Join Our Team
Working at the Academy means working to improve people’s lives through social insurance programs—from Social Security and Medicare to Medicaid, unemployment insurance, workers’ compensation, and beyond.
We are a small, collaborative nonprofit based in Washington, DC, bringing experts together across disciplines and perspectives to advance economic security for all.
We value expertise in its many forms, including lived experience navigating the programs we work to strengthen. We look for colleagues who bring sound judgment, initiative, and follow-through, and who approach their work and one another with curiosity, kindness, and a sense of humor.
The values that guide our mission also shape our workplace. We recognize that people have full lives beyond their jobs and deserve the support to do their best work. We offer competitive compensation, excellent benefits, and generous paid time off, alongside a commitment to an accessible, inclusive workplace.
Open Positions
Events Manager
The Academy seeks an organized, collaborative, and policy-minded Events Manager to lead its external events and policy convenings.
Apply here.
Internships
Each summer, the Academy offers paid internships for students studying for, or interested in, careers in social insurance. Students are given an opportunity to work with Members from the Academy in outstanding organizations in the DC area. Placement in organizations varies from year to year, depending on project need and funding. Through weekly seminars and other events, interns are introduced to the Academy’s membership—an interdisciplinary group made up of the nation’s leading experts on social insurance policy—and engage with a wide range of social insurance policy topics.
The Academy’s program covers seven distinct internships named to honor Members in a particular field of social insurance policy. The program consists of a 12-week summer internship that usually spans May to August. Learn more here.