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• Webmaster

• International Program Intern

Job Description: The Webmaster will be responsible for the following duties:

• Maintaining CEPR's website, including daily posting and content management, security upgrades, troubleshooting, and improving the site's current CMS (Joomla!).
• Updating, designing, and ensuring a user-friendly and easily navigated site.
• Managing CEPR's online "public face" though the organization's website and through social networking tools, including Facebook, Twitter etc.
• Maintaining and, when appropriate, improving the website's layout and design.
• Upgrading website as technology allows.

Organization Description: The Center for Economic and Policy Research (CEPR) was established in 1999 to promote democratic debate on the most important economic and social issues that affect people's lives. It is an independent, nonpartisan think tank based in Washington, DC. CEPR conducts the highest quality research in an effort to inform the media, policy-makers, and advocates working on economic issues.

Qualifications:

• Five to ten years of experience in website maintenance for a medium-sized organization, including demonstrated experience with Joomla! CMS, PHP, and CSS.
• Demonstrated experience using social media tools for organizing or advocacy.
• Familiarity with the integration of multimedia including podcasting, streaming video, maps, and charts into standard web design.
• Commitment to social and economic justice.

Salary & Benefits: CEPR offers a competitive salary and an excellent benefits package.  This position will be represented by the International Federation of Professional and Technical Engineers, Local #70, AFL-CIO.

Closing Date of Position: December 1. Posted November 5, 2009.

To Apply: Send resume, cover letter, examples of websites you have designed/managed, and salary requirement to This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it .

International Program Intern                          

Organization Description: The Center for Economic and Policy Research (CEPR) was established in 1999 to promote democratic debate on the most important economic and social issues that affect people's lives. In order for citizens to effectively exercise their voices in a democracy, it is necessary that they be informed about the problems and choices that they face. An informed public should then be able to choose policies that lead to an improving quality of life, both for people within the United States, and around the world.

Toward this end, CEPR conducts both professional research and public education so that the public is better prepared to choose among the various policy options. The professional research is oriented towards filling important gaps in the understanding of particular economic and social problems, or the impact of specific policies, both domestically and globally. The public education portion of CEPR's mission is to present the findings of professional research, both by CEPR and others, in a manner that allows broad segments of the public to know exactly what is at stake in major policy debates. As part of its public education initiative, CEPR utilizes research findings and analysis to challenge the myths, assumptions, policies and institutions that perpetuate economic and social inequality.

CEPR's founding scholars include Dean Baker and Mark Weisbrot, co-directors of CEPR, and Robert Pollin, Professor of Economics, University of Massachusetts.

Job Description: CEPR is currently looking for a full-time International Program Intern for Winter/Spring 2010 (January - May).   Responsibilities include assisting staff with research on upcoming papers and opinion pieces; organizing events with Latin American government officials, CEPR staff, and visiting academics; as well as working on outreach to press, advocacy organizations and Congress.

The responsibilities vary based on their interests and experience, as well as the particular issues that CEPR is working on at the time. Interns will be able to attend relevant events around Washington, DC.

Qualifications: We are looking for applicants with a general understanding of economics, international relations, and democracy issues and an interest in economic justice. Previous research, data and/or outreach experience is extremely helpful; past interns with strong economics or foreign policy (including Master's degrees) have had the opportunity to engage in serious research. We are also particularly looking for a person with event or campaign organizing experience. The intern will need to be fluent in Spanish, including the ability to perform accurate written translations; able to work in a fast-paced environment with limited management; and a self-starter and independent learner. Excellent writing and communications skills are helpful.

Stipend: $1,365 per month, plus up to $200 for health insurance reimbursement per month.

Closing date of position: Open until filled. Posted November 16, 2009.

To Apply: Send resume and cover letter via email to This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it . No calls or faxes please.  Please include a resume, cover letter, two references, and a brief writing sample that expresses your perspective on current changes occurring in Latin America and U.S. foreign policy in the region.

No telephone calls or faxes please.