Civic Tech Jobs

It’s not just about fighting misinformation, it’s about giving people the right information. Become part of the CfA team — As the winds of geopolitical change swirl, it gets increasingly difficult to see how we can make a real difference to the lives of the people around us. At times, it feels like African countries are just pawns in a geopolitical power game. The latest round has been triggered by…

We’re sharing some realistic recruitment tips and learnings from our small yet productive team. Check them out below and let us know your insights as well! — There are so many guides and webinars out there on this topic, but they usually come from the bigger players in their respective fields. While they have a lot of great tips, some of them really aren’t practicable for smaller organisations. For example, I recently attended a diversity and inclusion…

100M Mask Mayday Research — Masks are not only essential to keeping you and your community safe from corona virus they are in vogue. The latest forecast from the Institute of Health Metrics and Evaluation suggests that 33,000 deaths could be avoided if 95 percent of people wore masks in public. …

The heated election season — and the change in administration — is spurring a lot of interest in government tech jobs. I was previously a federal government employee with 18F; I highly recommend it. Take a look at Erie’s excellent article for tips on federal government jobs. However, you may…

CivicActions was founded as a distributed company in 2004, before remote working was cool. Now the company’s engineers, project managers, designers, and strategists work from all over the continental U.S. and beyond. With a culture of transparency and an enthusiasm for online collaboration tools (as well as the occasional apropos…

Arpit is a DevOps Engineer with a knack for positivity who is part of CivicActions’ growth into onsite work with government agencies. In this interview he shares his experience as an embedded team member on a high-profile state project, along with his take on the coolest automation tools around. What’s your role at CivicActions and what are you working on? I…