The Transparency and Accountability Initiative (TAI) is a collaborative of leading funders of global transparency and accountability programming. We are committed to development through empowering citizens to hold their governing institutions to account. We seek to galvanize support for ambitious new ideas and promote more impactful funding, building on the momentum of the thriving global transparency and accountability movement – all the more important in current global context.
Building on successes to date, which include playing a key role in the establishment and implementation of the Open Government Partnership and helping bridge communities of technologists, data scientists and transparency researchers and activists, TAI has an exciting strategy focused on scaling donor impact. The members (Ford Foundation, Luminate, Open Society Foundations, William & Flora Hewlett Foundation, the UK’s Department for International Development, and the MacArthur Foundation) are aligning efforts around shared priorities, including pursuing more transparent, equitable and inclusive tax systems and informing and empowering citizens and governments with data. TAI is a platform to facilitate knowledge sharing and collaboration and foster a culture of learning among both donors and practitioners.
POSITION PROFILE
TAI is seeking a student based in the Washington DC area to join our team as fellows for approximately 24 hours per week in Spring 2020 from January 13th to April 10th, (with the week of February 10 off) but exact dates are negotiable.
We accommodate student class schedules.
Fellows will have a diverse and evolving range of responsibilities, flowing directly from the team’s emerging needs. As TAI maintains a lean team, fellows will have the opportunity to make a significant contribution to TAI’s work and the transparency agenda. For example, fellows will have a specific research project, will play a key role in developing content for our website, lead on certain donor outreach and engagement through online mediums, support workshop design and execution (including logistics), and author material on TAI program areas.
While our team is small, TAI has a broad reach: we work closely alongside our donor members and are based in the OpenGov Hub, a co-working community of over 35 organizations dedicated to transparency, accountability, and civic engagement. Fellows will have the opportunity to continuously engage with this network to positively inform their work and to develop a nuanced perspective of the governance sector. Ideally, fellows will also share our passion to build vibrant citizen-state relationships around the world and thrive in a fast-paced “start-up” environment.
CANDIDATE PROFILE
Strong candidates will have exceptional research and writing skills, strong communication experience, and enjoy working collaboratively.
Graduate students are strongly preferred.
Candidates must have current authorization to work for an employer in the U.S.
COMPENSATION
TAI offers a $2,500 stipend for the semester for this position.
HOW TO APPLY
Please send an email briefly outlining your interest in the role together with your CV/resume and a brief writing sample to [email protected] with the subject line “TAI Spring Fellowship Application”. The deadline to apply is Sunday, November 10.
Due to the volume of applications, TAI will only respond to candidates selected for further consideration.
