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Why FAS
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The Federation of American Scientists (FAS) takes quite seriously our role as a beacon and voice for the science community.
FAS has a rich history: after the devastating bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki in 1945 a group of atomic researchers deeply concerned about the use of science for malice created an organization committed to using science and technology to benefit humanity.
The group they created the Federation of Atomic Scientists soon became the Federation of American Scientists in recognition of the hundreds of scientists across diverse disciplines who joined together to speak with one voice for the betterment of the world.
Today we are a group of entrepreneurial intrepid changemakers forging a better future for all through the nexus of science technology and talent. We value equity inclusion and transparency. As a collective we are building an organization focused on being impact-driven customer-focused and growth-oriented as a force for good in the world.
Skills and Expertise: Must Haves
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Expertise
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People Skills
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Management expertise that led to strong results for a team and/or organization including:
Transformational culture building that shifted what people imagined was possible including:
To Sum It Up
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The Director of Government Capacity will lead in building and leading a new team to seek to understand the root causes of barriers and bottlenecks to more effective governing rapidly develop and evaluate new policy and practice changes and then support their implementation by working closely with agency leaders and policymakers in the executive branch Congress and state and local government.
As a cross-policy initiative the government capacity team will also work with other issue portfolios at FAS to help them deploy government capacity expertise reform proposals and practice changes at federal agencies across core FAS domains from climate and clean energy regulatory ingenuity to national security. At the same time the Director will spearhead business development with both philanthropy and governments to support this agenda raising or maintaining a portfolio of at least $3M annually.
Externally the Director will engage as a thought leader in the emerging government capacity movement and help build a coalition of individuals and organizations working to advance common goals.
The ideal candidate will be tenacious and action-oriented with the demonstrated ability to articulate a bold strategy that challenges the status quo execute adapt learn and improve upon existing work. Experience with and understanding of how government agencies work and how to deploy levers of change to improve how government functions will be essential to the success of this new body of work.
This application closes on August 25 2025 at 11:59 pm ET.
This position will be a hybrid role meaning that both remote and in-person work can be accommodated generally two to three days per week on-site and two to three days per week remote. For this role much of the work will be relationship building and meeting with federal government officials within Washington DC.
FAS has recently unionized. As this team grows you may be managing someone who is included in a union-represented collective bargaining unit and specific terms and conditions of employment are subject to collective bargaining.
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The Federation of American Scientists is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race color religion gender identity or expression national origin age disability genetic information marital status amnesty or status as a covered veteran in accordance with applicable federal state and local laws. The Federation of American Scientists prohibits discriminating against employees and job applicants who inquire about discuss or disclose the compensation of the employee or applicant or another employee or applicant. Employment is contingent on successful verification of eligibility to work in the United States.
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