Project Coordinator, AI Civics

Data & Society is an independent nonprofit research organization studying the social implications of data-centric technologies and automation. We recognize that the same innovative technologies that may benefit society can also be abused to invade privacy, provide new tools of discrimination, foreclose opportunity, and harm individuals and communities. Through original research and inclusive engagement, we work to ensure that empirical evidence and respect for human dignity guide how technology is developed and governed.

About The Role

Data & Society is seeking a seasoned Project Coordinator, AI Civics. This role is a project coordinator and community support role embedded within the AI Civics program at Data & Society.

This position provides critical operational coordination and support to the AI Civics Program.

The AI Civics program is a newly-launched effort planning to amplify the tools of civic participation to help the public to directly shape the role that AI plays in society, surfacing civic tools the public can use to exert political power over AI systems and tech platformsat the community level.The program co-creates toolkits and training resources with anchor partner organizations, diffuses these resources through a train-the-trainer model, and builds towards a national civic coalition demanding democratic accountability over AI. This program also contributes to Data & Society’s strategic priority of building network power.

The Project Coordinator will be responsible for assisting the Program Director, AI Civics with project coordination functions of participatory research methods, scheduling meetings, keeping relationships active and organized, helping the team move efficiently from planning to action, co-producing on-site workshops, and helping to cultivate the AI Civics academic network. To maximize the impact, the Project Coordinator and Network Engagement Manager will work closely together between execution and relationship management.

This role is ideal for someone with a background in project coordination or community engagement and who is highly organized, detail-oriented, operationally reliable, and motivated by the intersection of technology, civic power, and community.

This position will report to the Program Director and will not have people manager responsibilities. This position is fully remote and will begin in September 2026 with an end date of May 31, 2028.

The Candidate

This role is ideal for someone with a background in project coordination or community engagement and who is highly organized, detail-oriented, operationally reliable, and motivated by the intersection of technology, civic power, and community.

Primary Responsibilities

Administrative and Project Coordination Support

• Provide day-to-day administrative and logistical support to the AI Civics Program, overseeing its operational calendar, including scheduling meetings with internal team members and external partners.
• Drive cross-departmental coordination to ensure project timelines, milestones, and deliverables remain aligned across internal teams.
• Monitor the AI Civics program inbox daily, triaging correspondence, flagging time-sensitive items, and ensuring timely follow-through on action items and partner requests.
• Coordinate internal team checkpoints and recurring program meetings, preparing agendas, tracking decisions, and following up on next steps.
• Maintain and optimize a relationship management tracker to log partner touchpoints, flag outstanding follow-ups, and ensure no partnership goes dormant or unattended.
• Lead on scheduling and logistics of co-design workshops, feedback, train-the-trainer sessions, community of practice meetings, and partner convenings.
• Lead on operational execution and production for in-person convenings (e.g. booking space, processing honoraria and reimbursements).

Partner Support and Relationship Management

• Serve as a responsive point of contact for anchor partner organizations, identifying and proactively meeting coordination needs, centering the priorities of local member groups.
• Coordinate a monthly call with academic network partners for support and information sharing.
• Assist with communications to AI Civics partner organizations and community of practice, including updates, event announcements, and follow-up summary notes and agreements from convenings.
• Provide responsive follow-up to support to partners rolling out AI Civic…