Summer Graduate Intern - Summer Graduate Intern

City of New York • New York, NY

5d • $20 - $20 • Hybrid

About The Position

The Mayor’s Office of Management and Budget (OMB) is the City government's chief financial agency. OMB's staff of analysts and experts assembles and oversees the Mayor’s expense and capital budgets, which fund the services and activities of approximately 90 City agencies and entities. Within OMB, the Policy and Operations Research Task Force is primarily responsible for analyzing fiscal and economic implications of the City’s policy initiatives and evaluating City agencies’ operations and programs, as well as conducting ad-hoc quantitative analysis. The intern will have the opportunity to contribute to new and ongoing research projects within the unit. These projects may include studies on topics such as homelessness, housing, education, public health, and/or other urban policy issues. The intern will provide research and analytical support to the unit.

Requirements

• A cover letter is required to be considered for this position. Applications submitted without a cover letter will not be considered.
• Graduate interns must be currently enrolled or accepted into a graduate program.
• Candidates should have strong analytical, quantitative, research and communication skills.
• Additionally, candidates must be proficient in MS Word and Excel
• Candidates must be currently enrolled in a graduate degree program in an accredited college, university or law school.

Nice To Haves

• Quantitative data analysis
• Experience with data cleaning and management
• Experience with statistical software (R, Stata, Python)
• Ability to interpret and communicate empirical findings clearly (written and verbal)

Responsibilities

• Organizing and cleaning datasets
• Compiling documentation
• Preparing data for analysis
• Conducting descriptive analyses of available data, including estimating relevant statistics, creating descriptive graphs and visualizations
• Assisting in the preparation of draft reports and presentations

What This Job Offers

• Career Level: Intern