Administrative Fellow

Administrative fellows partner with administrative leaders, physicians, scientists, nursing, shared services, and other stakeholders across the organization to lead and coordinate operational and administrative functions in alignment with strategic priorities. Administrative fellows play a pivotal role across sites, shields and departments, contributing to teams and service lines while embodying our Mayo Clinic values.

Experience you will gain:

• Gain practical experience through direct exposure to and active participation in a variety of administrative activities and leadership experiences supporting Mayo’s mission and priorities. 
• Enhance leadership, analytical and critical thinking, financial and business acumen, transformation and innovation, and healthcare operational skills. 
• Make significant contributions to administrative, operational, and strategic work throughout the organization. 
• Lead and inspire teams to operationalize vision and execute goals, aligned to a culture of safety and Mayo Clinic values. 
• Guide healthcare innovation and process improvements using digital strategies, global insights and creative solutions to address problems and drive strategies.
• Enhance scholarship and career development through participation in a variety of activities to promote growth, skill enhancement and professional development.

The program consists of six to eight rotations in areas such as Practice Administration, Education Administration, Research Administration, Finance, Strategy, and Human Resources. Fellows also participate in elective rotations that are tailored to their professional goals, skillsets, interests, and organizational need. Focus areas for the fellowship include: 1.) Destination Medical Center 2.) Population and Rural Health and 3.) Research. Fellows are identified and selected for the focus areas as part of the offer and acceptance process.  Administrative Fellows will be assigned to a primary location and may have the opportunity to complete a ~12-week offsite rotational experience to another location during the fellowship.
 
Location Sites: 

Opportunities for placement include Phoenix/Scottsdale, Arizona; Jacksonville, Florida; Rochester, Minnesota; or the Mayo Clinic Health System including Eau Claire, Wisconsin; La Crosse, Wisconsin; Mankato, Minnesota. 

Qualifications

• Master's degree (M.B.A., M.H.A., M.H.S.A. or related field received within three years of the application cycle) or be a degree candidate who is on schedule to complete the master’s degree before the fellowship start date or master’s degree classes completed and degree to be awarded upon completion of an administrative fellowship appointment. 
• Master’s degree program must be a two-year program with on-campus attendance. Virtual and hybrid programs will not be considered.
  Health care industry experience such as internship, externship, fellowship or applicable employment required.
• Possess broad knowledge of current and historical perspectives on health care business management and administration, clinical practice management, clinical research and education, hospital administration and management, finance, human resources and organizational development, information systems, and managed care.
• Candidates with a master's degree from a program accredited by the Commission on Accreditation of Healthcare Management Education (CAHME) are preferred; candidates from non-CAHME programs are accepted for review. 
• External applicants are preferred along with those that have completed internships in healthcare administration

Visa sponsorship of any type is not available for this position including student visas, OPT, STEM or other work visas.

Applications must be completed and submitted no later than (11:59pm Central Standard Time) on August 26th, 2026. Incomplete applications will not be considered. All application documents that are required to be submitted electronically must be submitted during the original online application submission, as applicants are not able to add attachments after their application is submitted.

Your application MUST include:

Please attach all of the following documents in one PDF during your initial online application submission in the following order: 

1.  Mayo Clinic Candidate Form Mayo Clinic Administrative Fellow Program Candidate Application Form MC5152164 *Please note the Candidate Application Form will take the place of a cover letter. If you experience challenges with the form, please submit your responses in a separate word or PDF document.

2.  Current resume (one to two pages) including: 
degrees (undergraduate and graduate), GPA, college/university, date degrees received/anticipated 
academic, work, professional, community, and volunteer experience 
scholarly and leadership activities, projects, awards, and honors 

3 & 4.  Graduate letters of recommendation: 
- one academic 
- one professional 
letters of recommendations must be submitted as part of your PDF application submission.  

5 & 6. Transcripts: 
We will accept unofficial transcripts (BOTH undergraduate and graduate program required) but must state degree awarded/degree conferred.  

If needed, please have letters of recommendation emailed to [email protected].