Government Works Weekly #73
Jobs, Events, and Catching Up
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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Scroll down all the way for 14 upcoming events and 100+ jobs and opportunities to help government work…
EYES & EARS – readings, podcasts, and other good stuff
I was off last week for my kid’s spring break, so I am just catching up… did I miss anything?
Mostly just events and jobs in the newsletter today, but since the last issue was a preview of No King’s Day, I wanted to share a couple follow up links about the event:
“No Kings protests fill streets at over 3,300 rallies in all 50 states, a record number,” Washington Post, 28 March 2026.
“Third No Kings protest draws 8 million worldwide to push back on Trump administration: Anti-authoritarian rallies, in all 50 states plus more than a dozen countries, were the largest number of protests in a single day in US history,” The Guardian, 29 March 2026.
“What Comes After No Kings? Setting an Agenda,” Danielle Allen, The Renovator, 1 April 2026.
EVENT HORIZON – webinars, conferences, and other human things
WEEK OF 6-10 APRIL 2026
6 APR: International Dimensions of Democratic Backsliding [Democratic Erosion Consortium]
7-9 APR: Central Oregon Civic Action Summit [Central Oregon Civic Action Project + Central Oregon Intergovernmental Council]
8 APR: Governing and Funding Public AI: Standards, Oversight, and Sustainable Investment [Innovate US]
8 APR: How to Use Our News App of Disclosures From Political Appointees [ProPublica]
8 APR: The States and The Census: What Legislatures Can Do in 2026 [NCSL]
8 APR: Critical Conversations: Celebrating the American Public Servant’s Innovation [NAPA]
8 APR: The Archive in Action: Exploring a New Federal Workplace Policy Tracker [FedsForward]
8 APR: SpeechMatters 2025 Conference: Truth, Trust and Transformation [UC National Center for Free Speech and Civic Engagement]
8-10 APR: Local Government Reimagined: The AI Edge [ICMA]
9 APR: Inventing Urban Futures: Lessons from Three Centuries of City-making [Bloomberg Center for Cities]
9 APR: Low-Income Families, High-Income Taxpayers, and a Looming Fiscal Crisis [Urban Institute]
9 APR: Rural Overdose Prevention: What State Policymakers Need to Know [NCSL]
9-11 APR: Civics Con 2026 [Rose State College]
10 APR: The Futures Summit: A New Era of Development Cooperation [CSIS]
APPLY YOURSELF – jobs, internships, and other ways to get involved
POLICY + PROGRAM
Managing Director, Government Relations, Roosevelt Institute [D.C.]
Senior Policy Advisor, US Foreign Assistance, Oxfam US [D.C.]
Global Aid Policy, Associate Program Officer, Coefficient Giving [D.C. / deadline 19 Apr.]
Director, Economic Mobility (US Programs), CARE [Atlanta, GA]
Advocacy Manager (US Programs), CARE [D.C.]
Advocacy Campaign Strategist, Elections and Government Program, Brennan Center for Justice [D.C.]
Research Analyst, Justice Program, Brennan Center for Justice [NYC]
Staff or Senior Attorney & Editor, Red Line for Civil Rights, Democracy Forward [Remote / D.C.]
Civil Service Fellows Deputy Program Director, Democracy Forward [Remote]
Manager, Public Service Leadership Institute, Partnership for Public Service [D.C.]
Director, Evidence for Outcomes, Project Evident [Boston, MA]
Research Associate, More in Common [Remote]
Chief Program Officer, Voting Rights Lab
Policy and Program Manager, Building Power Resource Center [deadline 10 Apr.]
Vice President of Electoral Strategies and Legislative Director for Courts, Justice, & Administrative Law, Earthjustice [D.C.]
Senior Director, Public Sector & Policy, Opportunity@Work [Remote]
Associate, Procurement Transformation, Partners for Public Good [deadline 26 Apr.]
STATE + LOCAL
Policy Advisor, Transportation and Parks, New York City Mayor’s Office
Director of Policy, All Voting is Local [D.C.]
Associate Director, State Legislative Affairs, Democracy Forward [D.C.]
Research Associate, Water Policy Center, Public Policy Institute of California [SF or Sacramento]
Research Manager, California Gubernatorial Transition Project, Partnership for Public Service [CA]
Strategic Initiatives Director, Housing California [Sacramento / Hybrid]
Early Learning Policy Director, Children’s Alliance [Washington State]
Director, Benefits Transformation Fund [Colorado]
Legislative Director, State & Regional Advocacy, Earthjustice [deadline 10 Apr.]
State & Local Legislative Policy Analyst, AFL-CIO [D.C.]
New York Comms Director and California Comms Director and More, Working Families Party
Director of Strategic Communications, GovAct - Governors Action Alliance [Remote]
COMMS + OPS
Senior Digital Campaign Associate, Brennan Center for Justice [NYC]
Senior Editor, The Argument [D.C.]
Editorial Director, Institute for Progress [D.C. / deadline 12 Apr.]
Policy & Public Affairs Associate, Democracy Forward [deadline 7 Apr.]
Associate Manager, Programs Communications & Marketing, Partnership for Public Service [D.C.]
Communications Associate, Common Cause [Remote]
Senior Director of Communications and More, Reproductive Freedom for All [D.C.]
Communications and Development Director, Run On Climate [Remote]
Digital Strategist, Contest Every Race, Movement Labs [Remote]
Funding Programs Senior Associate and More, Indivisible [Remote]
Sr. Membership & Engagement Assistant and More, Leadership Conference on Civil and Human Rights [D.C.]
Program & Operations Associate, Transform Finance [Remote]
Operations Coordinator, Institute for Progress [D.C. / deadline 13 Apr.]
Operations Coordinator/Associate, Coefficient Giving [SF or D.C.]
Director, Major Gifts & Individual Giving, Partnership for Public Service [D.C.]
Director of Development, Alliance for Diplomacy and Justice [Remote]
Team Assistant, ONE Data, ONE [D.C.]
Events Associate, Nava [D.C.]
Talent & Entertainment Coordinator, When We All Vote, Civic Nation [Remote]
Senior Grant Initiative Manager, American Public Human Services Association [Flexible]
ACADEMIA
Visiting Associate Professor of Law / Government Procurement Law Program Fellow, George Washington University Law School [application review 27 Apr.]
Postdoctoral Scholar, Possibility Lab, Goldman School of Public Policy [UC Berkeley / next review 9 Apr.]
Policy Fellow, Institute for Data, Democracy & Politics [George Washington University]
Multiple Positions, Policing Project [NYU School of Law]
Visiting Assistant Professor, School of Public Policy [University of Connecticut]
Senior Fellow in Public Finance and Budgeting, Humphrey School of Public Affairs [University of Minnesota]
Multiple Policy Positions, Development Innovation Lab [U Chicago]
Program Manager, American Service Fellowship, Kennedy School of Government [Harvard]
TECH + DATA + DESIGN
Senior Policy Analyst for Technology & Innovation, New York City Mayor’s Office
Policy Analyst for Technology & Innovation, New York City Mayor’s Office
Director of Digital Services, City of Somerville [MA]
Associate Director of Information and Strategic Analysis, Commonwealth of Pennsylvania [deadline 12 Apr.]
Director of Innovation, Office of San Francisco Mayor [S.F.]
i-team Civic Designer, Bloomberg Center for Public Innovation at Johns Hopkins University [Chattanooga, TN]
i-team Director, Bloomberg Center for Public Innovation at Johns Hopkins University [Jackson, MS]
i-team Civic Designer, Bloomberg Center for Public Innovation at Johns Hopkins University [Montgomery, AL]
Policy Analyst (Data and AI governance) and Policy Analyst (Civic design), DC Department of Human Services [deadline 11 Apr.]
Engineering Manager (Elections & AI for Democracy Action Lab), Protect Democracy [priority deadline 5 Apr.]
Lead Product Manager and More, Code for America [Remote]
Product Manager and More, Nava [Remote]
Director of Data, Analytics, Technology, and Engineering, Working Families Party [Remote]
Data Engineer, Climate and Energy Policy, Planet Reimagined [Remote]
Information Designer, Human Rights Watch [Multiple locations / deadline 8 Apr.]
Data Scientist, C40 Cities [Multiple International Locations]
INTERNATIONAL
Deputy Director, AI Delivery & Government Partnerships-Africa and Deputy Director, Content, Campaigns and Digital - Africa, Gates Foundation [Nairobi]
Senior Researcher, China, Human Rights Watch [deadline 2 May]
Director, Middle East and North Africa, Human Rights Watch [deadline 23 Apr.]
Deputy Director (Data Generation and Capacity Building), Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations [Rome]
Senior Manager, Ocean Policy, Conservation International [Americas]
International Policy Officer, Ocean & Climate Platform [Paris / Hybrid / deadline 15 Apr.]
Regional Coordinator (Asia), Fight Inequality Alliance [deadline 19 Apr.]
Fellow/Policy Advisor/Associate Fellow (Collaborative Governance), Centre for Social and Economic Progress [New Delhi / deadline 15 Apr.]
Digital Democracy Research Officer (Maternity leave cover), Democracy Reporting International [Berlin / deadline 26 Apr.]
Specialist, Finance, Basel Institute on Governance [rolling / deadline 30 Apr.]
Policy and Advocacy Manager, Italy & Netherlands, ONE [Brussels, Belgium]
Senior Policy Manager, J-PAL Europe [France]
Urban Transitions Mission Governance & Platform Support, Global Covenant of Mayors [Belgium]
Research Assistant, Gender Equality (Temporary), Center for Global Development [deadline 13 Apr.]
Digital Communications Officer, International IDEA [Sweden / deadline 16 Apr.]
Legal Officer, Electoral Processes and Democratic Governance, International IDEA [Ukraine / deadline 13 Apr.]
Human Rights and Governance Specialist, Democracy International [Kampala, Uganda]
Senior Global Advisor, Digital Democracy, IFES [D.C.]
Senior Advisor, Global Research & Policy, Center for Civilians in Conflict [Geneva, Brussels or London]
INTERNSHIPS + FELLOWSHIPS
2026 Summer Internships: Measurement, Evaluation, and Learning Intern and State Practice team - Evidence & Policy Research Intern and What Works Cities Curriculum Intern and WWC Strategy & Growth / Outreach Intern, Results for America [Remote]
Maryland Policy Intern (Graduate Student), Greater Greater Washington [D.C. / Hybrid / deadline 20 Apr.]
Digital Democracy Research Intern, Democracy Reporting International [Berlin / deadline 13 Apr.]
Voting and Fair Representation Intern and 20+ Other National and State Internships, Common Cause
Climate Change and Press Freedom Fellow, Committee to Protect Journalists [deadline 12 Apr.]
Eugene C. Pulliam Fellowship for Public Service Journalism, Society of Professional Journalists Foundation [deadline 20 Apr.]
Summer 2026 Cohort, Paragon Policy Fellowship [deadline 30 Apr.]
Tech Intern Democracy Platform Build, GAIN POWER [Remote / Cambridge, MA]
Policy & Advocacy Fellow (DGR), Save the Children US [D.C.]
Communications Fellowship, RepresentWomen
CONSULTANCIES + OTHER OPPORTUNITIES
Research Consultant: Digital Sovereignty & Alternative Technologies, CIVICUS Digital Democracy Initiative [deadline 21 Apr.]
Request for Proposal: RCVRC Board and Staff Retreat Facilitator, Ranked Choice Voting Resource Center [Asheville, North Carolina / deadline 29 May]
Call for Proposals: Citizen Security Research Initiative, Innovations for Poverty Action [deadline 15 Apr.]
Call for Proposals: Resilient Societies: How Do Institutions Adapt — and When Do They Break?, Mercatus Center at George Mason University [deadline 30 Apr.]
Consultant Roster: Civic Engagement (U.S. Domestic Opportunities), Democracy International
Call for Proposals: OIDP 2026 Conference, International Observatory on Participatory Democracy [deadline 30 Apr.]
Call for Applications: Independent Reporting Mechanism International Experts Panel, Open Government Partnership [deadline 5 May]
Call for Mentors: Mainstreaming Participation Accelerator, Institute of Public Finance [deadline 16 Apr.]
And lots more in the last newsletter: Government Works Weekly #72.