Virginia Management Fellow
Virginia Management Fellowship
Richmond, Virginia, United States
The Virginia Management Fellows program deploys people, knowledge, skills, and experience preparing Fellows for permanent positions in the Commonwealth’s state agencies.The VMF is a learning and training program that includes a 2-year paid position as a Fellow. The position includes salary and full benefits, as well as access to the Virginia Retirement System programs. The intent of the VMF is to strengthen the succession planning bench for leadership and management roles in all branches of state government. At the end of the 2-year fellowship period, it is anticipated that Fellows will apply to positions within state government.Together, Fellows will:- focus on four learning areas: customer service; operations; legislation, regulation and compliance; and, analytics.- experience learning as a cohort of up to 12 members during a 2-year program, where human connections are made and leadership coalitions are built.- understand the complexity of the Commonwealth’s problems through lectures and seminars conducted by executive Virginia leaders (past and present) and subject matter experts.- challenge new knowledge while facing “wicked problems” across departments and agencies.- engage in hands-on projects and solutions-minded approaches during agency “rotations”.- develop working relationships with specifically selected mentors during each agency rotation.- participate in the Virginia Public Sector Leader program, a leadership development certificate program of Virginia Tech’s School of Public and International Affairs.- research, design, fund, and implement a public-private partnership with a Virginia university benefiting an under-served project, program, or group of people each calendar year.
