Internship Descriptions:
COMMUNICATIONS & EVENTS
Responsibilities to include providing support to the Communications staff, helping with special event planning and implementation of events, assisting with media relations, engaging with external agencies and community members, and performing other miscellaneous tasks as assigned.
Qualifications:
The ideal candidate will have solid writing, communications, and interpersonal skills; be creative, motivated, and willing to come up with new ideas; proficiency in social media; detail oriented and able to manage time well; good organizational and planning skills; ability to work collaboratively as well as independently; understanding/willingness to learn of Staten Island’s history and political landscape. The position is ideal for students pursuing a degree in communications, public relations, or journalism.
Qualifications:
The ideal candidate will have solid writing, communications, and interpersonal skills; be creative, motivated, and willing to come up with new ideas; proficiency in social media; detail oriented and able to manage time well; good organizational and planning skills; ability to work collaboratively as well as independently; understanding/willingness to learn of Staten Island’s history and political landscape. The position is ideal for students pursuing a degree in communications, public relations, or journalism.
TOURISM & CULTURAL AFFAIRS
Responsibilities to include providing support to the staff; researching items to add to our website; engaging with external agencies and community members; managing the VISIT Staten Island social media accounts; working at our tourism kiosk in the Staten Island Ferry terminal, assisting tourists to find items of interest; and performing other miscellaneous tasks as assigned to support the office’s mission of making tourism a major economic driver on the island. This position is ideal for students pursuing a degree in communications, hospitality, the arts, or public relations.
ACCOUNTING
Seeking a hard working individual who is detail oriented and interested in finance and accounting for an exciting opportunity with our team. Hours are flexible (between Monday and Friday, 9 am to 5 pm) with a minimum 3 days per week, and may require a few late days depending on project deadlines.
Position Description:
Intern for the Fiscal Department; Responsibilities to include maintaining and updating various accounting databases; working within New York City’s Financial Management System to accurately and efficiently process payments; assisting in the procurement process; reconciling bank accounts; proofreading payments and vouchers for accuracy; communicating with vendors; and performing other miscellaneous tasks as assigned.
Qualifications:
The ideal candidate will have strong attention to detail; be motivated and willing to meet and balance various deadlines; have skills working with Microsoft Excel and Access, experience with Quickbooks is a plus; be able to learn quickly in a challenging environment; have good organizational skills; have the ability to work collaboratively as well as independently; have good communication skills. The position is ideal for students pursuing a degree in finance or accounting.
Position Description:
Intern for the Fiscal Department; Responsibilities to include maintaining and updating various accounting databases; working within New York City’s Financial Management System to accurately and efficiently process payments; assisting in the procurement process; reconciling bank accounts; proofreading payments and vouchers for accuracy; communicating with vendors; and performing other miscellaneous tasks as assigned.
Qualifications:
The ideal candidate will have strong attention to detail; be motivated and willing to meet and balance various deadlines; have skills working with Microsoft Excel and Access, experience with Quickbooks is a plus; be able to learn quickly in a challenging environment; have good organizational skills; have the ability to work collaboratively as well as independently; have good communication skills. The position is ideal for students pursuing a degree in finance or accounting.
EDUCATION DEPARTMENT
Seeking a creative individual who is detail oriented and interested in local government for an exciting opportunity with our team. Hours are flexible (Tuesday, Wednesday & Thursday, 9 am to 5 pm) but might require to attend school visits and offsite meeting which will be scheduled in advance.
Qualifications:
The ideal individual will have solid writing, communications, and interpersonal skills; a self-starter, have the ability to apply and synthesize information into an action plan, possess some familiarity with public and/or parochial school environments.
Internship Description:
The ideal individual will assist our Director of Education by performing the following duties:
-Accompany the Director of Education on school visits
-Routine follow up calls to schools as needed
-Review constituent calls and return with resolution
-Prepare excel schedule, distribution lists, etc.
Qualifications:
The ideal individual will have solid writing, communications, and interpersonal skills; a self-starter, have the ability to apply and synthesize information into an action plan, possess some familiarity with public and/or parochial school environments.
Internship Description:
The ideal individual will assist our Director of Education by performing the following duties:
-Accompany the Director of Education on school visits
-Routine follow up calls to schools as needed
-Review constituent calls and return with resolution
-Prepare excel schedule, distribution lists, etc.
POLICY DEPARTMENT
The Policy Office has a variety of initiatives already under way and is always looking to develop new ideas. The Policy Office is seeking individuals to help execute current initiatives and to help devise and implement novel ideas. You will be afforded a chance to learn how to communicate economic research to a policymaking audience and will gain real-world experience in dealing with the challenges facing the implementation of economic research.
Qualifications:
We are looking for graduate-level candidates in economics, statistics, political science, public administration, and in other relevant disciplines. An ideal data intern would have a strong quantitative background in fields related to economics or statistics. The candidate should have some familiarity with modern literature relevant to local government (i.e. research on topics like urbanization, health, education, crime, and local labor markets) and with relevant datasets that can be applied to local policy problems.
Qualifications:
We are looking for graduate-level candidates in economics, statistics, political science, public administration, and in other relevant disciplines. An ideal data intern would have a strong quantitative background in fields related to economics or statistics. The candidate should have some familiarity with modern literature relevant to local government (i.e. research on topics like urbanization, health, education, crime, and local labor markets) and with relevant datasets that can be applied to local policy problems.
