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International Association for the Study of Lung Cancer (IASLC) Chief Operating Officer The International Association for the Study of Lung Cancer (IASLC), based in Denver, Colorado, seeks a dynamic, distinguished executive to serve as its next Chief Operating Officer (COO). Founded in 1974, the IASLC has nearly 6,000 members from more than 100 countries, all united by a single goal: to conquer thoracic cancers worldwide. The IASLC's members—spanning specialties across the medical field—are raising the bar for care of patients with lung cancer. IASLC sponsors and leads educational events around the world and virtually, research projects and publications that advance the science of lung cancer and other thoracic malignancies. Reporting to IASLC's CEO, Dr. Karen Kelly, this executive will partner with the leadership team and the Board to advance strategies and operational improvements that will build on the legacy and core strengths of the organization to continue to grow...

PEN America, a nonprofit organization working at the intersection of literature and human rights, seeks a talented, energetic, and highly organized regional representative in the Middle East for its   Artists at Risk Connection (ARC)   program. The regional representative will lend critical regional expertise to the ARC team and develop an active hub in the region, deepen existing regional partnerships and build new ones,   and assist in cases of at-risk artists where needed . The ideal candidate will have strong independent project management skills, experience in coalition or network building, and be eager to take on new projects and tackle challenges. This is a consultant position based in the region. At PEN America, ARC safeguards the right to artistic freedom of expression around the world and works to ensure that artists of all disciplines everywhere can live and work without fear. With a global network of 800 organizations providing crucial resources for...

PEN America, a growing nonprofit organization that stands at the intersection of literature and human rights to protect free expression in the United States and worldwide, seeks a dynamic professional to drive forward our engagement on issues at the intersection of free expression and technology. The digital policy lead will have the vision and subject-matter expertise to shape PEN America’s approach to complex questions in this arena, and the creativity and productivity to develop related research and programming. This is a full-time position within PEN America’s Free Expression Programs department, reporting to the Washington Director and is preferably based in Washington, D.C. Many of today’s most pressing free expression challenges are playing out in online spaces. Debates concerning online speech, disinformation, online harassment, content moderation, and social media regulation all implicate our rights to free expression, and affect how the space for public dialogue on the...

Blueprint Labs   is recruiting an Operations Associate based at MIT in Cambridge, MA. Blueprint Labs is a growing team of professionals devoted to using data and economics to generate insights to uncover the consequences of policy choices and improve society. Based in the Department of Economics at MIT, Blueprint Labs consists of over 18 academic affiliates who represent leading economic thinkers, ten full-time staff members, and six graduate researchers. Blueprint Labs works closely with leading academic, government, and nonprofit institutions across the country to generate pioneering research that informs policy and practice in education, health care, and the workforce. We are seeking a motivated, independent, and organized Operations Associate to support operations work for the lab, working collaboratively with staff and faculty. The Operations Associate will receive a full-time, one-year appointment that is renewable annually (contingent on funding). The starting hourly pay...

MIT Blueprint Labs seeks an Assistant Director to lead its workforce and automation research portfolio. Blueprint Labs is an initiative at MIT that uses data and economics to uncover the consequences of policy decisions and improve society. Our scholars apply their unique expertise to pressing problems in education, healthcare, and the workforce. Our workforce initiatives currently focus on studying labor market inequalities and the impacts of automation on employment, productivity, and innovation (see   previous  work ). These projects have been covered by   The New York Times ,  NPR Planet Money ,  The Economist ,  WGBH ,   and other national outlets.     The Assistant Director will work with Blueprint Co-director David Autor and Faculty Affiliate Daron Acemoglu to scale activities related to completing research, hiring, fundraising, reporting, and collaborating across MIT and with other universities. The Assistant Director will act as the day-to-day manager...

Additional Ventures – Program Manager, Climate     About Us   Additional Ventures (AV) is helping shape a healthier, more equitable world. We are a philanthropic organization with three initiatives: biomedical research, community and democracy, and climate action.      AV's climate initiative is focused on pathways to permanently remove hundreds of billions of tons of carbon dioxide from the atmosphere this century. We are funding R&D to create solutions that can safely remove CO2 at costs consistent with gigaton scale. We are championing policies that will catalyze these solutions. And we are helping to ensure that solutions are developed and deployed equitably. We are particularly focused on ocean-based CO 2 removal solutions because of their enormous potential.     Role   AV is seeking a Program Manager for our climate initiative.      An initial priority will be to support the Ocean Alkalinity Enhancement (OAE)...

CleanSweep Campaigns and TBWBH Props & Measures is a combined statewide strategy and communications consulting firm specializing in candidate campaigns at the local, state and federal level as well as public finance ballot measures to secure much-needed funding for schools, cities, parks, open space, libraries, transportation, healthcare and more.  Job Overview The Intern role is responsible for supporting the client services team. Collaborating with team members, Interns assist staff in research, creation of campaign mail, outreach materials and collateral, fulfilling archiving duties, weekly campaign field activities and keeping up with materials and deadlines for their assigned clients. Each intern will also complete a final research project – a “case study” of one of the firm’s clients they will be assigned to during their internship.  Duration: August - November (~12-15 weeks) This is an in-person opportunity at our office in Jackson Square, San Francisco....

Stanford University is seeking to hire a full-time Program Associate to join the Immigration Policy Lab (IPL) to work on its  GeoMatch  research portfolio. In partnership with governments, these projects study and implement an algorithm-based matching tool to connect refugees and immigrants to locations within a host country where they are most likely to thrive. GeoMatch is a global research initiative that combines high-quality academic research with the work of a tech startup: product design, strategic partnerships, and advances in artificial intelligence. The Immigration Policy Lab (IPL) at Stanford University evaluates and designs policies surrounding the integration of immigrants and refugees worldwide. By producing new evidence and translating it into creative solutions, we seek to improve the lives of these newcomers and strengthen the communities receiving them. We engage with community-based organizations as well as local, state, national, and international...