Student Intern

Job Description

PAID STUDENT INTERNSHIP with various departments (Intern Pool) | County of Riverside

The Tone:
This is an internship opportunity with the County of Riverside, located in Riverside, CA. The County of Riverside is a large public sector employer dedicated to serving its community through various departments. This role is crucial as it provides supervised work experience to students and recent graduates, allowing them to apply their academic knowledge in a professional public service environment while supporting the daily operations and special projects of county staff. Please note that this posting serves as an intern pool for future requests and is not an active recruitment guaranteeing immediate placement.

The TL;DR
• Role: Internship
• Type: Temporary
• Location: In-person, Riverside, CA

• Team: Managed by the Educational Support Team, interns are placed within various County departments.
• Mission: Provide supervised work experience in a specific professional vocation and support professional employees across diverse county functions.

What You’ll Actually Do
• Support: Support professional employees in their day-to-day assigned work.
• Research: Conduct research, studies, surveys, and investigations, compiling and analyzing relevant information and data.
• Prepare: Prepare briefs, reports, evaluations, specifications, and plans for departmental use.
• Attend: Attend divisional and departmental staff meetings, preparing reports with observations, suggestions, and comments.
• Execute: Execute sub-professional assignments in support of professional staff members.

The Must-Haves
• Background: Current enrollment in, or recent graduation (within one year) from, a Bachelor’s or Master’s program at an accredited college or university in a relevant field. A cumulative Grade Point Average (GPA) of 2.5 or higher is required, with proof provided at the time of application. Some positions may specifically require current enrollment in an accredited graduate school program.
• Experience: An aptitude to learn rapidly from on-the-job training and gain supervised work experience in a specific professional vocation. Knowledge of the goals and functions of the assigned profession, along with the ability to use computer hardware and software as needed.
• Skills: Ability to take direction and supervision effectively; capability to think logically and write clearly and concisely; proficiency in compiling data, performing arithmetical computations, analyzing statistical data, and preparing reports; capacity to maintain cooperative relations with co-workers and the public.