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Center for Public Service

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Center for Public Service overview:

The Center for Public Service provides individuals and public sector and non-profit organizations access to the intellectual resources and practical experience of the Hatfield School of Government in order to improve governance, civic capacity, and public management locally, regionally, nationally, and around the globe.

CPS has emerging opportunities for applied research/consulting projects. Upload your resumes to share your talents with our team.

Current Job Openings

CES - Sustainable Products in Native Businesses Collaboration Assistant

Community Environmental Services is hiring a Collaboration Assistant for the Sustainable Products in Native Business role, supporting partnership work and implementation of a grant-funded EPA project to assist Native American tribal communities with pollution prevention by providing information on the use of alternative products. This position in particular will build on the existing work that began in January 2024 and support recruitment and design of a future in-person training opportunity. Ideal candidates should be interested in Native American communities and other sustainable practices, have experience with Excel, Google Suite, have effective teamwork skills, and qualify for PSU employee eligibility (undergrad or graduate student). This position will start in August and go through December 2025, with the potential for extension if the grant is also extended.

Marketing and Graphic Design Assistant

This position works with CPS, its related programs, and program managers to create marketing and communication documents. Duties include maintaining the CPS website, posting to different social media platforms (Facebook and LinkedIn), facilitating website edits, creating email templates through MyEmma, and creating marketing materials. There will also be some large-scale projects
that will require more work and designs. This position will begin in October of 2025, with a preference given to candidates who are available to work for CPS for two academic years.

 
The Center for Public Service (CPS) is recruiting a Graduate Research Assistant (GRA) to support a legislatively mandated study in accordance with the HB 2548, examining the labor standards and working experiences of farmworkers in this state and evaluating the adequacy and availability of existing workplace protections for farmworkers. This research will be conducted in close collaboration with farmworker communities. The findings from this study will inform reports submitted to the corresponding state legislative committee.