Innovations for Successful Societies – Summer, 2016 Internship

Please send a letter of interest, resume, and internal (unofficial) transcript to Elizabeth Samios at by March 31 for full consideration.

Background:

Innovations for SuccessfulSocieties (ISS) is an initiative ofPrinceton's Woodrow Wilson School for Public and International Affairs and affiliated with the Bobst Center for Peace and Justice. ISS provides an idea bank for reform leaders.Its case studies help chronicletheexperiencesofpractitionerswhohaveon‐the‐groundexperienceininstitutionbuilding.The oral history interviews provide a way for public servants in different countries to learn from each other. Implementation strategy andaccountability are core themes.Focus areas include service delivery, elections administration, police reform, development of social norms, policies to control deforestation, effective handovers of power between rival parties, transitions from military regimes to civilian rule, and public health crisis management. See the ISS website at:

Pay rate: $12.00/hour

Responsibilities:

  • Assisting researchers in case development.
  • Performing background research on major themes, individuals, and organizations engaged in reforms efforts in particular countries.
  • Audit-editinginterviewswith key reformers:
  • This work entailslistening closelytoaudio records while reading (and correcting)typed transcripts, conducting Internet research andworking with researchersto clarify difficult parts of interviews.
  • Writing short abstractsto reflect the contents of an interview (for publication on the program's website).
  • Contributing to office tasks, such as copying and doing errands.
  • Performingresearchtaskswithshortturn­aroundtimes.

Studentsshouldbeavailabletowork8 to 10weeks(approx. 40 hours/week)betweenearly June and late August.

Qualifications:

Excellentwriting skills

Layout and designexperience (desirablebutnot required)

Research experience

Microsoft Office experience

Other Qualifications:

Previous research and editingexperience

Social media experience (for organization, not personal use), in particular Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn, and Google Plus

Students are required to take the CITI online human subjects course (3-5 hour duration).

Familiaritywithpoliticalscience, includingelections,civilservicereform,andsecuritysectorreform, ispreferred.

Students knowledgeable in the fields of development, institution building in fragile

states,andissuesofpost‐conflictreconstructionareespeciallystrongcandidates. Students from, or with significant experience in, developing countries are particularly encouraged to apply.

Interns must be able to tune their ear to different accents.

Students with language skills – particularly French, Spanish and Arabic – are especially invited to apply.

First preference is given to students of the Woodrow Wilson School, butallstudents are encouraged to apply.