Library - Research, Evaluation, and Technical Writing Internship
About The Position
The Multnomah County Office of Project Management & Evaluation (OPME) is seeking an intern who can participate in two projects: content migration and qualitative research. We are seeking a detail-orientated, communication focused person to join our team for the 2026 summer. Projects handled by this office are system-wide in scope, support or advance library strategic initiatives, and impact 600 library staff members and nearly 400,000 library cardholders. Projects require collaboration with other County work units and have budgets ranging in size up to approximately $1 million. The position is situated in the Office of Project Management and Evaluation (OPME) within the Director’s Office and reports to the OPME Manager with additional mentorship provided by OPME’s Research & Evaluation Analyst.
Requirements
- Have the ability to work independently as well as the ability to collaborate within a team environment.
- Communicate, understand, and follow written and oral instructions; ask questions if unclear.
- Be flexible, cooperative, and able to adapt and thrive in a changing environment.
- Have strong editorial skills for non technical audiences.
- Capable of managing a high volume of documents while maintaining a high standard of quality.
- Skilled at technical writing and content transformation for non technical audiences
- Some education or experience about evaluation or qualitative methods
- Ability to work and communicate effectively with people from different cultures
Responsibilities
- Translate technical library documents into revised content by using a user-centric template
- Take diverse and complex materials to create concise, synthesized edited documents
- Learn Multnomah County Library style guide and apply to written material
- Provide strong editorial skill to make the complex feel simple
- Participate in the design and possible implementation of a qualitative evaluation (35%)
- Learn about MCL culture and OPME’s research and evaluation standards and philosophies
- Collaborate with youth librarians and youth advisory teams to determine evaluation questions for a qualitative evaluation
- Learn about, and apply, participatory research methodology
- Support OPME staff in designing a youth evaluation project with valid methodologies resulting in an evaluation plan
- Seek approval on direction with OPME Manager and OPME’s Research and Evaluation Analyst
- Conduct presentations on work products to OPME team and others
- Serve as a team member for OPME wide meetings, events and trainings
- Participate in ways to support MCL’s system wide initiative include strategic plan, equity-based prioritization, and ongoing efforts
- Participate in other data, research and evaluation activities with OPME in a supporting role as needed
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What This Job Offers
Career Level
Intern
Education Level
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