Advance your career and bring racial justice and lived experience to LA’s Homeless Response Sector

Are you working in LA’s homeless response sector and looking for opportunities to advance your career?

SJPLA’s Racial Equity in Homelessness Initiative is accepting eligibility submissions for two fellowship cohorts that are designed for folks who want to advance their careers and center racial equity in LA’s homeless response sector.

Conrad N. Hilton Foundation Policy & Systems Change Fellowship

A two-year, full-time, paid program for individuals who want to improve service delivery systems and policies. The fellowship is designed to fast-track leaders with frontline and direct service experience to homelessness-related positions in L.A. County’s public sector.

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Racial Equity Initiative Fellowship

The Racial Equity Fellowship identifies emerging BIPOC leaders who aspire for C-suite and executive leadership roles in L.A. County's homeless response sector. These fellows spend nine months building relationships, connecting to larger questions around racial equity and homelessness, and creating a framework for centering equity and inclusion within the workplace.

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Eligibility forms for both fellowships are due March 24, 2023

Which fellowship is right for me?

Hilton Policy & Systems Change Fellowship

• Do you have to quit your job?

  Yes

  This fellowship requires that you leave your current position when you join a full-time placement in the public sector in a contractor role.

• Current role

  Frontline worker to direct service program manager

• Years of work experience in the sector

  3-5 years+

• What are your career goals?

  I want to level up in my career - I see myself as a staff analyst, director role either in the public sector or back in the nonprofit sector.

  I want to learn more about systems change, policy, and funding

  I want to bring my frontline work experience to the public sector

• Sector

  You will be entering the public sector.

• Time commitment

  2 years

  Full-time placement in the public sector in a contractor role

  Must quit their current role at organization/agency

  Quarterly cohort sessions

• Minimum eligibility requirements

  Must commit to working in a public sector for 2 years, full-time

  Must have direct, lived, or proximate experience of homelessness

  Must have 3-5+ years of work experience in homeless service delivery or frontline work

  Must possess the curiosity and drive to better understand public sector systems

  Must have Bachelor’s degree or higher

• Stipend

  $85,000 per year total.

  Position will be an independent contractor role and the stipend amount is final and firm.

  Health benefits, transportation, and other costs are not provided.

Racial Equity in Homelessness Fellowship

• Do you have to quit your job?

  No

  This fellowship cohort meets monthly and does not require you to change your employment.

• Current role

  Manager, director, or vice president

• Years of work experience in the sector

  5-7 years+

• What are your career goals?

  I want to level up in my career - I see myself in an executive or C-suite position in the next 5-10 years

  I want to strengthen my network of fellow BIPOC leaders

• Sector

  For those in both the nonprofit and public sectors.

• Time commitment

  9 months

  Does not require a job change

  Monthly cohort sessions

• Minimum eligibility requirements

  Must identify as Black, Indigenous, or Person of Color (BIPOC)

  Must work at an organization or agency within L.A. County’s homeless response sector

  Must currently hold a mid-to-senior level management position, 5-7+ years of work experience

  Must have a track record of impact in your organization or within the sector

• Stipend

  $2,500 one-time, unrestricted funds paid directly to Fellow

Can I apply for both?

Absolutely

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Need more information to decide? We have an information session for both fellowships coming up in March or email us at racialequity@sjpla.org