KAP - Tech Policy Analyst - Reason Foundation

The Koch Associate Program (KAP) is a career accelerator for early to mid-career professionals with a drive to tackle our country's most pressing challenges in more effective, principled ways. KAP equips associates with the tools, mindsets, and community to succeed as social entrepreneurs-individuals excited to find new and better ways to break barriers and eliminate injustice. Associates spend one day each week engaging in experiential learning with Stand Together Fellowships and work at one of our many partner organizations the rest of the week. Our curriculum is designed to supercharge your development and equip you for long-term success as you seek to have an impact on the problems that prevent people from realizing their potential.


About Reason Foundation

Reason Foundation advances a free society by developing, applying, and promoting libertarian principles, including individual liberty, free markets, and the rule of law.

Reason Foundation produces respected, nonpartisan public policy research on a variety of issues and publishes the critically-acclaimed Reason magazine. Together, our top-tier think tank and political and cultural magazine reach a diverse, influential audience, advancing the values of choice, individual freedom, and limited government.

About the role
The Policy Analyst will work with Reason policy teams to produce policy research that addresses key issues in technology policy that overlap with our key policy areas, especially transportation, education, regulation, government finance and transparency. Possible research areas include municipal broadband, mobility as a service regulations, online education, government IT systems management, telecommunications, tech regulation and others. A critical capability will be to work virtually with Reason teams on research and policy projects, including quantitative analysis, evaluating key research questions in real-time, and well written analysis and commentary.


Responsibilities

• Produce policy research, commentaries, and other written products that address key issues in technology policy.

• Be entrepreneurial in identifying value added policy projects with existing teams.

• Researching federal, state, and local technology policy issues.

• Support team members in working with elected officials and government managers and interested stakeholders who are seeking to implement meaningful technology policy changes


• Other duties as assigned

Qualifications

• Strong analytical skills.


• Working knowledge of or ability to rapidly learn data analysis and data visualization applications such as R, Shiny Apps, and Tableau is preferred


• Strong oral and written communication skills and an ability to effectively convey complex concepts to non-experts


• General alignment with Reason Foundation's mission to advance a free society by developing, applying, and promoting libertarian principles, including individual liberty, free markets, and the rule of law

• Curiosity and self-motivation to learn new things

To Apply

In your application, please include a cover letter detailing your alignment with Reason's mission, your interest in the position, your qualifications, and a writing sample.

$55,000 - $65,000 a year

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