress [deadline 5 Aug.]
Inclusive Democracy Manager (and more), Virginia Civic Engagement Table [Virginia or D.C.-based / Remote / deadline 18 Aug.]
Digital Democracy Research Officer, Democracy Reporting International [Berlin / deadline 20 Aug.]
Communications Program Officer, Open Government Partnership [preferably Brussels or Washington D.C.]
Program Coordinator, Member Services, Open Government Partnership [Brussels]
Manager/Facilitator, Public Service Leadership Institute (and more), Partnership for Public Service [Washington, D.C.]
Senior Vice President, External Affairs, Common Cause [Washington, D.C. / Hybrid]
Associate Director, Council of Councils (projects related to international institutions and global governance), Council on Foreign Relations [Washington, D.C.]
Chief Counsel (and more), League of Women Voters [Washington, D.C.]
Director, State and Local Government Affairs, Center for American Progress [Hybrid / Washington, D.C.]
Research and Operations Assistant, Center for the Study of the Presidency and Congress [Washington, D.C.]
Director of “Free Them All: The Fred Hiatt Program To Free Political Prisoners” (and more), Freedom House [Hybrid / Washington, D.C.]
Policy and Research Analyst (and more), New York City Office of Technology & Innovation [NYC]
Deputy Director, Strategy & Design (and more), Democracy International [Bethesda, MD]
Global Digital Democracy Advisor (and more), International Foundation for Electoral Systems [Arlington, VA]
Counsel, Democracy Program (and more), Brennan Center for Justice [Washington, D.C.]
EGAP New Member Application 2024, Evidence in Governance and Politics [deadline 30 Sep.]
Senior Associate, Policy, Managing Fiscal Risks (and more), Pew Charitable Trusts [Washington, D.C.]
Director of Democratic Institutions (and more), Roosevelt Institute [Remote]
Communications Manager (and a bunch of Civic Designer roles), Bloomberg Center for Public Innovation [Hybrid]
Vice President for State Network Strategy (and more), Center on Budget and Policy Priorities [Hybrid / Washington, D.C.]
Associate Director, Special Projects, Elections & Voting (and more), Democracy Fund [Hybrid / Washington, D.C.]
Senior Program Associate, Democracy Program (and more), The Carter Center [Hybrid / Atlanta]
Program Analyst, Democracy, Rights, and Governance Initiative, Packard Foundation [Berkeley, California]
UPCOMING EVENTS – webinars, conferences, and other human things
5 AUG: New Voters Research Conference [New Voters Research Network]
7 AUG: Sammies Summer Series: Part 2: On the Cutting Edge [Partnership for Public Service]
10 AUG: Bay Area Multiparty Party [ProRep Coalition]
13 AUG: Bridging the Gap: Elected Officials & Public Servants [Apolitical]
19-22 AUG: 2024 International Leaders Forum [National Democratic Institute]
21 AUG: Sammies Summer Series: Part 3: Better, Faster, Stronger [Partnership for Public Service]
26-29 AUG: Local Democracy Academy 2024 [Swedish International Centre for Local Democracy]
27 AUG: Innovator’s Hour: Methods for Modernizing Government: Part 1 [Partnership for Public Service]
28 AUG: Innovator’s Hour: Methods for Modernizing Government: Part 2 [Partnership for Public Service]
EYES & EARS – reading, podcasts, and other good stuff
[BEACH READS] Some Recent Longreads for the Long Flights and Last Lazy Days of August
“Citizen’s White Paper,” Demos and Involve, July 2024 –
“...a roadmap for the new [U.K.] government to embed public participation in national policy making.”
“Policy fit for the future: the Australian Government Futures primer,” Policy Projects and Taskforce Office, 23 July 2024 –
“Futures in policy is first and foremost about translating insights into action: what can the government do now to positively influence long term change and ensure Australians will thrive in a range of possible future worlds.”
“What is futures thinking, and how can it help us to reimagine government?”, Centre for Public Impact, 1 August 2024 –
“Along with this more optimistic view of our present state came the realisation that futures that felt unachievable and preposterous are, in small ways, already becoming possible. With enough energy and effort, who knows how many of these incredible examples could be things we list as ‘taken-for-granted truths’ in another few years?”
“Bold Ideas, Emerging Leaders: Roosevelt Network Emerging Fellows Journal 2024,” Roosevelt Institute, 1 August 2024 –
“In this collection of undergraduate papers, student authors from the Roosevelt Network Emerging Fellowship program engage deeply with research that embraces the intersections of policy, power, and narrative change to develop around-the-corner policy ideas that could fundamentally change their communities.”
“Developing the Public Sector Capabilities Index : Phase I synthesis report,” IIPP Public Sector Capabilities Index team, 23 July 2024 –
“The Institute for Innovation and Public Purpose (IIPP) is working with Bloomberg Philanthropies to develop a new Public Sector Capabilities Index. This index will be a global measure of where city government capabilities are strong and where critical skills must be built up.”
“Taxation and Inequality,” OECD, 25 July 2024 –
“This report, commissioned by the Brazilian G20 Presidency ahead of the July 2024 G20 Finance Ministers and Central Bank Governors meeting, contributes to discussions on the role of tax systems in addressing inequality. It explores how tax systems can mitigate or exacerbate inequality with a focus on the distribution of income and wealth and identifies scope for potential reform. It zooms in on the specific tax policy and compliance challenges associated with taxing high-net-worth individuals (HNWIs), some of which have a cross-border dimension."
“A Guide to Measuring Democratic Erosion,” Democratic Erosion Consortium, June 2024 –
“Publicly available data measuring democracy and democratic erosion abounds, but it can be difficult to understand how datasets and measures differ, their relative advantages and disadvantages, and the types of questions that each dataset is best positioned to answer. This brief aims to help policymakers, practitioners, and researchers make sense of existing approaches to measuring democratic resilience and decline.”
