Summer Federal Fellow (Biden Institute)

Save the Children

For over 100 years, Save the Children has been fighting for the rights of children. The right to a healthy start in life. To have access to education. To be in a safe environment, protected from harm. We work in some of the world's hardest-to-reach places - over 100 countries, including the U.S. No matter what your role is, when you join Save the Children, you're creating positive, irreversible change for children, and the future we all share.

Save the Children's Government Relations Department is a part of a division called Policy, Advocacy and Campaigns. Save the Children's Government Relations Department works on creating effective policy change and ensuring robust resources to meet the needs of children and achieve the highest program impact. To that end, we develop and advocate for policies that will give millions of children the best chance for success - securing a better future for us all. We cultivate political leadership to drive change and work with policymakers at local, national, and global levels.

The Role

The Fellowship will provide critical support to the team's advocacy by tracking, analyzing, and contributing to the creation of advocacy products and execution of advocacy activities related to needs of children in the United States including addressing the needs of children in rural America, early childhood education or other related issues. The Fellow will also support other activities as needed such as attending meetings or congressional hearings or research on Members of Congress. The Fellow will support the policy and advocacy work of the Domestic Federal Policy team under the supervision of Roy Chrobocinski, Managing Director, Domestic Policy, Save the Children. The Fellow will be housed in the Department of Government Relations, Policy, Advocacy and Campaigns Division.

What You'll be Doing (Essential Duties, Responsibilities and Impact)

• Conduct research, update factsheets, and track legislation at the federal level around the following issue areas:
  
  
  
  • Food Insecurity
  • Early childhood education
  • Rural children
  
  
  
  
• Participate in weekly staff meetings and assist with resulting projects
• Assist in drafting of social media materials and blog posts
• Other projects as assigned

Required Qualifications

• Must be an actively enrolled Associate, Bachelor, Master or other post high school education program, or have graduated within 6 months of fellow program start date
• Possess strong written skills, solid interpersonal skills and ability to work within a team
• Proficient in Microsoft Office
• Currently eligible to work in the U.S.

What's In It for You

• Structured learning and development program
• Meaningful work under the direct supervision of an experienced Save the Children staff member
• Highly collaborative and innovative teams
• Networking program with managers across the organization
• Flexible schedule
• A family friendly work environment
• The knowledge that the work you are supporting is changing the lives of children all around the world

Classification: Paid Fellow

Part-time: 20 hours per week

Dates: June 2nd to August 15th

About Us

Save the Children is committed to conducting its programs and operations in a manner that is safe for the children it serves and helping protect the children with whom we are in contact. All Save the Children representatives are explicitly prohibited from engaging in any activity that may result in any kind of child abuse.

Save the Children is committed to minimizing safety and security risks for our valued employees, ensuring all are given training, support and information to reduce their risk exposure while maximizing the impact of our programs for children and families. Our shared duty, both agency and individual, is to seek and maintain safe working conditions for all.

If you require disability assistance with the application or recruitment process, please submit a request to applicantsupport@savechildren.org.