Top talent for Public good

This website is a curated list of research, civic tech, data analytics, and policy positions at universities, nonprofits, and state and local governments. 

Open Positions

Connecticut Governor’s Fellowship
CT Governor’s Office
Hartford, CT, Hybrid
Deadline: 11/2/2025

Assistant Director of Replication and Scale
Lab for Economic Opportunities (LEO), University of Notre Dame
South Bend, IN, Hybrid, Remote
Deadline: 11/6/2025

Right at Home Project Director
Lab for Economic Opportunities (LEO), University of Notre Dame
South Bend, IN, Hybrid, Remote
Deadline: 11/6/2025

Research Associate
Criminal Justice Administrative Records System (CJARS), UMichigan
Ann Arbor, MI
Deadline: 10/16/25

Web Scraping Programmer
Criminal Justice Administrative Records System (CJARS), UMichigan
Ann Arbor, MI
Deadline: 10/27/25

Data Collection Liaison
Criminal Justice Administrative Records System (CJARS), UMichigan
Ann Arbor, MI
Deadline: 10/27/25

Lead Analyst, Statistical Sampling
Minnesota Department of Revenue
St. Paul, MN
Deadline: 10/27/25

Vice President, Civic Innovation
The Rockefeller Foundation
New York, NY, Hybrid
Deadline: N/A

Predoctoral Researcher - MIT Economics
Massachusetts Institute of Technology Department of Economics
Cambridge, MA, Hybrid
Deadline: Rolling

Research Fellow - Harvard CID
Harvard Center for International Development
Cambridge, MA, Hybrid
Deadline: Rolling

Children and Families Fellow
Harvard Government Performance Lab
Remote, Hybrid
Deadline: N/A

Postdoctoral Associate, CS
Massive Data Institute, Georgetown McCourt School of Public Policy
Washington, D.C.
Deadline: N/A

State Partnerships Manager, Austin, TX
Recidiviz
Austin, TX
Deadline: N/A

State Partnerships Manager, Boston, MA
Recidiviz
Boston, MA
Deadline: N/A

State Partnerships Manager, Harrisburg, PA
Recidiviz
Harrisburg, PA
Deadline: N/A

State Partnerships Manager, PHX/SLC
Recidiviz
Phoenix, AZ | Salt Lake City, UT | Remote
Deadline: N/A

State Partnerships Manager, Raleigh, NC
Recidiviz
Raleigh, NC
Deadline: N/A

Product Software Engineer
The Agency Fund
San Francisco, CA (Remote)
Application deadline: N/A

Policy Analyst
NYC Mayor’s Office of Criminal Justice
New York, NY
Application deadline: N/A

Pre-Doctoral Fellowship
Yale Tobin Center for Economic Policy
New Haven, CT
Rolling application

Data Scientist, Stanford Law School
Stanford RegLab
Palo Alto, CA (Hybrid)
Application deadline: N/A

Research Assistant, Stanford RegLab
Stanford RegLab
Palo Alto, CA
Rolling application

This website was last updated on 10/14/2025

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