The Office of the Governor is seeking current students or recent graduates to participate our summer Fellowship program. Fellows are assigned to various divisions and work closely with the governor’s staff. The program will provide students with experience working in an office environment while enhancing student’s understanding of public service in various line of work.
PRIMARY DUTIES:
- Performing support work for division program areas
- Providing project assistance
- Conducting research as requested for various projects
- Preparing correspondence, reports, studies, forms and documents
- May research, compose, design, or edit agency publications, forms manuals and charts
- Assisting with special projects
Fellowships may be available in the following offices:
- Governor’s Appointment Office
- Budget, Planning and Policy
- Committee on People with Disabilities
- Criminal Justice
- Economic Development and Tourism
- Marketing
- Finance
- Small Business
- Business Research
- International Business
- Women’s Commission
- Texas Military Preparedness Commission
- Governor’s Mansion
- Human Resources
- Legislative Office
- Press Office
- Scheduling Office
QUALIFICATIONS:
Fellowships are unpaid and available to both college students and recent graduates (within 1 year of graduation).
HOW TO APPLY:
Summer session is held from June 1 – August 31 (Applications are accepted on a rolling basis. Interested students are encouraged to apply as soon as possible. Division placements are dependent upon availability.)
Interested students must submit a Texas Governor’s Fellowship application and resume to Human Resources.
Applications can be:
- Mailed to:
Texas Governor’s Office
Attn: Human Resources
P.O. Box 12428
Austin, Texas 78711
2. Dropped Off at:
State Insurance Building
1100 San Jacinto
Austin, TX 78701
3. Faxed to: (512) 463-8464
4. Emailed to:
humanresources [at] gov.texas.gov
(replace [at] with an @ sign)
Applications can be downloaded from http://gov.texas.gov/employment/fellowships.
For questions please contact:
Kelly Griffin, PHR
Sr. HR Generalist
512-463-6244