Government Works Weekly #74
Jobs, Events, and a Jam-Packed Week
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Scroll down all the way for 41 upcoming events and 124 jobs and opportunities to help government work…
EYES & EARS – readings, podcasts, and other good stuff
Traveling to D.C. tomorrow, so cutting this section short to stuff some things in a suitcase. Plus, today’s newsletter is already pretty packed. I will be attending at least one of the 41 events below in person, say hi if you see me there.
ICYMI
I was off last week, so this week I am doubling up. Monday’s post featured 118 jobs and opportunities to help government work, and today’s post has another 124.
EVENT HORIZON – webinars, conferences, and other human things
WEEK OF 12-18 APRIL 2026
12-15 APRIL: 2026 Rural Summit [Partners for Rural Impact]
13 APRIL:
Understanding Political Courage [Stanford PACS]
America at 250 and Beyond: Democracy and Governance in America [Harvard Institute of Politics]
From the Ground Up: Using Rural Voices to Build Better Policy for Aging Americans [Lutheran Services in America]
The Identity Challenge: Tackling User Disambiguation and Data Integration Across Programs [InnovateUS]
Rebalancing world order in an age of fragmentation [Brookings]
13-14 APRIL: 2026 Global Parliamentary Forum [World Bank]
14 APRIL:
Building Democracy from the Ground Up: A Conversation with Mayors [Bloomberg Center for Cities]
Building the City: Mayors on Public-Private Partnerships & Infrastructure [Bloomberg Center for Cities]
AI and the Concentration of Power [Berkman Klein Center]
Negotiating Your Worth: Salary strategies for the public and private sector [FedSupport webinar from Partnership for Public Service]
Hard Questions: Expert Perspectives Ahead of the 2026 World Bank/IMF Spring Meetings [Center for Global Development]
Green Planning for Transition and Policy [INDEP + Common Wealth]
What Happens When the Social Security Trust Fund Is Exhausted? [AEI]
Client country perspectives on MDB impact: insights from the ODI Global survey [ODI]
Global democracy under pressure: Insights from Africa for a changing world [Brookings]
14-16 APRIL: 2026 Collective Impact Action Summit: Together, Towards a Brighter Shared Future [Collective Impact Forum]
14-17 APRIL: Civil Society Policy Forum: Spring Meetings 2026 [World Bank]
15 APRIL:
Beyond America First: International Economic Policy in a Multipolar World [Oxfam America + Partners in Health]
Rewriting the Case for Aid: Purpose, Priorities and Political Realities [Center for Global Development]
Building AI-Ready Open Data [InnovateUS]
Accessibility Jam (A11yJam) [Beeck Center for Social Impact + Innovation]
The 2026 Lionel Gelber Prize Ceremony and Lecture: Francis J. Gavin for his book Thinking Historically: A guide to Statecraft and Strategy [Munk School of Global Affairs & Public Policy at the University of Toronto]
In Conversation with Civil Society: Human Rights Governance in a Multipolar World [Ensured]
Co-Opting AI: Geopolitics [UVA’s Digital Technology for Democracy Lab]
Who Shapes the Story? Exploring Narrative Change in Practice [International Civil Society Centre]
Federal and State Policy Outlook for Community Colleges [CAP]
Book Talk | Lorenza Antonucci | Insecurity Politics: How Unstable Lives Lead to Populist Support [Institute for Public Knowledge]
How can MDBs be ‘better’ institutions? Perspectives of client countries [ODI]
15-16 APRIL: From analysis to action: Harnessing local policies to boost productivity [OECD]
16 APRIL:
GDC Americas Pre-Forum Webinar: From Polarization to Participation: Democratic Narratives in the Americas in a Changing U.S. Context [Global Democracy Coalition]
Nava Labs Demo Day: Prototyping Maryland SNAP Work Reporting [Nava]
Launching IIPP’s Digital Case Studies: The Story Behind UK Notify [UCL Institute for Innovation and Public Purpose]
Annual Meeting of the Berkeley Initiative for Transparency in the Social Sciences [BITSS]
Speech and Elections: Navigating Innovation, AI, Law, and Trust [IFES]
Connecting Democracy to Kitchen Table Issues [Frameworks]
16-17 APRIL: Public Economics Program Meeting, Spring 2026 [NBER]
17 APRIL:
How State and Local Governments Can Strengthen State Capacity Using AI and Data Science [Data for Good Roundtable]
Expanding Viewpoints Symposium 2026: Grievance and Governance in a New Populist Era [The Center for Expanding Viewpoints in Higher Education]
APPLY YOURSELF – jobs, internships, and other ways to get involved
POLICY + PROGRAM
Vice President, Democracy and More, Center for American Progress [D.C.]
Program Assistant, Civic Engagement and Government, Ford Foundation [deadline 24 Apr.]
Joan and Irwin Jacobs Program Officer for American Institutions, Society, and the Public Good, American Academy of Arts & Sciences
Executive Director, Center for Progressive Reform
Inaugural Chief Executive Officer, Public Media Infrastructure [via DSG]
Director, North America Team, Gates Foundation [D.C.]
Senior Analyst (Polling), Center for American Progress [D.C.]
Senior US Policy Advisor, Center for Countering Digital Hate [D.C.]
Specialist, Public Policy and More, PPFA [D.C.]
Senior Policy Analyst, Families USA
Head of Political, Swing Left [D.C.]
Senior Program Strategy Manager, Political Engagement, Pivotal
Advocacy Director, America Forward
Officer, Data and Policy, Courts & Communities, Pew Charitable Trusts [D.C.]
Multiple Positions, Foundation for American Innovation
Legislative Affairs Specialist, AFSCME [D.C.]
Federal and Gubernatorial Regional Director, EMILYs List [D.C.]
Federal & State Affairs Manager, Human Rights Campaign [D.C.]
STATE + LOCAL
Senior Advisor for Fast and Free Buses and More, NYC Mayor’s Office
Assistant Commissioner for Curb Management Policy, NYC Mayor’s Office
Director of Economic Mobility, DC Department of Human Resources
Strategic Initiatives Director and More, Housing California
State Policy Manager, Plug In America [Remote]
Political Correspondents (CA, NE, CO, NM, UT), Courier Newsroom
Senior Communications Advisor and More, Texas Democratic Party
Associate Director for State Policy, GIFFORDS [Remote]
Federal and Gubernatorial Regional Director and More, Emily’s List [D.C.]
Western States Advisor, Movement Voter Project
State Director, Oklahoma, PPFA [Remote]
Mid-Atlantic Elections Director, Working Families Party [Pennsylvania]
New Mexico Political Director, Working Families Party [NM]
Senior Associate Public Grants - Minnesota, Trust for Public Land
Lead Researcher, Housing and Cities, Sightline Institute [Cascadia]
Texas State Director, Human Rights Campaign [Remote / Austin]
Director, Strategic Partnerships, National League of Cities
Senior Policy Advisor for Regulatory Reform, New York State Executive Chamber
Deputy Executive Director and Chief Program Officer, ACLU of Kansas
Utility and Regulatory Affairs Lead (Power Ahead Colorado), Denver Regional Council of Governments
Policy and Research Manager (Great Lakes), Current [deadline 22 Apr.]
Director of Data Quality and Evaluation, Communities In Schools of North Carolina [Durham]
COMMS + OPS
Communications Director, Democratic Mayors Association [D.C. / via GAIN Power]
Regional Press Secretary (Cycle), Indivisible [Remote]
Senior Manager, New Media (Cycle), Indivisible [Remote]
Executive Vice President, Communications and Strategy, Center for American Progress [D.C.]
Digital Communications Manager and More, Movement Voter Project
Public Affairs Campaigns Strategist and More, Earthjustice
Deputy Director, Social Audience & Marketing and More, Courier Newsroom [Remote]
Digital Special Projects Manager and More, Climate Power [Remote]
Director, External Affairs, Ford Foundation [deadline 28 Apr.]
Communications Manager and More, NOTUS
Surrogates, Influencers, and Partnerships Lead, GiveDirectly [NY]
Director of Social Media, Swing Left [Remote]
Social Media Manager, Human Rights Campaign [D.C.]
Senior Manager, Communications, Human Rights Watch [Multiple Locations]
Communications Research Coordinator and More, EMILYs List [D.C.]
Chief Communications and Development Officer, Reproaction [D.C.]
Chief Development Officer, Working Families Party [Remote]
Development Manager, Donor Engagement, Movement Labs [Remote]
Senior Development Manager, Principal Engagement, Movement Labs [Remote]
Operations and Finance Manager, NewDEAL [D.C.]
Philanthropic Partnerships Associate or Manager, Recoding America Fund [D.C.]
Institutional Giving Director and More, Trust for Public Land
Operations Roles, Rethink Priorities [deadline 19 Apr.]
Major Gifts Manager, Center for Disaster Philanthropy [deadline 6 May]
ACADEMIA
Policy Researcher/Senior Policy Researcher, Institute for Research on Labor and Employment, UC Berkeley [new review 20 Apr.]
Program Director (Funding Contingent), Center for Intercultural Education and Development [Georgetown U]
Expressions of Interest: MSCA Postdoctoral Fellowships 2026, Government and Law Research Group, University of Antwerp [deadline 31 May]
Executive Director, Bloomberg Harvard City Leadership Initiative [Harvard]
Frontier AI Research Lead, Center for Security and Emerging Technology [Georgetown University’s Walsh School of Foreign Service]
Three Research Roles, Avoiding Great Power War Project, Harvard Belfer Center [deadline 15 Apr.]
Grants Manager, Center for International Development [Harvard]
Multiple Roles, Stanford Woods Institute for the Environment
Director of Data Policy and Institutional Research, Association of American Universities [deadline 24 Apr.]
TECH + DATA + DESIGN
Chief Information Security Officer (CISO), California Cradle-to-Career Data System
Chief Digital and AI Officer, Recoding America Fund
Deputy Analytics and Technology Director, Democratic Attorneys General Association [D.C.]
Software Engineer (Strategic Research & Communications) and More, Blue Rose Research [Remote]
Director of Innovation, Office of Mayor Daniel Lurie [San Francisco]
AI Science Advisor to the California Department of Technology, California Council on Science and Technology (CCST)
Tech Tools Associate (Cycle), Indivisible [Remote]
Mobilization Data Manager, Indivisible [Remote]
Director of Polling, Center for American Progress [D.C.]
Multiple Roles, Propel
Senior Data Scientist, Constructive Dialogue Institute
Site Reliability Engineer, Courier Newsroom [Remote]
Director, IT, Human Rights Campaign [D.C.]
Lead, Frontier AI Systems, Centre for AI Excellence, World Economic Forum [S.F.]
INTERNATIONAL
Strategic Service Designer, Public Design Unit [Remote]
Communications Manager, Global Shield [deadline 26 Apr.]
Palestine Researcher, ACLED [Remote]
Iran Researcher, ACLED [Remote]
Officer, Strategy & Implementation Management, Development Policy & Finance, Gates Foundation [D.C.]
Policy Analyst, Centre on Well-Being, Inclusion, Sustainability and Equal Opportunity, OECD [Paris / deadline 29 Apr.]
Climate Finance Policy Associate, Nature Conservancy [Angola / Brazil / Mexico / Colombia]
Director of Finance, Compliance & Operations, Comms Hub [Remote / Spain]
Policy Formulation and Analysis Training Expert, Democracy International [Lesotho]
Coordinator, Legislative Affairs and Global Advocacy, PPFA [D.C.]
Director of Policy and Impact, Demos [UK]
Country Operations Associate for Asia, Centre for Digital Public Infrastructure [deadline 30 Apr.]
Head of Growth and Impact, Urban Transformation, World Economic Forum [NY]
INTERNSHIPS + FELLOWSHIPS
Summer 2026 Programs Intern, TechCongress [deadline 21 Apr.]
Data & Analytics Internship, American Federation of State, County, and Municipal Employees (AFSCME)
Global South Research Program Intern, Quincy Institute [Remote / D.C.]
Intern, Center for Municipal Practice, National League of Cities [D.C.]
NY Cities Intern, Nature Conservancy [Remote]
Multiple Internships, FWD.us [D.C.]
2026 Summer Editorial Internship, Punchbowl News [D.C.]
Summer Advocacy & Digital Fellow, Center for New Liberalism [D.C.]
Congressional Fellow, Federation of American Scientists [D.C.]
Research Fellowship, Kapor Foundation [rolling deadline]
Tax Fairness Fellowship, The School for Moral Ambition [deadline 27 Apr.]
Graduate Student Summer Fellow, Government of the District of Columbia [deadline 24 Apr.]
2026 Mayoral Fellowship Program, City of Providence [deadline 8 May.]
CONSULTANCIES + OTHER OPPORTUNITIES
Terms of Reference: Media Consultancy and Terms of Reference: Podcast Producer & Host (one season of CIVICUS Voices) and More, CIVICUS
Terms of Reference: Impact Assessment, Legal Empowerment Fund [deadline 24 Apr.]
Terms of Reference: EU SEE Mid Term Evaluation, Hivos [deadline 20 Apr.]
Call for consultants: AidWatch 2026 policy brief, CONCORD [deadline 16 Apr.]
Multiple Consultancies, C40 Cities Climate Leadership Group
Contract: Program Manager, Talent Accelerator, Work for America [deadline 17 Apr.]
Call for Letters of Inquiry: Economic Research on the Returns to R&D Investment, Alfred P. Sloan Foundation and Coefficient Giving [deadline 30 Apr.]
Request for Submissions: AI in Action Awards: Celebrating the everyday ways government is shaping what’s next, Center for Civic Futures [deadline 1 May]
Fiction Contest: Democratic Futures, The Protopian Prize [submission window 1 May to 31 July]
Board of Directors Recruitment, National Recreation and Park Association
And lots more in the last newsletter: Government Works Weekly #73.