Legislative Session Fellow

Job overview

The Legislative Session Fellow role is onsite in Austin, TX, and pays $22–$25 per hour. It is a part-time position expected to run January through May, supporting The Commit Partnership’s Policy & Advocacy team during the 90th Texas Legislative Session. The fellow helps the team stay informed, organized, and responsive as education policy moves through the legislature by monitoring developments, analyzing policy, supporting research and data work, and coordinating partner communications and events.

What you'll do

• Monitor hearings, committee activity, floor proceedings, and other legislative developments
• take notes and prepare updates
• review and summarize bills, amendments, fiscal information, and policy changes
• conduct state and national policy research
• perform basic analysis using Excel, R, or Python and help create charts and presentations
• support events, partner outreach, logistics, follow-up, shared files, and team systems
• contribute to special projects as priorities evolve.

What we're looking for

Skills & competencies

austin tx

legislative session fellow

education policy

texas legislature

policy research

legislative analysis

data analysis

excel

python

$22–$25/hr

part-time

Work arrangement

• Weekend coverage required

Why this role

Part-time, 30 hours per week, with an expected January–May term; current or recent graduate study in a related field is sought.

About the employer

Commit Partnership Career Page is hiring for this role. Industry: Other Social Advocacy Organizations. Sector: 81.