Students of any major and background may apply for consideration; graduate students may apply. While best efforts will be made to match employment placements with a students’ primary interests, final placements are contingent upon available host organizations. For some host organization placements, students may be required (and therefore must be willing) to take and to pass a background check and/or a drug screening test.
No positions as Civic Leaders will be awarded to any disqualified persons as such are identified by the Internal Revenue Service. For purposes of this Program, disqualified persons are: family members of the Foundation’s governing Board of Directors or its staff and any family members associated with the Foundation’s independent selection committee selecting the Civic Leaders assigning pairings.
Civic Leader will receive a reasonable hourly rate for the duration of the Program. The Program will operate for eight weeks beginning in early June and ending by early August. Both Civic Leaders and their host organizations will document the participant’s assignments and workload on a weekly basis using a timecard system in order to receive compensation. Civic Leaders’ work shifts will vary as hours will generally reflect the regular work day at the assigned placement; thus, one Civic Leader’s work hours will vary from another’s. Civic Leaders may not disclose their salary to employees of the work site to which they are assigned.
Civic Leaders will be expected to furnish/pay for their own cost of transportation to/from their routine place of work in any county for which they have indicated a willingness to work. On your application, you are asked to indicate counties in which you would be willing to work. Should a student be asked to work in a county other than a county in which he/she had indicated he/she would be willing to work, a student may request an application for hardship aid with transportation cost. However, the Foundation has limited resources for travel aid and so this type of aid will be considered on a case by case and limited basis. Civic Leaders must have access to reliable personal transportation and adequate insurance for their transportation to/from their worksite and to/from the PACF’s office for the Monday forum.
Due to the distance/location of certain work sites from PACF’s office in Parkersburg, some students, at the Foundation’s discretion, may be offered mileage reimbursement for the required Monday forum meetings in Parkersburg, WV. Not all students will be offered this reimbursement; that is to be understood at the time of application.
Civic Leaders may seek to make their own arrangements with their colleges or university if they desire to receive academic credit. The Foundation will not be responsible for academic credit arrangements but will cooperate to the fullest extent feasible in supporting a student who wishes to pursue such an arrangement.
There are separate applications for students applying for consideration for first-year participation in the Program versus students who have previously served as Civic Leaders and wish to be considered for second or third year participation in the Program. Please use the correct application, depending on your status.
In order to begin your application, you will need to create an account, with a username and password. Please make note of this username/password, as you will need this in order to be able to access your application again. You do not need to complete your application in one sitting. Once you have completed your application, click the submit button at the end of the application. You will have an opportunity at this point to print your application; we recommend that you do so, as you will no longer be able to access your application online after submission. You will receive an e-mail confirmation from the Foundation indicating that your application has been received. If you do not receive this e-mail confirmation, please contact the Foundation.
For first-year student applicants, please note:
Interviews may be required prior to final selection. If you have any questions regarding your application or the process, please direct your questions by e-mail to info@pacfwv.com. Please put the words, Civic Leaders Fellowship Program Application in the subject header.
A competitive application process is used to identify the Civic Leaders, with independent and non-discriminatory criteria developed. Students self-nominate for a Program position. A Foundation independent selection committee comprised of parties independent of the host organizations to receive Civic Leaders and independent of the donors to the Program will make the selections and pairings of Civic Leader hosts in conjunction with the Program Director.
To be eligible to host a Civic Leader, the nonprofit organizations, governmental institutions and businesses must be located in: Calhoun, Doddridge, Gilmer, Jackson, Mason, Pleasants, Ritchie, Roane, Wirt and Wood Counties in West Virginia and Washington County, Ohio.
No. Civic Leaders will be contract employees of PSA; there is no charge to the host employer.
The Program will operate from early June to early August. The Civic Leader will be permitted to take one week of unpaid leave to accommodate any schedules vacations. Once students are selected, hosts will be informed by May whether a placement is likely to be accommodated for the summer.
No. From the list of hosts who apply for consideration, a directory of developmental placement opportunities for the Civic Leaders will be constructed to identify all possible placement opportunities for area students. Concurrently, students from the counties in our service region will be invited to apply to be named a Civic Leader. Refer to the separate Student Application Guidelines for requirements of students.
Entities proposing a placement cannot be guaranteed assignment of a Civic Leader as placements depend upon the unique needs of the student applicants. Civic Leaders will be matched to regional placement opportunities according to their career goals and self-development needs.
Yes. Complete one host application per position if you have more than one possible placement (e.g., one for a business student, another for a marketing student). All proposals will be acknowledged.
The purpose of the Foundation’s Civic Leaders Fellowship Program is to provide direct job experience and civic learning that it is not otherwise possible for students to obtain within a standard classroom situation during their college years.
For this reason, to be considered as a host site:
A competitive application process is used to identify the Civic Leaders, with independent and non-discriminatory criteria developed. Students self-nominate for a Program position. A Foundation independent selection committee comprised of parties independent of the host organizations to receive Civic Leaders and independent of the donors to the Program will make the selections and pairings of Civic Leader hosts in conjunction with the Program Director. No positions as Civic Leaders will be awarded to any disqualified persons as such are identified by the Internal Revenue Service. For purposes of this Program, disqualified persons are: family members of the Foundation’s governing Board of Directors or its staff and any family members associated with the Foundation’s independent selection committee selecting the Civic Leaders assigning pairings. The Foundation will retain records regarding this Program in a manner similar to how it retains scholarship records.
If a Civic Leader is placed at a for-profit business (hereafter, “business”) the following additional special requirements must apply to meet IRS requirements:
Special requirements for eligibility as a host site if the host is a for-profit business:
Any for-profit business that has made a monetary contribution to the Foundation for the benefit of its Civic Leaders Fellowship Program may be eligible for a charitable tax deduction in exchange for its gift.
The organization may be selected as a host and assigned a Civic Leader through the Foundation’s competitive process, provided that:
To seek consideration to serve as a host for a Civic Leader, your organization must apply online through the Foundation’s website, here.
In order to begin your application, you will need to create a username and password. Please make note of this user name/password, as you will need this in order to be able to access your application again. You do not need to complete your application in one sitting. Once you have completed your application, be sure to click the submit button at the end of the application. You will have an opportunity at this point to print your application; we recommend that you do so, as you will no longer be able to access your application online after submission. You will receive an e-mail confirmation from the Foundation indicating that your application has been received. If you do not receive this e-mail confirmation, please contact the Foundation.
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