Job Description
*We are no longer accepting applications for the Summer 2024 Application cycle. Please contact us at shanelle.roberson@georgetown.edu if you are interested in applying for Fall 2024*
Summer 2024
About the Student Analyst (SA) Program
Student Analysts at the Beeck Center are motivated self-starters looking to drive social change. They are passionate, responsible, detail-oriented, and intellectually curious. As a Student Analyst, you will be expected to contribute to team efforts, requiring flexibility and a strong work ethic.
Each position is designed to specifically support action-oriented research across our various projects and operations. At the same time, you are charged to connect this work to the larger Beeck Center portfolio, which is focused on social impact by employing the tools of data, design, technology, and innovation.
We care deeply about the academic, professional, and personal development of our Student Analysts. Our program centers on experiential learning through project-based work, and we invite all Student Analysts to further career development through conferences, workshops, webinars, and extended networking. Finally, our Student Analysts participate in introspective exercises that are designed to help the discovery and design of their pathways to careers and, hopefully, the social impact space.
Eligibility
You must be a current student (undergraduate or graduate) at Georgetown University, who is looking for a challenge and wants to grow professionally. Each position description may contain further eligibility requirements.
We are looking for candidates with a strong combination of skills and abilities, with an emphasis on writing, research, and analytical skills. This position is paid (details below) and students who are work-study eligible are encouraged to apply.
Qualifications
Required:
- Highly motivated and accountable, with strong teamwork and collaboration skills
- The ability to learn quickly and approach projects of any size with confidence
- Strong attention to detail
- Strong writing and editing skills
- Ability to balance competing priorities and communicate changes in capacity and availability in a timely manner
- Discretion, maturity, and confidential management of all incidental information acquired on the job
- Openness to learning project management and communication software including Slack, Airtable, and Asana
- Creative and agile thinking in unstructured contexts
- A growth mind-set and openness to learning
Preferred:
- Research experience, strong analytical and critical thinking skills
- Familiarity with Airtable or similar tools for data management
- Comfortable with a start-up work environment
- Striving to tackle social challenges greater than yourself
- An understanding of the opportunities and challenges facing the social sector
- Knowledge of ongoing efforts in public interest technology, policy innovation, public service delivery, and data for social good
Open Positions
Digital Service Network (DSN): Spotlight Research
The Digital Service Network (DSN) is looking for one graduate student to promote peer learning among digital government practitioners and highlight promising initiatives to make government service delivery more equitable and effective.
At a glance:
- We’re looking for someone with experience or interest in digital government best practices + state and local government.
- You’ll grow your skills in conducting in-depth qualitative interviews and clearly and concisely writing actionable research findings.
- Apply if you’re interested in talking with and learning from digital government leaders and learning more about digital transformation.
Digital Service Network (DSN): UX Research Assistant + Network Engagement
The Digital Service Network (DSN) is looking for one undergraduate or graduate student to contribute to new initiatives aimed at building out key features of the UX Subnetwork programming.
At a glance:
- We’re looking for someone with experience or interest in research, design, public sector technology, and/or storytelling.
- You’ll learn about digital government and human centered design and you’ll grow your skills in desk research, community of practice development, network engagement, and writing.
- Apply if you are interested in the opportunity to help government teams learn about and share best practices in human centered design.
Digital Service Network (DSN): Event Communications + Marketing
The Digital Service Network (DSN) is looking for one undergraduate or graduate student to support event communications, marketing, and planning of a virtual event series.
At a glance:
- We’re looking for someone with experience or interest in digital government best practices + state and local government.
- You’ll grow your skills in virtual event planning and marketing, project management, and stakeholder engagement.
- Apply if you’re interested in talking with and learning from digital government leaders and learning more about digital transformation.
Digital Benefits Network: Research Assistant
The Digital Benefits Network (DBN) team is looking for one undergraduate or graduate student to support ongoing research on digital identity in public benefits.
At a glance:
- This analyst will have the opportunity to help update the DBN’s landscape research on digital identity, help the DBN team understand the mobile driver’s license and state single-sign-on landscape, and conduct additional qualitative research.
- This student will gain skills in data collection, qualitative interviewing, IRB Human Subjects training, and writing for a government audience.
- Ideal candidates will be familiar with qualitative research, effective use of spreadsheets, have strong writing skills, and be comfortable receiving and giving feedback.
- Knowledge of public benefits, computer science, or cybersecurity is a plus, but not required.
Digital Benefits Network: Rules as Code (RAC) + Large Language Models (LLM) [2]
The Digital Benefits Network (DBN) team seeks two graduate or undergraduate Student Analysts to support the team’s work on Rules as Code.
At a glance:
- Students will contribute to a prototype to explore the use of Large Language Models (LLMs) in Rules as Code, by exploring how LLMs can help translate benefits eligibility policy into code and between code languages.
- Collaborate with an interdisciplinary team made up of Georgetown University faculty, and staff, subject matter experts, and students from the Beeck Center and Massive Data Institute.
- Students will gain hands-on prototyping experience and touchpoints with experts across the country.
- Students will have the opportunity to participate in a project demo at the DBN’s in-person conference, BenCon, in September in Washington, D.C.
- Ideal candidates will have backgrounds in public policy, law, or computer science, with an interest in LLM prototyping.
Digital Benefits Network: Comms/Social Media
The Digital Benefits Network (DBN) team seeks one undergraduate or graduate student analyst to contribute to the team’s communication and social media strategy.
At a glance:
- The Digital Benefits Network (DBN) team seeks a student analyst (graduate/undergraduate) as a Communications Analyst to contribute to the team’s communication and social media strategy.
- Collaborate with the DBN team on communications strategy and outreach.
- Responsibilities include crafting social media posts, amplifying DBN content, and contributing to outreach strategy for BenCon 2024.
- Gain hands-on experience in social media analytics, user persona development, and accessible writing.
- Ideal candidates have social media familiarity, strong writing skills, and communications or branding experience is a plus but not required.
Beeck Center Programs + Operations
The Beeck Center Programs team is recruiting an undergraduate student to work alongside the Acting Director of Programs, Grace Lacy-Hansell. The Programs team works across all Beeck Center projects to support cross-project needs and facilitate collaboration.
At a glance:
- This student will have the opportunity to learn about social impact programs and operations and the field of civic technology.
- This student will grow strengths in organization, project management, and professional communications.
- This role will intersect with colleagues across the center and have the opportunity to work within a cohort of student analysts.
Beeck Center Business Development + Grants
The Beeck Center business development team is recruiting one junior or senior undergrad student to work alongside Lucie Bonneville, Development + Grants Manager and support Grace Lacy-Hansell, Acting Director of Programs.
The student analyst will help support and streamline the business development and grant management processes, ensuring that the Beeck Center stays up-to-date on civic technology investment opportunities and can efficiently report on active grants and gifts.
At a glance:
- We are looking for someone interested in gaining experience and transferable skills in nonprofit operations, business development, and grants.
- You will have the opportunity to learn more about the civic technology field, philanthropies, and funder-facing impact reporting.
- Apply if you want to think creatively about research and developing new tools, resources, and processes to help streamline nonprofit operations!
Artificial Intelligence (AI) Use in Government
The Beeck Center team seeks one graduate or undergraduate Student Analyst to support the team’s research on governments’ role in hiring AI talent, acquiring AI tools, and putting those tools to use.
At a glance:
- This student will conduct research and help plan three roundtables focused on the intersection of AI and government.
- This student will grow strengths in research planning and execution, project management, event planning, and professional communication.
- This role will collaborate heavily with colleagues across the Beeck Center and with other Tech & Society centers at Georgetown.
GovTech: Research Assistant
The Beeck Center is recruiting a graduate student to work alongside Fellow Aaron Snow and Researcher Eve Elie to support research on the field of government technology (GovTech).
At a glance:
- Assist in developing and executing on methods for surfacing insights from across the field, drawing from research expertise as well as the Beeck Center Research Framework.
- Help capture and document what’s happening through surveys, interviews, case studies, case examples, and summary reports.
- Support ongoing and new programming for GovTech projects by sharing stories and best practices within the network (i.e executive roundtable series).
- Assist and conduct research and event curation needs related to GovTech projects.
Hours and Compensation
Student Analysts should expect to work up to 40 hours/week. Wages for hourly student employees are based on Georgetown University’s Student Employment Office guidelines: $17/hour for undergraduates and $22/hour for graduates.
Location
The Beeck Center has two Washington, DC office locations. Consistent with the university’s pandemic response, student analysts will work a 3:2 hybrid schedule:
| Main Campus Bunn Intercultural Center (ICC 100) 3700 O St NW, Washington, DC 20057 |
Capitol Campus 500 First (6th Floor) 500 1st St NW, Washington, DC 20001 |
| Monday | Tuesday | Wednesday | Thursday | Friday |
| Remote | Capitol | Remote/Main | Capitol | Remote |
To Apply
Please submit your application through the form linked below. There is only one application, but several open positions. Please be sure to upload your (1) resume and (2) a writing sample (both required), as indicated on the online application form.
Applications will close Friday, April 12th. We are unable to accept any applications after this deadline, so students are strongly encouraged to apply early. All candidates will be notified of hiring decisions no later than Friday, May 10th. All student analysts will begin work on Tuesday, May 28th and conclude Friday, August 9th, 2024. Please check out our Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ) page, and if you don’t see the answer, please email beeckcenter@georgetown.edu.
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About the Beeck Center
The Beeck Center for Social Impact + Innovation at Georgetown University brings together students, expert practitioners, and extended networks to work on projects that solve societal challenges using data, design, technology, and policy. Our projects test new ways for public and private institutions to leverage data and analytics, digital technologies, and service design to help more people.
Needs Assistance
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EEO Statement
The Beeck Center for Social Impact and Innovation at Georgetown University is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action Employer fully dedicated to achieving a diverse faculty and staff. All qualified applicants are encouraged to apply and will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, national origin, age, sex (including pregnancy, gender identity and expression, and sexual orientation), disability status, protected veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law.