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Description
The Island Institute Fellows Program, based out of Rockland, Maine, is currently accepting applications for fellowship awards in the following areas: non-profit management to include early childhood education and arts enrichment; planning and development to include helping to create a civic association and strengthen island non-profits through board and staff training and grant-writing; and, historical preservation, to include research, ethnography, and archival work.
Position Overview:
The Island Institute Fellows Program puts a human face on program services, connecting directly with islanders on a day-to-day basis. Island communities apply to the Institute to place an Island Fellow in residence to work in schools, libraries, town offices, fisheries co-ops, arts enrichment or adult education programs.
The Institute then finds highly qualified recent college or university graduates with the requisite skills and character to fill these positions. Fellows spend 12 to 24 months living in island and remote coastal communities, working on locally directed projects.
Island Fellow Awards:
Applications are invited for Island Fellow awards from new or recent college graduates in the areas of historical preservation, non-profit management, and planning and development. Recipients of awards are recruited by the Institute and selected on a competitive basis from candidates who wish to perform research, career development and community service, while living within remote communities.
Fellows are placed in communities requesting a Fellow after successfully completing the review process at the Institute and receiving the approval of the designated contact(s) in the host community. Applications will be reviewed as they are received, with placements made on a rolling basis. Placements begin in mid-September, 2009.
Qualifications:
Recent completion of a baccalaureate or graduate degree (within 4 years); demonstrated interest and experience in the following areas: early childhood education, planning and development, and historical preservation and a strong desire to live and work within small, remote communities. Must be US citizen and must not have served previously as an AmeriCorps member.
Fellowships are for 12 to 24 months at the request of the community and the approval of the Institute.
Compensation: The Institute provides the Fellow with a stipend and living allowance of $22,000, as well as covering health insurance and approved work-related expenses such as travel and supplies, and AmeriCorps education award benefits to include deferred student loans and an education award of $4,725 upon the successful completion of the fellowship year.
To Apply:
Visit our website for an application and further information, or contact Chris Wolff.