Department of Civil Service

Description:

BASIC FUNCTION:
Intern will assist on a broad array of projects, both internal and external to ESD. Seeking someone interested in economic development, policymaking, and government. The candidate should have good communication and interpersonal skills. In addition, they should be receptive to feedback and open to working in a fast-paced dynamic environment, where tasks could change day-to-day. Skills in Word, Excel, and PowerPoint are preferred.

WORK PERFORMED:
An intern would have the opportunity to contribute to the team in a variety of ways; including:
* Assisting in efforts related to the tern regional offices and the Puerto Rico office
- Assist with operations manual for Originators within ROs
- Help create marketing/promotional collateral for ROs (i.e. brochures, updating content on webpages)
* Researching specific regions, industries, REDCS, etc. on an ad-hoc basis
* Drafting briefs for use by Executive Leadership
* Working on interagency initiatives and events
- Access to Capital events
- Region-wide events, driven by common mission/goal (i.e. Sustainable Dev. Conferences)
* Ad-Hoc economic development related projects.

Skills:

Basic use of Microsoft Word, Excel

Basic use of Microsoft Powerpoint

Internship Areas: Economic Development, Planning/Analysis/Research