Nancy Hale Fellow, National Security Program, Third Way – Washington, DC

Third Way’s National Security Program is seeking a fellow to join a dynamic team that is providing elected officials, policy makers, and candidates with a foundation to address many critical security topics. The program crafts tough and smart security agendas with a focus on global hotspots, national security law, budgets, and public opinion. The team identifies pragmatic solutions for high-profile national security problems that have complex politics, with a focus on legislation. This position will be filled by a hard-working, self-motivated individual who is interested in learning more about how Congress and the Executive Branch interact in developing national security policy across a range of issues – military, intelligence, and foreign policy. The fellow will report to the Senior National Security Advisor.

Fellowship Info

The Nancy Hale Fellows Program is a full-time, 12-month program that comes with a $50,000 annual stipend and two weeks paid vacation, plus healthcare and benefits. It also comes with the chance to meet with top Washington policy players; to co-author papers and work with our policy teams to produce new ideas, research, and insights; to learn our methodology; and to leverage our wide-ranging D.C. network into future career opportunities.

During your time at Third Way, you will learn skills in workflow management, leveraging polarities, meeting facilitation and participation, parallel thinking, dynamic presentation and communication, creativity, design thinking, networking, and interview skills.

Upon completion, our fellows find fulfilling work at other think tanks, congressional committees, private-sector firms, advocacy organizations, and the federal government. They take full advantage of Third Way’s ever-growing network of public policy professionals. If you are a future-oriented thinker and a policy wonk willing to listen and learn, we’d like you to join us.

Requirements/Skills

The ideal candidate has:

An interest in moderate politics and commitment to Third Way’s mission;
An advanced degree (master’s or law) in a related field;
The ability to take initiative on individual projects, but willingness to work collaboratively on a team;
Strong research and technical skills, with a talent for knowing and telling the story a dataset demands;
Knowledge of the legislative process and the ability to explain complicated concepts in a way that makes sense to policymakers;
Diplomacy and discretion when dealing with external groups.

Duties

Conducting in-depth research and quantitative analysis of a variety of sources, including online databases, media, and reports from the government, NGOs, and academia;
Developing original legislation and producing high-impact written products by distilling complex issues, often under tight deadlines, into succinct and accessible formats, including policy briefings, memos, and presentations;
Organizing and participating in high-level external meetings, briefings on Capitol Hill, professional networking events, and other activities to promote Third Way policies;
Presenting our research and policy ideas to Hill staff, advocates, think tanks, and academics both through individual and coalition meetings and in other events around D.C.; and
Supporting other members of the team with research and minor administrative tasks as needed.