Master of Public Policy Career Hub
The below websites will assist you with your search for a career in policy. First, we focus on New Mexico specific organizations keeping our talent within is extremely important, but the next list focuses on the US. You can search for New Mexico positions on those sites, but if other states are of interest you can search for those as well.
Here are some tips for your search:
Establish keywords
What type of job are you looking for? If you’re not sure what’s out there try out some suggested keywords below and based on what comes up, you can refine your search.
- Keyword suggestions: policy, advocacy, legislative, legislature, research, analyst, policy analyst, public policy, policy advisor, legislative assistant, legislative aide, public administration, political science, policy coordinator, policy manager.
Search by title
When you put in a keyword for your search make sure you go to advance search and have it search for your keyword in the title, not the description.
- When you include the description in the search it will bring up any position that mentions policy, in my experience it brought up a lot of doctors, nurses, and dental positions.
- Be cautious with research and analyst as well, it will bring up a lot of different kinds of analysis positions, mainly financial, just be prepared to look through a lot of posts.
Happy Searching!
New Mexico Sites
- State of New Mexico
- Office of the Governor
- New Mexico Department of Justice
- ACLU of New Mexico
- Ground Works NM
- New Mexico Legislature
- NM Dept. of Workforce Solutions
