The Broadband Policy Analyst is responsible for researching and writing policy briefs related to emerging technology and citizen engagement, as the city makes its transition towards enabling more digital services for its citizens.

The Broadband Policy Analyst will be a part of San Jose's Office of Civic Innovation & Digital Strategy (also known as the Innovation Team).

The City recently approved and adopted a Digital Inclusion and Broadband Strategy that has broad implications for its constituents. This in turns needs a coherent set of guidelines, policies or ordinances developed by the city to be formally presented to the City Council for approval. Examples of such policy may be related to changes in the federal, state and local laws related to offering broadband services, “dig once” policy as a way of exploring innovative ways to reduce the cost of broadband fiber deployment through Micro trenching and Nano trenching, and digital privacy & security policy.

This role requires a balance between developing a strategic point-of-view, and building strong working relationship with various stakeholder groups – both internal and external.

The internal stakeholders include various city departments including, but not limited to the City Manager’s Office (CMO), Mayor’s Office, Corporate Information Technology, Public Works, Department of Transportation and the San Jose Public Library. The external stakeholders would include other cities, American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU), Electronic Frontier Foundation, San Jose Downtown Association, various community groups and academic institutions.

The Broadband Policy Analyst responsibilities include the following:

* Research technology policy topics ranging from broadband usage, IoT adoption, Smart City, Autonomous Cars, Blockchain & Crypto-currency applications, Digital Privacy & Security
* Create and execute community outreach campaigns to collect and analyze information, such as data from public opinion surveys
* Use qualitative and quantitative sources and methodologies to develop and test theories/ ideas that are in the realm of public policy
* Evaluate how policies affect the various constituents of San Jose including individuals, businesses, city staff or other government agencies
* Monitor technology events, policy decisions and trends and other issues with implications for the political and policy landscape
* Organize working groups of both internal and external stakeholders to weigh in on topics and issues related to services enabled by the city either directly or through 3rd parties
* Write reports, publish findings, deliver presentations to senior staff including writing executive briefs for senior management
* Participate on various industry forums to provide the city point of view on topics of public policy interest

For more information, see the Innovation Team's website: http://sanjoseca.gov/innovation