Student Intern

Job Description

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

The Tone:
This is an unpaid student internship with the County of Riverside, located in Riverside, CA. The County of Riverside is a public sector organization that provides essential services to its community through a wide array of departments. This role is important for providing current undergraduate or graduate students, or recent graduates, with supervised work experience and in-service training in a specific professional vocation. Interns assist professional employees, contributing to the daily operations and special projects that support the County’s mission.

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

• Team: Managed by the Internship Team, working within various County departments.
• Mission: To provide supervised work experience and in-service training to students and recent graduates in relevant professional fields.

What You’ll Actually Do
• Assist: Aid and participate in the day-to-day assigned work of professional employees within the assigned department.
• Research: Support and engage in special research initiatives, studies, surveys, and investigations as directed.
• Analyze: Help with the compilation, tabulation, and analysis of information and data for various projects.
• Prepare: Assist in the development of briefs, reports, evaluations, specifications, and plans.
• Collaborate: Attend divisional and departmental staff meetings and prepare reports summarizing observations, suggestions, and comments.

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 program relevant to the specific internship; some positions may require graduate school enrollment. A minimum cumulative Grade Point Average (GPA) of 2.5 is required.
• Experience: No prior professional experience is required; the internship is designed to provide supervised work experience in a specific professional vocation through participation in assigned duties.
• Skills: Ability to follow direction and supervision, learn rapidly from on-the-job training, think logically, write clearly and concisely, compile data, perform arithmetical computations, analyze statistical data, prepare reports, and maintain cooperative relations with co-workers and the public.
• Knowledge: Understanding of the goals and functions of the specific profession to which assigned, along with the ability to use computer hardware and software as needed.