• Identifying transferable skills
• Exposure to a civilian work environment
• Career assistance
• Exposure to corporate business practices
• Mentoring
• Resume and interview assistance

Essential Functions

• The Port of Seattle Commission recently approved a motion calling for staff to finalize and implement a new comprehensive strategy to combat human trafficking taking place at and through our facilities, and throughout the region. The strategy is focused on four aspects: 1) internal policy review, 2) staff training, 3) a public awareness campaign and 4) external partnership development. There is a cross-Port team working to implement the strategy currently, and a veterans fellow would have the opportunity to support this work through project management, owning individual work plan items and conducting key research and outreach projects. In particular, the veterans fellow would:
• Conduct best practices research on Port and airport trafficking strategies, including direct outreach to peer Ports and airports, online research and other efforts to understand and summarize similar efforts to reduce trafficking that would inform our work.
• Participate in outreach to potential Port partners who would add to the impact of our strategy implementation, including developing a list of outreach targets, coordinating with Port staff on communications to those partners and maintaining a tracking list of partnership opportunities and commitments.
• Support implementation of a regional anti-trafficking public awareness campaign, by supporting efforts to coordinate with other jurisdictions, and between multiple Port departments and facilities. Support coordination of a public launch and associated media for the start of the campaign.
• Help develop materials for strategy implementation committee meetings, track identified work plan items and conduct follow up on assignments.

Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities

• A basic understanding of the Port of Seattle and its operations, as well as some of its key private and public sector partners. Knowledge of human trafficking is not required.
• Strong written and oral communications skills, basic project management skills and effective research ability. Experience working on cross-functional teams and in group projects a plus.
• Ability to build relationships with a broad cross-section of stakeholders, to multi-task, and to think creatively.

Qualifications
Veterans Fellowships require a minimum of three (3) years of active duty or mobilized reserve duty service in a branch of the U.S. Military Service (which includes the United States Coast Guard). Documentation of an honorable discharge from active or reserve status must be presented as part of the application process. Veterans Fellowship applicants must be within six (6) months of discharge to apply for a fellowship unless they have not worked full-time since their discharge and have been a full-time student in a degree or certification program since their discharge.

Preferred Qualifications

• 2 or more years experience with research and analysis, outreach, and/or policy development
• BA in Business, English, Communications, Social Sciences or a related field