Job Description
The Herbert Scoville Jr. Peace Fellowship gives full-time six to nine-month paid fellowships for current school and graduate college alumni to work on worldwide peace and safety points with one among greater than two dozen collaborating public-interest organizations in Washington, DC. Scoville Fellows have the chance to work with senior-level employees and to conduct analysis, write articles and stories, arrange talks and conferences sponsored by their host establishment, and instantly help public schooling and advocacy initiatives. Fellows could discover a variety of points, together with nuclear, organic, and chemical arms management and nonproliferation; battle prevention, peacebuilding, and atrocity prevention: standard arms commerce; environmental safety; protection price range; diplomacy; and rising know-how threats. They can also attend coalition conferences, congressional hearings, and coverage briefings, in addition to conferences with coverage specialists organized by this system. Many former Scoville Fellows have gone on to pursue graduate levels in worldwide relations and associated disciplines and brought distinguished positions within the area of peace and safety with public-interest organizations, the federal authorities, academia, and media.
Qualifications
Applicants are required to have accomplished a baccalaureate diploma by the point the fellowship commences; these with a graduate diploma are additionally eligible to apply. Candidates will need to have a superb tutorial file and a robust curiosity in problems with peace and safety. Graduate research, a school main, course work, or substantial impartial studying that displays the substantive focus of the fellowship can be a plus. Prior expertise with public-interest activism or advocacy is extremely fascinating. It is most well-liked, however not required, that such actions be centered on peace and safety points. The program is open to all United States residents and to non-U.S. residents dwelling within the U.S. eligible for employment. Non-U.S. residents dwelling outdoors the United States are usually not eligible to apply. Preference will probably be given to people who haven’t had substantial prior public-interest or authorities expertise within the Washington, DC space.
Salary and Benefits
Scoville Fellows are paid at an annual price of $48,948 ($4,079 per thirty days), and obtain primary medical insurance compensation, mentoring, a small stipend for skilled growth functions, and journey prices to DC to start the fellowship.
The Herbert Scoville Jr. Peace Fellowship Program invitations current school and graduate college alumni to apply for full-time, six-to-nine month fellowships in Washington, DC.
Outstanding people will probably be chosen to work with nonprofit, public-interest organizations addressing peace and safety points. Applications are particularly inspired from candidates with a robust curiosity in these points who’ve prior expertise with public-interest activism or advocacy.
Scoville Fellows will select to work with one of many twenty-six organizations collaborating in this system. With the help of alumni, board, and employees, fellows will choose a placement which greatest matches their pursuits and the wants of the host group. Participating organizations present workplace area and help, supervision and steering for fellows’ work. With the exception of Congressional lobbying, fellows could undertake quite a lot of actions, together with analysis, writing, and organizing that help the objectives of their host group.
The goal of the fellowship is to offer a chance for school graduates to realize sensible information and expertise by contributing to the efforts of nonprofit, public-interest organizations engaged on peace and safety points.
Application Deadlines
- There are two cohorts per 12 months. Apply by January 6, 2025 for the Fall 2025 cohort.
The fellowship’s board of administrators selects the highest candidates for Washington interviews. The fellowship pays for journey and lodging for the finalists in the course of the interview weekend. Interviews happen roughly 12-15 weeks after the appliance deadline. All unsuccessful candidates will probably be notified at the moment.
Starting Dates for Fellowship
- Spring Fellowship–start between January 15 and April 1
- Fall Fellowship–start between July 15 and October 1
As of December 2021, Scoville Fellows are working remotely and can proceed to take action till the necessity for social distancing ends and our collaborating organizations return to working of their places of work. When it’s secure for employees to return to working in individual, we would require the present fellows to maneuver to Washington, DC. The program covers the price of new fellows shifting to DC to start their fellowship.
Contact Information and Social Media
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