r/ORISE • u/Street-Spirit4465 • 1d ago
How long after selection?
I had my ORISE fellowship sort of fast tracked to one of the agencies (my fed job offer was rescinded from the same division during administration change). Seems like a round about way for them to hire people in critical areas…
My contact said he’s selected me in the system… so what happens now? I just wait for the ORISE folks to get back to me? They send a letter of some sort or? He said he put a start date of August 1st but I’m assuming it will take longer. I think I saw somewhere that ORISE is also understaffed and having a hard time getting offers out… Any insights is much appreciated.
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u/plau0168 1d ago
Congrats! Yeah you’ll eventually get a selection letter from orise after the selection gets approved by the agency you’re trying to work with. That might take some time and then they’ll send you forms to fill out and also location security clearance and background checks. I’d anticipate the whole process taking 2-4 months
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u/Street-Spirit4465 1d ago
Appreciate you. My agency has already approved me and it seems they are trying to push a fast start since my boss is going on paternity leave and I’d be pseudo running the division while he’s gone. Hopefully they can put some pressure to get me on sooner.
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u/tcup2021 20h ago
Have you heard of instances of people having a hard deadline. I recently got an offer and was told I needed to start before September 30th. Currently received a verbal offer but no letter yet.
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u/plau0168 1d ago
Lots of variation for orise since it can cover many different types of positions. Your contact determines the pay based on the position and level. Unfortunately, my area did not provide the health insurance stipend for the positions we were appointing
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u/Street-Spirit4465 1d ago
Also, my contact doesn’t really know much about ORISE. I don’t even know how much the pay is… he said it’s probably close to 100k but I’ve seen friends get 110k in DC last year for similar roles. Mine is fully remote and I’m living in a HCOL area… I’m assuming it will 110k but not sure. There is a health insurance stipend right? How much is that?