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Employment
Our commitment to transparency, fairness, and diversity drives everything we do at the Open Society Foundations. These values provide the basis for the work culture we have created and strive to preserve.
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Open Society’s impact starts with our diverse and passionate team united in its pursuit for a freer, more equitable and democratic world. We are dedicated to making sure that every person on our staff feels like a valued member of the Open Society team.
Investing in our staff’s career development is crucial. We provide training on topics such as leadership, communications, grantmaking, financial analysis, field scanning, flexible funding, and organizational assessments. We offer tuition reimbursement for language courses and funding for external courses, seminars, and conferences.
Office Locations
Washington, United States
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The Washington, D.C., office engages in advocacy aimed at influencing U.S. government policy on domestic and international issues such as civil liberties, criminal justice reform, human rights, transparency, and accountability.
It is also home to the Open Society Action Fund, which lobbies Congress on domestic and international policy issues.
New York, United States
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The New York office is Open Society’s main grant-giving center, as well as the base for many global initiatives and thematic and regional programs.
The office is the primary home to the organization’s operational and administrative departments.
London, United Kingdom
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The London office is a base for both regional and global work on issues ranging from education to investigative journalism to economic advancement.
The office also facilitates collaboration and serves as a channel for information and contacts between Open Society and our partners in the United Kingdom.
Berlin, Germany
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Our Berlin office is now a base for both regional and global work on issues ranging from the justice system to health care to supporting Europe’s Roma communities.
Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
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The Bogotá, Mexico City, and Rio de Janeiro offices work closely together on efforts to defend democracy, increase governmental transparency, protect minority rights, reduce homicides, and reform drug policy in Latin America and the Caribbean.
Staff who work with the Latin America Program are based in these offices, as well as in New York City and Washington, DC.
Bogota, Colombia
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The Bogotá, Mexico City, and Rio de Janeiro offices work closely together on efforts to defend democracy, increase governmental transparency, protect minority rights, reduce homicides, and reform drug policy in Latin America and the Caribbean.
Staff who work with the Latin America Program are based in these offices, as well as in New York City and Washington, DC.
Mexico City, Mexico
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The Bogotá, Mexico City, and Rio de Janeiro offices work closely together on efforts to defend democracy, increase governmental transparency, protect minority rights, reduce homicides, and reform drug policy in Latin America and the Caribbean.
Staff who work with the Latin America Program are based in these offices, as well as in New York City and Washington, DC.
Amman, Jordan
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The Amman office supports a diverse group of local civil society organizations, research centers, universities, and media organizations across Egypt, Morocco, Palestine, Tunisia, and Syria.
Brussels, Belgium
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The Brussels office focuses on ensuring that EU policy, laws, and funding uphold human rights and reflect open society values.
Staff in this office are policy-focused and propose possible EU action, provide evidence to support our advocacy positions, engage in debate, and work closely with EU officials, politicians, NGOs, and the media.
A commitment to inclusivity and diversity is a core value at the Open Society Foundations. It informs who we are in fundamental ways, and guides us in our grant making and advocacy, our hiring and promotions, and in the way we interact with each other every day.
We believe that people build stronger bonds with each other when they treat each other inclusively and that true inclusivity requires a diversity of opinions and backgrounds. We know that diversity makes us stronger, more dynamic, and better able to accomplish our mission.
Just as we work hard to evaluate and improve our efforts toward social justice, we also work to follow through on our commitment to workplace diversity. To that end, we are gathering data and regularly reporting on the composition—as well as the compensation—of our staff by race and gender.