Think Tank Jobs V

Here's our fifth compendium of Think Tank Jobs and Internships.

Please note: these larger-sized special editions usually take a couple days to put together, so chances are a couple jobs have expired/disappeared (or have been added) since we began work on this late last week. We welcome any relevant additions or intel on broken, missing or withdrawn links - post in comments field or email us.

America Speaks:

• Director of Online Engagement & Participation
• Research Intern and Program Intern

American Enterprise Institute (scroll down):

• Research Assistant, Monetary Affairs & Retirement Policy
• Video Editor/Producer
• Conference Assistant
• Research Assistant, Demographics & Latin America

American Foreign Policy Council – Internships – apply by July 15

Aspen Institute:

• Program Associate, Council of World Leaders
• Business & Society Program Fellowship – New York

Atlantic Council of the US:

• Webmaster
• Assistant Director, Global Business & Economics Program

British-American Security Council – Intern info

Brookings Institution:

• Assistant to Vice President for Development – apply by July 24
• Corporate & Foundation Relations Manager – apply by July 24
• Research/Staff Assistant, Metropolitan Studies Program – apply by July 24
• Staff Assistant, Metropolitan Studies Program – apply by July 24
• Research Assistant, Engelberg Center for Health Care Reform – $41k – apply by July 31
• Research Assistant, Economic Studies – $41k-$42k – apply by July 31
• Research Assistant, John L. Thornton China Center - $39k-$40k

Carnegie Council – Editorial Intern for Ethics and International Affairs Journal – New York – apply by Aug. 1

Carnegie Endowment for World Peace:

• Communications Assistant
• Senior Development Associate

Cato Institute:

• Research/Communications Assistant
• Multimedia Editor/Videographer
• Manager of New Media
• Deferred Law Firm Associate Program
• Intern info and Photo Intern

Center for American Progress [note: see comments section for some important perspective on these listings]:

• Advocacy Associate, Campus Progress
• Assistant Editor
• Communications Manager, Enough Project
• Development Associate
• Director/Vice President of Government Affairs
• Email Marketing Assistant
• Campaign Assistant, Enough Congo Campaign
• Admin Assistant, Enough Campaign
• Events Associate, Campus Progress
• Campaign Manager, Judicial Project
• more available
  

Center for Global Development – Director of Global Health Policy

Center for International Development – Internships – apply by July 19

Center for Law & Social Policy:

• Communications Manager
• Policy Analyst/Senior Policy Analyst, Post-secondary Education

Center for Responsive Politics:

• Development Manager
• Communications & Research Internships – apply by Aug. 1

Center on Budget & Policy Priorities:

• Policy Analyst, Food Assistance Policy
• Director of Housing Policy

Center on International Cooperation – Special Assistant to the Director – New York

Century Foundation – Public Policy Assistant

Chicago Council on Global Affairs – Chicago, IL:

• Program Officer, Corporate Program
• Assistant Director, Public & Leadership Programs
• Web & Email Communications Coordinator
• Project Coordinator, Global Agriculture
• Internships

Competitive Enterprise Institute – Internships – more info here – apply by July 15

Council on Foreign Relations:

• Program Associate, Congress & US Foreign Policy – mid-to-high $30k
• Assistant to the Senior VP & Director of Studies – New York
• Special Events Assistant – New York
• Web Support Associate – upper $30k – New York

Economic Opportunity Institute – Internships – Seattle, WA – apply by Aug. 15

Economic Policy Institute:

• Education Policy Researcher
• Living Standards/Labor Economist
• Policy Analyst (scroll down)

Education Sector – Internships

Eisenhower Institute – Internships – apply by Aug. 1

Eurasia Foundation – Russian language skills appear highly desirable in most cases:

• Director of Development
• Communications Associate
• Development Associate

Federation of American Scientists – Herbert Scoville Jr. Peace Fellowship (scroll down) – $2,200/mo stipend – apply by Oct. 15

Ford Foundation - Program Officer, LGBT - New York - apply by Sept. 27

Foreign Policy Research Institute – Intern info – Philadelphia, PA

Foundation on Economic Trends – general Intern info and Web Intern

Freedom House:

• Executive Director
• Program Officer, Eurasia – Russian language ability preferred
• New Media Communications Officer
• see Internships tab for DC & New York-based opportunities

The Fund for Peace – Intern info – apply by Aug. 1

Henry L. Stimson Center:

• Operations Coordinator
• Internships – apply by July 15

Heritage Foundation:

• Assistant Director, Center for American Studies
• Marketing Associate
• Senior Policy Analyst, Government Relations
• Policy Analyst, Regulation – temporary position (as noted here)
• Graphic Designer/Desktop Publishing Specialist – InDesign, Illustrator, Photoshop, Acrobat

Hoover Institution - Admin Associate, Audiovisual Services - Stanford, CA

Hudson Institute – Internships

Institute for Policy Studies:

• Internships – apply by July 15
• Economic Justice Organizer – Program on Inequality and the Common Good – Boston, MA – apply by July 23

International Crisis Group:

• Director, Latin American & Caribbean Program
• Senior Analyst , Guatemala
• Senior Analyst , Gulf States – to be based in region
• Senior Analyst , Iraq – Beirut- or Cairo-based – apply by Aug. 31
• Senior Analyst , Nigeria
• Special Events Officer – New York

International Food Policy Research Institute – multiple research-oriented jobs/fellowships plus Intern info

Institute for Human Studies at George Mason University:

• Director of Foundations Strategy
• Internships

Institute for the Study of War:

• Research Analyst, Iran/Iraq Project
• Executive Assistant
• Research Internship, Iraq Project – apply by Aug. 1
• Research Internship – Afghanistan Project – apply by Aug. 1
• Communications Internship

InterAction:

• Vice President, Humanitarian Policy
• Manager/Senior Manager, Government Relations - apply by July 30
• Senior Director, Humanitarian Policy - apply by July 23

MacArthur Foundation - Chief or Staff/Director of Strategic Planning - Chicago, IL - apply by July 31

Manhattan Institute - Development Officer - New York

Mansfield Foundation - Internships - apply by July 31

Media Research Center – Intern info (scroll down)

Middle East Institute – Internships – apply by July 15 [note: deadline pushed back to July 19, per comments section tip]

Migration Policy Institute:

• Deputy Director of Communications – apply by July 15
• Office Manager – apply by July 23
• Internships – apply by July 15

National Center for Public Policy Research – Internships

National Endowment for Democracy – relevant language skills desired – all of these are DC-based:

• Program Assistant, East & Southern Africa
• Assistant Program Officer, Sudan
• Program Officer for Middle East & North Africa
• Program Officer, Eurasia
• Program Assistant, Eurasia

National Institute for Public Policy – Intern info

New America Foundation:

• Policy Analyst, Asset Building Program – apply by July 23
• older positions noted, as well as Intern opportunities

The Nixon Center – Internships

Open Society Institute – all of the following are New York-based, except as noted:

• Admin Assistant – apply by July 15
• Program Officer, Revenue Watch Institute – apply by July 15
• Campaign Manager – Campaign for a New Drug Policy – apply by July 19
• Program Officer – drug addiction/treatment issue – Baltimore, MD – apply by July 19
• Program Assistant, Youth Initiative – apply by July 23
• Senior Program Officer, Public Health/Harm Reduction – apply by July 30
• Deputy Director, Office of International Operations – apply by Aug. 1
• Legal Research Intern – apply by Sept. 1

Pacific Research Institute – Vice President of Development – San Francisco, CA

Pew Charitable Trusts:

• Admin Assistant, Subsidyscope
• Senior Associate, Public Safety Performance Project
• Senior Associate, Communications – Pew Health Group
• Research Manager, Pew Center on the States
• Communications Associate, Pew Center on the States
• Manager, Global Conservation
• Admin Assistant
• Communications Officer
• Web Associate
• Director, Protecting the Deep Sea Campaign
• Senior Associate, Protecting the Deep Sea Campaign

Population Reference Bureau – Research Assistant, Domestic Programs

Public Forum Institute:

• Creative Services Associate
• Internships (scroll down) – apply by Aug. 31

RAND Corporation – opportunities in DC area & nationwide

Research Triangle Institute – wide variety of policy research opportunities, many appear health-related, but communications/admin slots also noted – DC, Research Triangle Park, NC and worldwide

Texas Public Policy Foundation - Intern info - Austin, TX

Third Way:

• Director of Economic Program
• Senior Advisor, Federal Affairs
• Senior Advisor, Strategic Communications
• Policy Advisor, Culture Program

Urban Institute:

• Research Associate
• Senior Research Associate
• Chief Development Officer
• Project Administrator

Woodrow Wilson Center – Intern info

World Resources Institute:

• Communications & Marketing Officer – $47k-$53k
• Associate, Vulnerability & Adaptation – $53k-$65k – may be term-limited
• Director, US Climate Initiative – $110k-$130k
• Director, Major Emerging Economies Initiative – $110k-$130k

Worldwatch Institute – assorted Internships