Virginia Tech School of Public and International Affairs

We are now recruiting for two new Fellows, who will begin the two-year program in June 2023. Applicants for this Fellowship typically come from top-level Master’s programs from across the country, such as your own. Our application portal will open on January 3rd and will close on Tuesday, January 31, 2023. Required application materials for the initial stage include a current resume, cover letter, all unofficial academic transcripts, and a City application.

The Cookingham-Noll Management Fellowship is one of the longest running and most well-known municipal management fellowships in the country. The program is designed to attract, develop, and retain talented individuals with an interest in a local government management career.

It offers recent graduates of Public Administration or related Master’s programs a two-year experience that gives fellows a “360-degree tour of the city.” This includes rotations in the City Manager’s Office, the Office of Management and Budget, and other departments in which Fellows have an interest. Aside from day-to-day work opportunities, Fellows will also attend and participate in meetings with the City Manager and other City leaders. After the Fellowship concludes, successful participants are recruited by departments to fill available city jobs, and many of our top-level executives began their career in this program.

Please forward this opportunity to any of your students who might be interested in pursuing this Fellowship and to other relevant graduate degree and certificate programs within your school. If this email reached you in error, please forward this to the Career Services Director at your school.

Additional information and application instructions can be found on our website: https://cookinghamnoll.wixsite.com/cookinghamnoll.