Due Date: November 3, 2019
Applications are open for another cycle of the Atlas Corps Fellowship 2020 The Atlas Corps Fellowship is a 12-18 month Fellowship in the United States for the world’s leading social modification leaders. Fellows serve full-time at Host Organizations to establish management abilities and find out efficient practices through the Atlas Corps Global Management Laboratory expert advancement series and networking chances with other Fellows.
The Atlas Corps Fellowship is developed for mission-driven people looking for social modification. Competitive candidates will have 2-10 years of experience, and a lot of tend to be in the nonprofit/NGO sector. The U.S. Fellowship starts every 3 months. In 2020, Fellowships will begin in January, April, July, and October. Each Fellowship starts with a one-week orientation program.
Advantages
This distinguished fellowship consists of a living stipend to cover fundamental costs (food, regional transport, and shared real estate) and medical insurance.
Fellows– however not their dependents– get:
- Program-related global travel (U.S. Fellows just)
- Program-related domestic travel
- Standard medical insurance
- Regular monthly stipend for fundamental living costs (shared real estate, food, regional transport)
- Documents (DS-2019) that allows the Fellow to acquire a J-1 visa.
- Positioning at a Host Company
- Involvement in the Atlas Corps Global Management Laboratory (not-for-profit management training series)
Eligibility
- Candidates must have 2 or more years of pertinent experience;-LRB- **************).
- Bachelor’s degree or comparable;-LRB- **************).
- English efficiency (oral, composing, reading);-LRB- **************).
- Age 35 or more youthful;-LRB- **************).
- Use to serve in a nation aside from where you are from (U.S. residents are not qualified for the U.S. Fellowship);-LRB- **************).
- Dedication to go back to your house nation after the 12-18 month Fellowship;-LRB- **************).
- Dedication to surviving on a fundamental stipend that just covers food, shared real estate, and regional transport.
Application
They think about applications on a rolling basis, though they motivate you to use as quickly as possible to be thought about for Host Company positionings. The application is a multi-step procedure. The Fellow Classes begin 4 times a year: January, April, July, and October.
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Application & Choice Board Evaluation: Candidates are needed to register for an account and conserve their login details through othe online application system so that they can go back to the application at any time. The application consists of a short eligibility test to identify if candidates fulfill the fundamental requirements of the Fellowship. When candidates pass that preliminary eligibility test, they will be asked to provide details on their passport, travel/visa history, language abilities, work history, expert abilities, and social concern locations. They will likewise be asked to finish 3 brief essay concerns.
- The application likewise needs extra accessories:.
- An authorities records or diploma from formerly participated in universities.
- 2 Suggestions: Candidates are needed to send contact details for a minimum of 2 recommenders who understand them in an expert capability. Candidates will require to send their demands straight through the application system. Their recommenders will get an e-mail that requests a suggestion. More in-depth directions can be discovered in the online application.
- The application likewise needs extra accessories:.
- Choice Board Interview (by invite just): Atlas Corps picks leading candidates who have the prospective to match prospective Host Company positionings for an interview by means of Skype with the Atlas Corps Choice Board.
- Host Company Evaluation (by invite just): When you get the Atlas Corps Fellowship, you’re not making an application for a particular Host Company or a particular start date. You are making an application for the chance to be thought about by Atlas Corps and prospective Host Organizations for positionings beginning throughout the year. Candidates that pass the interview phase will be designated a Semi-Finalist which indicates they are qualified to be evaluated by prospective Host Organizations for positionings based upon their interests and skillset and the company’s requirements.
- Host Company Interview (by invite just): Host Organizations welcome Semi-Finalists that finest match their positions to perform Skype video interviews with them, proceeding to the Finalist phase. The Host Company might request extra details from the Finalists, such as sample projects.
- Choice and Visa Process: Host Organizations will make their last suggestions to Atlas Corps, and Atlas Corps will alert the chosen candidates. After being chosen, Fellows will go to the U.S. Embassy in their particular nations to get a J-1 visa. Atlas Corps will offer assistance in getting this visa.
- Semi-Finalists who are not chosen by a Host Company will be alerted and might be offered the choice to keep their application on declare factor to consider for the next class of the Fellowship. Atlas Corps will continuously reassess Semi-Finalists to identify if they are still in factor to consider for future Fellowship positionings.
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For more details, check out Atlas Corps