--- title: Barack Obama Announces Foundation Job Openings on Instagram description: Barack Obama is continuing his political work by helping to mentor the next generation of leaders with the Obama Foundation Fellows Program. canonical: https://time.com/4972650/barack-obama-foundation-openings/ author: Cady Lang article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2017-10-06T17:42:49.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-04-13T07:47:50.859Z og:title: Today's the Last Day to Apply to Work for Barack Obama og:description: Here's how you can apply og:url: https://time.com/4972650/barack-obama-foundation-openings/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt09c36f1e8934b97b/6988e0dd096a94ce8f69fe2d/barack-obama-foundation-fellowship-application.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 2000 og:image:height: 1125 og:image:alt: US President Obama leaves after meeting with Congressional Democrats og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Today's the Last Day to Apply to Work for Barack Obama twitter:description: Here's how you can apply twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt09c36f1e8934b97b/6988e0dd096a94ce8f69fe2d/barack-obama-foundation-fellowship-application.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # Today Is the Last Day You Can Apply to Work for Barack Obama > Sponsored content. 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(Photo by Samuel Corum/Anadolu Agency/Getty Images) WASHINGTON, USA - JANUARY 4: U.S. President Barack Obama leaves after meeting with Democratic members of the House and Senate to discuss how to protect the Affordable Care Act from the Republican controlled House, Senate, and White House in Washington, USA on January 4, 2017\. (Photo by Samuel Corum/Anadolu Agency/Getty Images) Anadolu Agency—Getty Images  by [Cady Lang](https://time.com/author/cady-lang/)  ## Cady Lang Oct 6, 2017 5:42 PM UTC [Barack Obama](http://time.com/4902523/obama-charlottesville-tweet-most-liked/) might not be in the Oval Office anymore, but that doesn’t mean that he’s not still working to help the public. The former president is continuing his work in politics by helping to mentor the next generation of leaders through his [Obama Foundation](http://time.com/3380069/presidential-library-barack-obama-finalist/) Fellows program. The two-year program is geared towards “civic innovators from around the world” who are working to help their communities through fresh and creative methods. While the application opened on September 6th, Obama took to his Instagram on Thursday to remind his followers that the final day for applications is today — October 6. “When I left office, I told you all that the single most important thing I could do would be to help prepare the next generation of leaders to take their own crack at changing the world,” he wrote in his Insta caption. 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