Deadline: 16 July 2019
The Open Society Foundations is accepting applications for its “Leadership in Government Fellowship” founded in 2016 to support former senior-level government staff in the United States who have recently left public service and have played a significant role in advancing social change from within government in the United States at the city, county, tribal, state, and federal levels.
The Fellowship is interested in public sector leaders that have a deep interest in using this fellowship opportunity to reflect on their time in government and to undertake a project that advances policy ideas and inserts their unique perspectives about making change from within government into the public dialogue.
Goals
The work of Open Society-U.S. is organized around four central goals:
- Justice: They seek a society whose justice systems are fair and equitable for all, especially those who are most vulnerable, and whose public policies and institutions promote individual and community health and safety.
- Democratic Practice: They seek to strengthen the quality and resilience of American democracy through inclusive and informed civic and political participation, and through accountable and effective institutions that adhere to and further the rule of law and human rights.
- Equality: They seek to counteract the distortions of racial and ethnic discrimination by increasing the individual and organizational capacity of immigrants and people of color to access opportunity.
- Economic Advancement: They seek to advance an economic system that provides full and equal economic opportunity for all, especially for marginalized and excluded individuals, by augmenting their participation in the economy and transforming the economic system in which that participation takes place.
Benefits
Fellows will receive a stipend in a general range of $90,000 to $130,000 depending on percentage of time committed to the project, which will range from 12 to 18 months in duration.
Eligibility Criteria
- Open Society-U.S. seeks fellowship applicants who have served in senior-level government positions in the United States and its territories. Their ideal candidates are public servants who have recently completed their time in government (within the last two years) or will have completed their term prior to the beginning of their fellowship and have served in the chief executive role or senior management of their agency or office. For example, they have had applicants and fellows with the following titles: Deputy Mayor, Commissioner, Chief of Staff, Sheriff, City Manager, Counsel, Senior Policy Advisor, Legislative Director, and Assistant Undersecretary.
- Ideally, applicants see themselves serving as change agents within government in the future or are looking to apply their public service experience to an advocacy career. People of all political parties or ideologies are encouraged to apply, especially those who can challenge their thinking and approach to social change.
- Successful applicants will demonstrate the following qualities: a keen interest in reflecting on their government service; a passion for solving problems and implementing policy; the desire to advance ideas beyond their former jurisdictions; and a desire to inject their work into the public dialogue.
- The fellowship program only accepts individual applications. Joint applications will not be considered.
How to Apply
Applicants can apply online via given website.
Eligible Country: United States
For more information, please visit https://www.opensocietyfoundations.org/grants/leadership-government-fellows-program