enFocus Fellowship
enFocus Overview
enFocus is a nonprofit organization that builds better communities through talent attraction, innovation, and entrepreneurship. We bring an “entrepreneurial focus” to communities by recruiting top talent, providing mentorship and cohort-based programming, and executing innovation projects for regional sponsors. Founded in South Bend, Indiana in 2012, we have served more than 80 sponsors in the South Bend-Elkhart region (and some outside of our region as well), and our team works collaboratively between two offices in South Bend and Elkhart, Indiana.
Fellowship Overview
The enFocus Fellowship is a paid, full-time employment opportunity for recent graduates. Our unique Fellowship model places you with a cohort of Fellows for two years. Fellows lead sponsored innovation projects to support community partners such as private businesses, government agencies, school districts, manufacturers, health systems, and nonprofits. Fellows also conduct applied research and entrepreneurship projects by supporting an existing incubation or spearheading their own founder project to launch startups, technologies, or social impact initiatives in our region. Throughout the Fellowship, our team provides professional development opportunities and access to a network of mentors to assist Fellows as they launch their careers.
Fellow Job Description
enFocus Fellows work collaboratively on project teams to discover, design, and implement innovative solutions for project sponsors. Due to variation in project size and scope, each Fellow will lead between 1-3 sponsored innovation projects during the first year; in the second year, Fellows will have the opportunity to take on project management responsibilities and additional projects. Fellows work both on-site with sponsors and at the enFocus offices to carry out project work. All Fellows are salaried employees and are expected to complete a minimum 40-hour workweek.
Each project requires unique work activities; however, all Fellows will be expected to:
- Positively represent enFocus through all project engagements and any other enFocus-sponsored event
- Develop and execute a project management plan for all sponsored projects
- Communicate regular project updates to enFocus staff and sponsors
- Contribute to at least one self-directed or existing enFocus Research, Development, and Entrepreneurship project
- Conduct discover activities, such as customer/stakeholder interviews, strategic research, and data collection and analysis
- Conduct design activities, such as program design, business model development, process mapping, technology requirements definition, and strategic planning
- Conduct implement activities, such as technology implementation, employee training, project/stakeholder management, and data collection/evaluation
Requirements
- Bachelor’s degree (all majors are considered)
- Minimum 3.0 cumulative GPA
- Applicants must be available to work full-time in the South Bend-Elkhart region for the duration of the Fellowship
What we look for in a candidate:
- Passion for building better communities through innovation and entrepreneurship
- Familiarity and/or interest in technology, business, social impact, and community development
- Desire to work in a fast-paced, entrepreneurial environment
- Excellent presentation and written communication skills
- Clear demonstration of leadership experience in work or academic settings
- Strong problem-solving skills, with the ability to analyze data and provide strategic insights
- Ability to learn new skills and become familiar with new industries quickly, potentially working on projects outside of your previous work or academic experience
Application Deadline
enFocus is now accepting rolling applications for the 2021 Summer Cohort.
Contact Information
Applicants should receive an automated email immediately after submitting this form. If you do not find this email in your inbox, please check your junk and spam folders to ensure that you will be notified of any application status updates. Questions can be directed to recruiting@en-focus.org.