Fellow - Spring 2026

Job Summary

Leavitt Partners, an HMA company, is seeking current or recent graduate students for our 2026 Spring Fellowship program with Leavitt Partners Collaborative Advocates. This is a 12-week program that will run during the Spring semester between January and May 2026 (with some flexibility on start date). Applications will be reviewed and interviews conducted on a rolling basis through November 15, 2025. Part-time opportunities are available as well. 

The ideal candidate will be interested in some of the following areas:  Medicare, Medicaid, ACA Marketplace, value-based payment, FDA and life sciences, public health, digital health and health IT, and health care reform. The Fellow will support client public policy and alliance work by performing comprehensive online, primary source, and direct-to-source (i.e., agency, congressional, private-sector) research, and by conveying findings to Leavitt Partners Collaborative Advocates team members. The Fellow will assist senior team members with task tracking, document preparation, and other tasks to support client management.

Leavitt Partners seeks high-caliber candidates who are adaptable, collaborative, professional, and who thrive in fast-paced environments. The company looks for individual qualities such as entrepreneurial spirit, self-efficacy, humility, and a strong desire to learn. 

Work Performed and Job Requirements

• Summarize written research and prepare verbal briefings and presentations for client managers
• Ensure timely delivery of high-quality, client-ready work
• Monitor and identify policy, legislative, and regulatory developments relevant to clients
• Develop web content for clients and assist managers with client engagements
• Perform secondary research and participate in directed primary research
• Gain knowledge of Leavitt Partners products
• All other duties as assigned.

Education/Training

Law school student, graduate student or recent graduate degree in MHA, MBA, public health, health law, public policy, political science, or related fields

Experience

• 0-2 years of experience
• Experience in professional research and analysis preferred 
• Demonstrated interest in health policy preferred

Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities

• Excellent research and analysis skills
• Strong written and oral communication skills
• Ability to summarize and brief staff on research
• Commitment to developing subject matter competence in two or more issue areas (CMS reimbursement, FDA regulation, public health, health IT research, and health care reform)

Equal Opportunity Employer/Protected Veterans/Individuals with Disabilities

The contractor will not discharge or in any other manner discriminate against employees or applicants because they have inquired about, discussed, or disclosed their own pay or the pay of another employee or applicant. However, employees who have access to the compensation information of other employees or applicants as a part of their essential job functions cannot disclose the pay of other employees or applicants to individuals who do not otherwise have access to compensation information, unless the disclosure is (a) in response to a formal complaint or charge, (b) in furtherance of an investigation, proceeding, hearing, or action, including an investigation conducted by the employer, or (c) consistent with the contractor’s legal duty to furnish information. 41 CFR 60-1.35(c)

This position pays $30/hour.