Government Works Weekly #49
19 Sept. 2025 - Jobs and Events
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.
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Programming note: Sending out this week’s abbreviated newsletter on hotel wifi while on a wholesome father-daughter road trip; planning a more fulsome edition next week.
EVENT HORIZON – webinars, conferences, and other human things
WEEK OF 22-26 SEPTEMBER
22 SEP: Improving civic participation with emerging technologies [OECD]
22 SEP: Powering Progress: Technology, Policy, and Innovation Across U.S. Regions [HKS]
23 SEP: Accountability as Political Practice: Strengthening Legitimacy from Within [Vuka!]
23 SEP: The Environmental Costs of AI Are Surging – What Now? [Data & Society]
24 SEP: The State of Apprenticeship in West Virginia [RAND]
24 SEP: AI for Public Good [Stimson]
24 SEP: Budget 101: An Intern's Guide to the Federal Budget [Committee for a Responsible Federal Budget]
24 SEP: Local Deep Dive - Digital Governance and AI [OGP]
25 SEP: Revive or Rebrand? The Future of the Democratic Party [Niskanen]
25 SEP: Cultivating "Civic Membership" [Connective Tissue + The Democracy Policy Network]
25 SEP: September: Jobseeker Q&A with Civic Match [Work for America]
25 SEP: SCOTUSblog Summit: On the Merits [SNF Agora Institute at Johns Hopkins University]
25 SEP: A Tale of Two Crises: Climate Risk & Uncertain Data Access [Data Foundation]
25 SEP: Sustainable Co‑Creation in the Public Sector: A Case Study in the Lower Austrian Federal Government [Teaching Public Service in the Digital Age]
25 SEP: Digital-era government skills masterclass [Teaching Public Service in the Digital Age]
25 SEP: Apocalyptic Authoritarianism: Climate Crisis, Media, and Power [Institute for Public Knowledge]
25-26 SEP: BPEA Fall 2025 Conference [Brookings]
APPLY YOURSELF – jobs, internships, and other ways to get involved
POLICY + PROGRAM
Chief Government Relations Officer, Feeding America [D.C. / Hybrid]
Program Officer, Education & Economic Mobility: Post Secondary Success, Joyce Foundation [Chicago / Hybrid]
Campaigns Manager, Indivisible [Remote]
Program Assistant, Rule of Law Program, The Carter Center [Atlanta]
Manager, Innovation, Rockefeller Foundation [NY]
Senior Policy Analyst, State Higher Education Executive Officers Association [D.C. or Boulder Hybrid / Remote]
National Research Manager/Senior Research Analyst, Fordham Institute [Remote]
Strategic Advisor and Liaison, Bloomberg Center for Cities [Harvard]
STATE + LOCAL
Executive Director, Progress Michigan [Michigan / Hybrid]
Director of Democracy, League of Women Voters of New Jersey [Trenton / Hybrid]
Program Coordinator, California Parks for People, Trust for Public Land [LA or SF]
Executive Director, Connecticut Forest and Park Association [Rockfall, CT]
Senior State Policy Manager, Justice Action Network [Remote]
Program Director, Local Progress [Remote]
Organizational Performance Advisor, Seattle City Light, City of Seattle [deadline 30 Sept.]
Senior Policy Analyst, New York City Housing Authority [NYC]
Senior Policy Analyst, Bureau of Policy, Planning and Implementation, Department of Housing [City of Chicago]
Manager, School Planning, DCPS [D.C.]
COMMS + OPS
Video Podcast Producer, The Argument [D.C.]
Reporter, Midwest, ProPublica [Illinois / Michigan / Missouri / Wisconsin / Ohio / Indiana / Minnesota]
Coordinator, Media Relations, League of Women Voters [D.C.]
Engagement and Organizing Advisor, Oxfam [Remote]
Senior Vice President, Growth & Engagement, Zinc Collective [Remote]
People and Operations Manager (Part-Time), Democracy at Work Institute [Remote]
ACADEMIA
Policy Director, Institute for Information, Internet, and Democracy [Northeastern University]
Associate or Full Professor, American, State, Urban Politics and Policy, Hobby School of Public Affairs [University of Houston]
Director of Global Policy Programs, University of Pennsylvania [D.C. / deadline 10 Oct.]
Program Manager, Tufts Center for Expanding Viewpoints in Higher Education [Medford / Hybrid]
INTERNATIONAL
Program Associate, Global Aid Policy, Open Philanthropy [Remote]
Grants Manager, Innovations for Poverty Actions [Colombia or Peru preferred]
Policy and Advocacy Officer, Results Canada [Ottawa-Gatineau / Hybrid]
Myanmar Researcher –and– BeNeLux Researcher, ACLED [Remote]
EU Policy and Research Officer (Security, Surveillance, & Human Rights Programme), Centre for Democracy & Technology, Europe [Brussels]
INTERNSHIPS + FELLOWSHIPS + OTHER OPPORTUNITIES
Research Intern, Bell Policy Center [Colorado / Hybrid]
Allen Lab for Democracy Renovation Fellowships, Ash Center for Democratic Governance and Innovation [Harvard]
Reimagining Democracy Visiting Fellowships, Ash Center for Democratic Governance and Innovation [Harvard]
Non-Resident Fellow, Center for Democracy & Technology [deadline 6 Oct.]
Ancil Payne Reporting Fellowship, ProPublica [D.C.]
Congressional Technology & Policy Fellowship, McCourt School [for Congressional staff]
Call for Papers: QOG Best Paper Award 2025, The Quality of Government Institute [deadline 1 Dec.]
And lots more opportunities in the last newsletter: Government Works Weekly #48.