Think Tank Jobs, 8th Edition

Your Tuesday specialty programming has been knocked back into Wednesday – we hope this 8th compendium of internships & jobs at think tanks and public policy groups is worth the wait.

You may wish to consult/bookmark our listing of career pages for think tanks/public policy groups for future reference.

America Speaks – Intern info

American Enterprise Institute:

• Conference Assistant
• Program Manager, Values & Capitalism
• Research Fellow – Econ PhD required
• Director of Media Operations
• Health Economist
• Development Writer

American Foreign Policy Council – Interns, Spring 2012 – Knowledge of Russian, Mandarin, Arabic or Farsi helpful – apply today, Nov. 1

Asia Foundation:

• Grants & Stewardship Officer – San Francisco, CA
• Junior Associates in Asian Affairs – three month terms – DC or San Francisco

Aspen Institute:

• Managing Editor for The Aspen Idea – plus other related duties
• Development Coordinator
• Interactive Services Assistant
• Director, Society of Fellows and Program Coordinator – Aspen, CO
• Internships (scroll down)

Atlantic Council:

• Assistant Director, South Asia Center
• Assistant Director, Energy & Environment Program
• Assistant Director, Young Atlanticist Program

Brookings Institution:

• Gift & Database Coordinator
• Research Analyst, Education Policy
• Deputy Communications Officer, Governance Program
• Senior Fellow/Director, Latin American Initiative
• Research Assistant, Africa Growth Initiative
• Policy Coordinator, Economic Studies/Hamilton Project

British American Security Information Council – Internships (scroll down)

Carnegie Endowment for International Peace:

• Prospect Researcher – apply by Nov. 7
• Senior Associate, South Asia Program – apply by Nov. 14
• Deputy Director of Operations – Moscow, Russia – apply by Nov. 14
• Communications Intern – apply by Nov. 15

Cato Institute:

• Manager of Broadcast Outreach
• A/V Production Coordinator
• Policy Analyst

Center for American Progress – more than 25 positions shown spanning a variety of disciplines & experience levels

Center for Global Development – 2012-13 Post Doctoral Research Fellowships – apply by Dec. 5

Center for Law & Social Policy – Communications Intern, Spring 2012

Center for Public Integrity – Editorial Project Manager, State Corruption Risk (scroll down) – Minneapolis, MN location preferred

Center for Responsive Politics – Development Associate (scroll down)

Center on Budget & Policy Priorities:

• Senior Communications Associate
• Admin Assistant, Middle East & North Africa Project
• Policy Analyst/Research Associate, Fiscal Policy Institute
• multiple technology/web positions also available
• Media Intern – paid position

Chicago Council on Global Affairs – Chicago, IL

• Director, Public & Leadership Programs
• Director of Major Gifts
• Senior Fellow, Global Economy
• Fellow, Public Opinion & Global Affairs

Council on Foreign Relations – New York

• Assistant Editor
• Research Associate, Global Health

e21 – Economic Policies in the 21st Century:

• Director of Communications
• Economist/Economic Writer

Economic Policy Institute – Editor

Education Sector – Internships

Eisenhower Institute – Intern info

Foreign Policy Research Institute – President – Philadelphia, PA

Foundation on Economic Trends – Internships

Freedom Forum – Broadcast Technician – part-time

Freedom House:

• Proposal Coordinator
• multiple Program Officer/Associate positions dealing with Middle East/North Africa, Iran, Latin America, NGO Assistance, Freedom of Expression and Internet Freedom

The Fund for Peace – Internships, Spring 2012 – apply by Nov. 11

German Marshall Fund of the U.S.

• Press Secretary
• Vice President, Development & Partnerships
• Intern, Executive Office – Nov.-Jan. term

Goldwater Institute – Executive Assistant – Phoenix, AZ

Heritage Foundation:

• Assistant Director of Special Events, Logistics & Event Operations
• Development Writer
• Program Associate, Young Leaders Program
• Research Assistant, Defense Studies
• Senior Policy Analysts: Macroeconomics – Simulations – Homeland Security

Hudson Institute –Global Prosperity Program Interns, Spring 2012 (scroll down) – apply by Nov. 18

The Independent Institute – Development Director – Oakland, CA

InterAction – Senior Program Manager, Transition Initiative – apply by Nov. 4

International Center for Research on Women:

• Quantitative Research Consultant – part-time, short-term
• Qualitative Research Manager, Women’s Enterprise Development – part-time, short-term

International Crisis Group:

• Director, Government & Foundation Relations – London, UK – apply by Nov. 11
• Analyst positions available in Africa and Central Asia

International Food Policy research Institute – Program Assistant, Communications/ Media Relations

Institute for Humane Studies – Development Intern

Institute for Policy Studies – Internships, Spring 2012 – apply by Jan. 15

Institute for the Study of War – Internships, Spring 2012 – apply by Dec. 1

Joint Center for Political & Economic Studies – Internships, Spring 2012 (scroll down) – apply Dec. 15

MacArthur Foundation – Chicago, IL:

• Program Officer, Media/Culture & Special Initiatives – apply by Nov. 18
• Intern, Media/Culture & Special Initiatives – $25/hr – starting ASAP – apply by Nov. 4

Manhattan Institute – Internships, Spring 2012 – New York – apply by Jan. 5

Mansfield Foundation – Program Assistant Intern and Social Media Intern – apply by Nov. 30

Middle East Institute:

• Executive Director of the Sultan Qaboos Cultural Center – $70k
• Library Director – $60k

National Center for Public Policy Research – Intern info

National Endowment for Democracy:

• Research Associate, International Forum for Domestic Studies
• Assistant Program Officer, Europe

National Institute on Public Policy – Intern info

New America Foundation:

• Exec Assistant, Open Technology Initiative
• Intern, Internet Free Speech & Activism

Open Society Foundations:

• Communications Officer – New York – apply by Nov. 18
• more New York based opportunities available
• Legal Research Intern – apply by Nov. 15
• Intern, Central Eurasia Project /Middle East North Africa Regional Policy Initiative – apply by Nov. 25

Pew Charitable Trusts:

• Senior Specialist, Research Librarian
• Assistant to the Managing Director, Legal Affairs
• Senior Associate, Reforming Animal Industrial Agriculture
• several additional admin-oriented positions recently added

Pew Research Center:

• Research Associate, Pew Global Attitudes Project and Pew Forum on Religion & Public Life
• Informational Graphics Designer
• Web Coordinator, Internet & American Life Project
• Web Marketing Associate

Progressive Policy Institute – Public Affairs & Editorial Interns, Spring 2012

Public Policy Institute of California – Policy Fellows/Policy Associates – Sacramento & San Francisco, CA

RAND Corporation – multiple Analyst/Research positions available – DC and other locations

Robert Wood Johnson Foundation – Vice President of Communications – Princeton, NJ – apply by Dec. 31

Roosevelt Institute – Assistant to the President – New York

Texas Public Policy Foundation – Director of Outreach and Communications, Laffer Center for Supply Side Economics (pdf) – Austin, TX

Third Way – Office/IT Coordinator

Truman National Security Project – Message Writer

Stimson Center:

• Research Associate, Enhancing the Security of Civilians in Conflict – apply by Dec. 1
• Internships – apply by Nov. 15

Urban Institute:

• Research Associate, Justice Policy Center
• Director, Education Policy Center

Washington Center for Near East Policy – Research Assistants – mid-2012 to mid-2013 – apply by Feb. 14

Woodrow Wilson Center – Web Designer (pdf) – $62k-$81k – apply by Nov. 8

Worldwatch Institute – Internships