Careers

About the Role

The Goldwater Institute is in search of a Director of Healthcare Policy who will lead the Institute’s efforts to expand patient choice, access, and affordability by crafting, promoting, and defending policies that protect healthcare freedom and the right to make one’s own medical choices. The Director will author and commission studies, draft legislation, and coordinate legislative activity with other policy staff. The ideal candidate will be innovative and entrepreneurial, with the ability to transform principled policy goals into practical, actionable healthcare policy reforms.

Primary Duties

• Set and execute the Institute’s research and legislative agenda for state-based and national healthcare reform.
• Author, co-author, or commission policy studies and commentaries.
• Build and manage strategic relationships and meet regularly with public officials and other partners to promote the Institute’s healthcare policy agenda.
• Provide expert testimony to government bodies, track and review legislative proposals, and respond to inquiries from legislative staff.
• Represent the Institute at policy conferences, speak at public events, and communicate with the media.
• Oversee Institute staff and policy interns assigned to healthcare policy work.
• Assist the policy, legislative, litigation, communications, and development teams as necessary and contribute to the Institute’s mission to advance liberty.

Minimum Requirements

• At least 3-5 years of experience in public policy at the state or national level and a general understanding of the laws governing healthcare policy.
• Strong writing and speaking skills.
• Demonstrated research experience.

To Apply

To apply for this position please email kday@goldwaterinstitute.org

Salary and Compensation

The Goldwater Institute offers competitive salaries, bonuses andbenefits including employer-paid group health insurance, healthsavings accounts, a 403(b) plan with an employer match, long-term disability insurance, accidental death and dismemberment insurance,life insurance, and generous vacation and leave policies.

The Goldwater Institute is an equal opportunity employer. The Goldwater Institute was established in 1988 as an independent, non-partisan research and educational organization dedicated to the study of public policy. Through its research and litigation, the Institute promotes public policy founded upon the principles of limited government, economic freedom, and individual liberty.

About the Role

The Van Sittert Center for Constitutional Advocacy at the Goldwater Institute promotes understanding, appreciation, support, and defense of the U.S. Constitution and its founding principles.  This new center recognizes the need to reach students, teachers, school leaders, parents, and other public audiences through scholarship, education, and communication.

 The Senior Constitutionalism Fellow will assist in the oversight, development, and implementation of Van Sittert Center materials, projects, and programming. The ideal candidate will be experienced in education and public policy, with training and expertise in constitutionalism and American government/history.

Primary Duties

• Draft articles, op-eds, research reports, and instructional content on current and historical events and public policies related to civics, education, and constitutional principles.
• Prepare briefing materials for general, parental, and/or legislative audiences supporting the center’s policy priorities.
• Assist in the formulation of model legislation and other initiatives promoting civic education, defending constitutional principles, and ensuring parents’ and students’ ability to navigate toward schooling models that support such instruction in elementary, secondary, and higher education.
• Provide expert testimony to legislators, state boards of education, school district governing boards, or other public bodies.
• Speak at Van Sittert Center events, solicit and facilitate submission of issue-advocacy related contributions from outside scholars and movement leaders in defense of constitutional principles.
• Interface with parents, legislators, and other institutional partner organizations.
• Develop and assist in the oversight of new center initiatives.

Minimum Requirements

Expertise in American civics and constitutional principles.

• Experience with state, local, and/or federal government public policy issues.
• Effective writing and public speaking experience for a general and legislative audience.
• Preferred candidate will have teaching experience in elementary, secondary, and/or higher education.
• Additional desired qualifications include:
  • Experience with multiple forms of education (public, private, and/or home-based instruction).
  • Experience with school district or charter school curriculum procurement, professional development, lesson planning design, tutoring, and/or teacher training.

To Apply

Please provide cover letter, resume, salary expectations and references directly to kday@goldwaterinstitute.org.

Salary and Compensation

The Goldwater Institute offers competitive salaries, bonuses and benefits including employer-paid group health insurance, health savings accounts, a 403(b) plan with an employer match, long-term disability insurance, accidental death and dismemberment insurance, life insurance, and generous vacation and leave policies.

The Goldwater Institute is an equal opportunity employer. The Goldwater Institute was established in 1988 as an independent, non-partisan research and educational organization dedicated to the study of public policy. Through its research and litigation, the Institute promotes public policy founded upon the principles of limited government, economic freedom, and individual liberty.

About the Role

The Van Sittert Center for Constitutional Advocacy at the Goldwater Institute promotes understanding, appreciation, support, and defense of the U.S. Constitution and its founding principles.  This new center recognizes the need to reach students, teachers, school leaders, parents, and other public audiences through scholarship, education, and communication.

The Civics Education Specialist will assist in the implementation of Van Sittert Center initiatives and serve as a liaison to school districts, charter schools, private schools, libraries, and other community/grassroots organizations and institutional partners to advance the center’s work.

Primary Duties

Review civics/social studies instructional materials used in elementary, secondary, and/or higher education settings, including teacher preparation programming.

• Assist in the creation of a repository of high-quality teacher generated civics, history, and government related instructional syllabi.
• Liaison with teachers, school staff, and other public and private educational providers to promote the integration of high-quality civics resources and curricula.
• Review citizenship test outcomes and other measures of constitutional literacy across educational institutions.
• Coordinate with institutional partners to facilitate the distribution of the center’s original educational materials.
• Arrange speaker opportunities in partnership with school or community-based organizations.
• Support the implementation of center policy priorities and initiatives including student essay writing contests and scholarship applications.

Minimum Requirements

Teaching or administrative experience in elementary, secondary, and/or higher education.

• Experience with school district or charter school curriculum procurement, professional development, lesson planning design, tutoring, and/or teacher training.
• Expertise in American civics and constitutional principles.
• Effective writing and interpersonal skills.
• Additional desired qualifications include:
  • Experience with multiple forms of education (public, private, home-based instruction).
  • Experience with state, local, and/or federal government public policy issues.

To Apply

Please provide cover letter, resume, salary expectations and references directly to kday@goldwaterinstitute.org.

Salary and Compensation

The Goldwater Institute offers competitive salaries, bonuses and benefits including employer-paid group health insurance, health savings accounts, a 403(b) plan with an employer match, long-term disability insurance, accidental death and dismemberment insurance, life insurance, and generous vacation and leave policies.

The Goldwater Institute is an equal opportunity employer. The Goldwater Institute was established in 1988 as an independent, non-partisan research and educational organization dedicated to the study of public policy. Through its research and litigation, the Institute promotes public policy founded upon the principles of limited government, economic freedom, and individual liberty.

About the Role

The Institute is seeking an experienced public interest litigator to provide oversight and litigation support to the Institute’s national network of pro bono attorneys, the American Freedom Network (“AFN”).  Over the last several years, the Goldwater Institute has built a large network of private practice attorneys to assist the Goldwater Institute’s efforts to promote and protect individual liberty.  This position would be responsible for developing AFN cases and providing litigation oversight and support to those pro bono attorneys.

Primary Duties

• Identify and evaluate potential cases for consideration and referral processes for the AFN.
• Oversee and provide litigation support to AFN attorneys for active cases.     
• Maintain and build relationships with private sector attorneys and law firms.
• Provide other support as directed by litigation department management.
• Some travel will be required.  

Minimum Requirements

• The ideal candidate will have a highly entrepreneurial spirit with 5+ years of litigation experience, preferably in public interest litigation. 
• Able to evaluate and develop strong public interest cases in Goldwater’s mission areas.
• Strong legal writing and advocacy skills. 
• Ability to cultivate and develop relationships with law firms and pro bono attorneys.  
• Philosophical alignment with Goldwater’s mission.

To Apply

Please provide cover letter, resume, salary expectations and references directly to kday@goldwaterinstitute.org.

Salary and Compensation

The Goldwater Institute offers competitive salaries, bonuses and benefits including employer-paid group health insurance, health savings accounts, a 403(b) plan with an employer match, long-term disability insurance, accidental death and dismemberment insurance, life insurance, and generous vacation and leave policies.

The Goldwater Institute is an equal opportunity employer. The Goldwater Institute was established in 1988 as an independent, non-partisan research and educational organization dedicated to the study of public policy. Through its research and litigation, the Institute promotes public policy founded upon the principles of limited government, economic freedom, and individual liberty.