Youth Civic Engagement Fellow
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Job Description
Title: Youth Civic Engagement Fellow
Positions runs: September 2 - October 7 2025
Contract position: Approximately 10 hours per/week for 6 weeks.
Location: Fairbanks Alaska. Hybrid with some in-person work required.
Compensation: $2000 for Fellowship
The Alaska Center Education Fund (AKCEF) is seeking to hire 2-3 young Alaskans ages 18-30 as Youth Civic Engagement Fellows. Fellows provide non-partisan voter education and outreach for the 2025 Fairbanks Municipal Elections. Positions open until filled. The Fellows Program starts on Sept 2 and ends on Oct 7 with possible flexibility. The compensation for this position is $2000.
Position Overview
The Alaska Center Education Fund seeks 2-3 passionate socially confident reliable young
Alaskans to be advocates and champions for voter empowerment and education as Youth Civic Engagement Fellows. The Youth Civic Engagement (YCE) Fellows will work alongside staff volunteers and community partners to conduct non-partisan voter education for the Fairbanks Municipal Elections. This temporary contract position will run from September 2 - October 7 2025 and provides excellent career-building opportunities in voter and civic engagement.
Organization Overview
The Alaska Center Education Fund envisions a thriving just and sustainable Alaska for future
generations. We engage and empower Alaskans to support clean air and water a strong
democracy and an equitable transition from an extractive to a regenerative economy. Our issue priorities include advancing climate action protecting salmon habitat and amplifying Alaskan voices in the public process. We achieve our mission through youth education and leadership development community organizing and non-partisan voter engagement. We are committed to supporting centering and working with Black Indigenous and People of Color Working-Class and Low-Income people Women LGBTQIA2 people and Disabled people in addressing the many crises that impact us. We strongly encourage people with these identities or members of other marginalized communities to apply.
The Fellows Cohort will work together on these deliverables:
- Attend 2 3-hour phone banking sessions a week (flexible scheduling) to call voters to provide reminders to vote/answer questions about voting.
- Hand out non-partisan voting information and table on the UAF campus/other community events
- Help plan 1 door-knocking event in low-voter turnout neighborhood of Fairbanks.
- Come up with unique ways to reach voters with different abilities and identities.
Other Duties Include:
- Coordinate activities with other community organizational partners;
- Enter data into EveryAction/VAN and work with your supervisor to ensure quality and
- accuracy;
- Exercise diplomacy as conversations will take place with Alaskans from all walks of life and political dispositions;
This is an entry-level position so no experience is necessary but a strong candidate
could:
- Have an interest or/experience with phone banking working with the public event
- planning and volunteering;
- Have an interest and/or experience working in politics and civic engagement;
- Have excellent interpersonal skills;
- Be independent accountable and honest;
- Have experience working with technology and data entry;
The Alaska Center Education Fund is an equal-opportunity employer. Employment and
promotional opportunities are based upon individual capabilities and qualifications without
regard to race color religion gender gender identity or expression pregnancy sexual
orientation age national origin marital status citizenship disability veteran status or any other protected characteristic as established under law.
Position open until filled. Review of applications will be on an ongoing basis. No phone calls please. Please email with any questions.
Employment Type
Contract
