{"id":15431,"date":"2014-04-14T09:48:24","date_gmt":"2014-04-14T13:48:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/itp.nyu.edu\/opportunities\/?p=15431"},"modified":"2014-04-14T09:48:24","modified_gmt":"2014-04-14T13:48:24","slug":"call-job-fellows-the-govlab","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/itp.nyu.edu\/opportunities\/2014\/04\/14\/call-job-fellows-the-govlab\/","title":{"rendered":"[CALL \/ JOB] Fellows, The GovLab"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>The GovLab is hiring full-time fellows. Description below an at this link:<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/thegovlab.org\/governance-lab-fellow\/\" target=\"_blank\">http:\/\/thegovlab.org\/<wbr \/>governance-lab-fellow\/<\/a>\u00a0or shortened:\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/bit.ly\/R94FQr\" target=\"_blank\">http:\/\/bit.ly\/<wbr \/>R94FQr<\/a><br \/>\nKindly forward widely.<\/div>\n<div>\n<div>\n<div title=\"Page 1\">\n<p>The GovLab works to redesign how institutions work to the end of improving real people\u2019s lives. We focus on how to bring new technology and new insights from the social sciences to bear to open up and improve how institutions make decisions at the local, state, national and international level, and we are looking for the next batch of thinker\/doers to join our competitive fellowship program to help change the world!<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>\u25cf \u00a0Are you a social scientist who wants to conduct experiments in the wild to help public institutions, like a very large urban police department, use social media to improve how they provide services to the public?<\/li>\n<li>\u25cf \u00a0Are you a technologist, an activist or educator passionate about designing coaching and mentoring platforms to help train civil servants and the next generation of problem solvers with the skills they need to tackle the \u2018wicked\u2019 problems of\u00a0tomorrow?<\/li>\n<li>\u25cf \u00a0Do you want to research, design and build collaborative governance models to manage the Internet or tap into the expertise of \u201cthe crowd\u201d to help open up problem solving to a wider community of stakeholders in a university, a city or a nation state?\n<p>Our Fellows are fearless and anti\u00ad-disciplinary experimenters, willing to take on some of the most intractable problems we face today with a passion for the work we do at the GovLab, an excitement for collaboration and a willingness to teach themselves to be better researchers, technologists and problem solvers. We are looking for talented and diverse people from a variety of backgrounds, including technology, law, policy, social science and design.<\/p>\n<p>How we work:<\/p>\n<p>The mission of the Governance Lab @ NYU (GovLab) is to improve people\u2019s lives by promoting innovation in how we make decisions and solve problems. At the GovLab we believe that when institutions work more openly and collaboratively, they can govern more legitimately and effectively. In developing open government projects with partners, we endeavor to be both \u201cagile\u201d and \u201cempirical.\u201d In other words, we collaborate with public institutions to design and iterate upon innovative projects that have the potential to help real people in measurable ways. In parallel, we combine research with practice to assess what works, measure impact and yield the basis for evolution and scaling.\u00a0Housed at<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<div title=\"Page 2\">\n<p>New York University and the MIT Media Lab, GovLab is funded by grants from the John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation, the John S. and James L. Knight Foundation and Google.org.<\/p>\n<p>We practice what we preach and expect Fellows to work differently \u00ad\u00ad not behind closed doors but in collaboration with the team at GovLab and the wider world. You will be expected to tap the wisdom of the crowd and collaborate with those outside GovLab as part of your work, using crowdsourcing and expert networking. We document heavily what we do in real time using blogs, wikis and social media. We use mockups and prototypes and data visualization to advance our shared understanding. We develop presentations using audio, video and text to persuade and inform. We support what we do with deep literature reviews and the clear formulation of hypotheses. We design experiments that solve problems for partners and advance the world\u2019s understanding of how to apply innovations in governance.<\/p>\n<p>What you can expect:<\/p>\n<p>In this renewable one\u00ad year fellowship program highly talented, self\u00ad-motivated individuals work on research, design, development and consulting projects related to technology and governance. A project fellow will be responsible for managing a project through its full life cycle. Beginning with scoping of project fundamentals and an implementation plan, you will design and conduct experiments to advance our understanding of what works towards developing actionable recommendations for implementation. Along the way, you will develop deep knowledge of specific issues areas and institutions, and you will be responsible for communicating your work and learnings throughout the project lifecycle, through presentations, social media and other channels that invite collaboration and feedback from a broad audience of experts.<\/p>\n<p>We are committed to help train our fellows in the skills needed to succeed in this role and we will also heavily invest in the professional development of our team.<\/p>\n<p>Preferred Qualifications\/Experience:<\/p>\n<p>Our ideal candidates are highly motivated individuals who are passionate about the work of the GovLab and are excited to work in a startup environment. Successful fellows typically have:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>\u25cf \u00a0Demonstrated ability to design and execute high \u00adquality work, both independently and in teams;<\/li>\n<li>\u25cf \u00a0Well\u00ad-developed research and analytic capabilities, superior problem solving skills, and creative\u00a0thinking;<\/li>\n<li>\u25cf \u00a0Deep knowledge of a subject area;<\/li>\n<li>\u25cf \u00a0Passion for the public interest as demonstrated through proven experience and commitment;<\/li>\n<li>\u25cf \u00a0Superior communication skills, both verbal and written, along with the ability to influence,\u00a0persuade, and ask the tough questions;<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<div title=\"Page 3\">\n<ul>\n<li>\u25cf \u00a0A passion for learning and an openness to listening to new ideas and feedback;<\/li>\n<li>\u25cf \u00a0The flexibility to work in a startup environment and the self motivation to take an idea from\u00a0inception through implementation.\n<p>Specific Focus Areas\/Skills Sought:<\/p>\n<p>GovLab is seeking Fellows to work on projects that necessitate specific expertise. In particular, we are looking for people with:<\/p>\n<p>Demonstrated passion, interest and experience relating to:<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>\u25cb \u00a0Internet governance and\/or issues of multinational governance for a project relating to\u00a0designing and developing next generation Internet governance models.<\/li>\n<li>\u25cb \u00a0Education, online education, mentoring and coaching for a project involving training the\u00a0next generation of leaders and problem solvers. Here, expertise and capacity to work on curriculum and\/or platform design are both desirable.<\/li>\n<li>\u25cb \u00a0Data science for a project relating to designing and implementing experiments in\u00a0connection with testing the effectiveness of targeted, \u201cgraph based\u201d searching.\n<p>To apply:<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>\u25cf \u00a0All interested\u00a0applicants should apply by submitting the following to\u00a0<a href=\"mailto:careers@thegovlab.org\" target=\"_blank\">careers@thegovlab.org<\/a>:\n<ul>\n<li>\u25cb \u00a0A video (10 minutes max.) that helps us get to know you better. The video can highlight\u00a0your relevant skills, and\/or discuss a project on which you worked that you are proud\u00a0of;<\/li>\n<li>\u25cb \u00a0Link to your blog, twitter, tumblr, github and other relevant sites that speak to your skills\u00a0and interests;<\/li>\n<li>\u25cb \u00a0Relevant writing samples (social media as well as academic or professional writing all\u00a0welcome).<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>\u25cf \u00a0Application deadline:\u00a0Rolling<\/li>\n<li>\u25cf \u00a0Location: Brooklyn, New York and\/or Cambridge, Massachusetts<\/li>\n<li>\u25cf \u00a0For more information:\u00a0Please visit\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/thegovlab.org\/\" target=\"_blank\">thegovlab.org<\/a>\u00a0or email<a href=\"mailto:careers@thegovlab.org\" target=\"_blank\">careers@thegovlab.org<\/a>\u00a0wit<wbr \/>h any\u00a0additional questions.\n<div><\/div>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The GovLab is hiring full-time fellows. Description below an at this link: http:\/\/thegovlab.org\/governance-lab-fellow\/\u00a0or shortened:\u00a0http:\/\/bit.ly\/R94FQr Kindly forward widely. The GovLab works to redesign how institutions work&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":122,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5,3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-15431","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-call","category-job","entry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/itp.nyu.edu\/opportunities\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15431","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/itp.nyu.edu\/opportunities\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/itp.nyu.edu\/opportunities\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/itp.nyu.edu\/opportunities\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/122"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/itp.nyu.edu\/opportunities\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=15431"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/itp.nyu.edu\/opportunities\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15431\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/itp.nyu.edu\/opportunities\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=15431"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/itp.nyu.edu\/opportunities\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=15431"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/itp.nyu.edu\/opportunities\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=15431"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}