Youth Civic Engagement Fellow

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: $2,000 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 $2,000. 

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 [email protected] with any questions.