Sinar Project

06/05/2026

6 month Fellowship opportunities for those with a tech or legal background to work on a multidisciplinary civic tech and digital rights projects.

The Civic Tech fellowship is aimed to bridge the gap between professionals with legal, tech and human rights background through working on a multi-disciplinary civic tech project with Sinar Project. Ideally in the long run, it is hoped that the selected Fellows will contribute and even lead communities to address the issues that formed their fellowship work.

The Fellow will work for a duration of up to six (6) months and be paid up to MYR3,000 per month according to a payment and deliverables schedule to be agreed by both Sinar Project and the Fellow.

The Fellow has a flexible schedule (i.e. full-time or part-time) is able to work remotely, as long as:-

a) they are able to attend online weekly stand-up meetings,
b) be reasonably responsive on our Mattermost platform throughout the fellowship,
c) fulfil project deliverables which includes organizing a roundtable/stakeholder consultation.

Full details and link to application for on our website.

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