Public sector, politics and policy careers

Ashley Kelmore completed the MSc in Philosophy and Public Policy at LSE in 2010. She now works as a Response Planning Manager for Public Health Seattle & King County “My day to day work is pretty interesting. I write emergency response plans, which help guide our actions in a disaster. I work a lot with city emergency managers within the County […]

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Paloma Correa completed the MSc in Human Rights at LSE in 2010. She now works as a Social Policy Analyst for Social Development Ministry “This job represents an opportunity to analyse and implement social policies in my country. Living in Brasília, where all political decisions in Brazil are taken, has also been a rich experience! Our tasks are directly related to […]

LSE Careers runs a Parliamentary Internships programme open to new and returning MSc and PhD students from all disciplines. These part-time, voluntary internships run throughout Michaelmas and Lent Terms with Members of Parliament (MPs), Peers in the House of Lords, and parts of the Palace of Westminster administration. The roles are an excellent opportunity for students to gain invaluable experience […]

Guest blog by LSE alumna Tanya Flower, Assistant Economist in the Office for National Statistics (ONS): Standing out from the crowd through experience in unusual places I graduated in July 2013 with an undergraduate degree in Maths and Economics from LSE. During university, I did several small work experience placements and shadowing to get experience, because these days it’s quite […]

The Presidential Management Fellows (PMF) program is America’s prestigious flagship leadership programme which sees current and recent graduates from around the world competing for exclusive opportunities across US government departments and agencies including the Department of State, Department of Labor, Environmental Protection Agency and USAID. To see just some of the things successful fellows achieve have a look at the US […]

Guest blog by Rory Kinane who works at international affairs think tank Chatham House: Think tanks are a strange type of institution that often defy simple categorisation. They sit somewhere between the apex of academia, policy making and media-commentary. At their best they can be agenda setting institutions that sit at the front of global policy debates and offer fantastic […]

Earlier this week, at the Public Sector and Policy Careers Conference, we were lucky to have speakers from four different think tanks – ODI, Chatham House, the Institute for Fiscal Studies and RUSI – sharing their insights. For anyone who is interested in connecting research with the outside world, then working in a think tank might be for you. Here is a summary of their […]

We first wrote a post about video interviews a few months ago but thought it was worth sharing some further insights as it becomes increasingly common that employers conduct video interviews. Frontline, the leadership programme for social work, has recently introduced video interviews. We had a meeting with the Frontline Recruitment Officer for LSE, Andrea Boden. She shares her top tips. “In this exciting digital […]