We’re very happy to open today our 2015 Call for School of Data Fellowships!

Following our successful 2014 School of Data Fellowships, we’re opening today our Call for Applications for the 2015 Fellowship programme. As with last year’s programme, we’re looking to find new data trainers to spread data skills around the world.

As a School of Data fellow, you will receive data and leadership training, as well as coaching to organise events and build your community in your country or region. You will also be part of a growing global network of School of Data practitioners, benefiting from the network effects of sharing resources and knowledge and contributing to our understanding about how best to localise our training efforts.

As a fellow, you’ll be part of a nine-month training programme where you’ll work with us for an average of ten working days a month, including attending online and offline trainings, organising events, and being an active member of the thriving School of Data community.

Get the details

Our 2015 fellowship programme will run from April-December 2015. We’re asking for 10 days a month of your time – consider it to be a part time role, and your time will be remunerated. To apply, you need to be living in a country classified as lower income, lower-middle income or upper-middle income categories as classified here.

Who are we looking for?

People who fit the following profile:

• Data savvy: has experience working with data and a passion for teaching data skills.
• Social change: understands and interested in the role of Non-Governmental Organizations (NGOs) and the media in bringing positive change through advocacy, campaigns, and storytelling.
• Has some facilitation skills and enjoys community-building (both online and offline) – or, eager to learn and develop their communication and presentation skills
• Eager to learn from and be connected with an international community of data enthusiasts
• Language: a strong knowledge of English – this is necessary in order to communicate with other fellows, to take part in the English-run online skillshares and the offline Summer Camp

To give you an idea of who we’re looking for, check out the profiles of our 2014 fellows – we welcome people from a diverse range of backgrounds, too, so people with new skillsets and ranges of experience are encouraged to apply.

This year, we’d love to work with people with a particular topical focus, especially those interest in working with extractive industries data, financial data, or aid data.

There are 7 fellowship positions open for the April to December 2015 School of Data training programme.

Geographical focus

We’re looking for people based in low-, lower-middle, and upper-middle income countries as classified by the World Bank, and we have funding for Fellows in the following geographic regions:

• One fellow from Macedonia
• One fellow from Central America – focus countries Costa Rica, Guatemala, Honduras, Nicaragua, but we welcome applications from all Central American countries.
• One fellow from South America – focus countries Bolivia, Peru, Ecuador, and again, applications are really welcome from all South American countries.
• Two fellows based in African countries (ie. two different countries)
• Two fellows based in Asian countries (ie. two different countries)

What does the fellowship include?

As a School of Data fellow, you’ll be part of our 9-month programme, which includes the following activities:

• guided and independent online and offline skillshares and trainings, aimed to develop data and leadership skills,
• individual mentoring and coaching;
• an appropriate stipend equivalent to a part time role;
• Participation in the annual School of Data Summer Camp, which will take place in May 2015 – location to be confirmed.
• Participation in activities within a growing community of School of Data practitioners to ensure continuous exchange of resources, knowledge and best practices;
• Training and coaching of the fellow in participatory event management, storytelling, public speaking, impact assessment etc;
• Opportunities for paid work – often training opportunities arise in the countries where the fellows are based.
• Potential work with one or more local civil society organisations to develop data driven campaigns and research.

What did last year’s fellows have to say?

Check out the Testimonials page to see what the 2014 Fellows said about the programme, or watch our Summer Camp video to meet some of the community.

Support

This year’s fellowships will be supported by the Partnership for Open Development (POD) OD4D, Hivos, and the Foreign and Commonwealth Office in Macedonia. We welcome more donors to contribute to this year’s fellowship programme! If you are a donor and are interested in this, please email us at [email protected].

Got questions? See more about the Fellowship Programme here and have a looks at this Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ) page.– or, watch the Ask Us Anything Hangouts that we held in mid-February to take your questions and chat more about the fellowship.

Not sure if you fit the profile? Have a look at our 2013 and 2014 fellows profiles.. Women and other minorities are encouraged to apply.

Convinced? Apply now to become a School of data fellow. The application will be open until March 10th and the programme will start in April 2015.