Important opportunity for my network, including my UTS BCII grads! If you’re not already aware of it, deliberative democracy helps address overly politicised decisions and policy-making by enabling random, representative mixes of citizens to consider info, deliberate and prepare common-ground recommendations like a criminal jury does. Non-profit non-partisan research house newDemocracy trained me to facilitate these processes and advocates daily for them to be used on decision-making at all levels of gov and in the private sector. If you’re ready to put your personal politics aside and champion one of the few tangible solutions to today’s systemic challenges, check out the job ad below!
Some personal news – doesn’t happen often – maybe hasn’t happened ever! I’m leaving newDemocracy in January to join FIDE - Europe (for one year!). I’ve worked at newDemocracy for just over eight years now. It has been an incredible experience where I’ve had a front-row seat to what we now call the “Deliberative Wave” and the opportunity to lead and foster its growth in Australia (and overseas!). I am grateful and owe a lot to Luca, Kathy Jones, Carson and Iain for their mentorship. I’ll be keeping one foot in the door to support the team with ongoing projects while we transition to less of me but that also means that we are hiring for an Operations Lead to take over project and organisational management. If you’re interested or know of someone who would be great please point them to: https://lnkd.in/gzGrst6S The role will involve learning about deliberative democracy on the job so no experience requirements there. The ideal candidate is someone with strong critical thinking skills, personal organisation, and—crucially—the ability to decouple from their political views while working at an independent non-partisan organisation. I can't recommend the job enough. I’m looking forward to working closely with all my European deliberation friends. My goal is for 2025 to be an intense year of exchanging knowledge and experiences. In that spirit, I’m always available to provide advice on whatever deliberative processes people are working on, and I hope to observe as many different citizens' assemblies as possible – please get in touch!
