Fellowship Program

Pairing talented technologists with government change-makers to tackle complex social issues

How It Works

Embedding technologists into government teams for 6 – 12 month projects, the Fellowship program creates a two-way transfer of knowledge and understanding, while building human-centered technology.

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1. Identifying a Challenge

Government departments or agencies work with the Code for Australia team to identify a challenge and environment that is suitable for a Fellowship.

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2. Recruiting + Onboarding

We find talented developers, designers and technologists and take them through a intensive onboarding process – covering everything from bureaucracy tactics to collaboration and team-building.

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3. Designing + Making

The Fellows work alongside government hosts to examine the challenge in a new light, build capability, and create open source and human-centered technology.

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“The fellows combined their skills with the experience of end-users rather than simply telling us how we should do things. We now have a better appreciation and understanding of design, technology and rapid improvement techniques.“

– Khoi Cao-Lam, Victoria Legal Aid

Fellowship Projects

We’ve run over a dozen Fellowship programs with local and state governments across New South Wales, Queensland and Victoria. Here are some projects we’re currently working on, as well as some things we’ve designed and deployed together.

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Community

Predictive Services

Environment

ORBIT

Justice

VicRoads

Transport

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Education

School Finder

Education

Justice

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Take The Next Step

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Become a government host

Government Hosts are the point of contact for embedded Fellows. They identify challenges in their department or agency that technology could solve, and support Fellows during the project with time, resources and connections.

apply to be a host

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Become a Fellow

Fellows serve as agents for change, helping shape our state. Fellows are mission-driven digital professionals with multi-disciplinary experience in software engineering, design, user experience or product management.

apply to be a fellow

What Makes Fellowships Unique

Being government organisations we get stuck in the way that we’re doing things and innovation is hard to grasp. This was the perfect opportunity to try something different.

Mel Hardie

Senior Biodiversity Curator, Dept. of Environment, Land, Water and Planning

The Code for Australia Fellowship introduced Council to a new approach to engagement and collaboration between departments – helping break down cultural barriers.

James Peet

Chief Digital Officer, Moreton Bay Regional Council