Mayoral Internship Overview

The Mayoral Internship (formerly known as the Mayoral Fellowship) is a 10-week, paid, full-time summer internship that provides current students and recent graduates with an opportunity to work directly with city agencies on projects that are social-impact focused. With priority to college juniors and seniors, the primary goal of the internship is to offer young professionals interested in public service a chance to expand their networks and gain exposure to careers in local government. In addition to the role placement, interns participate in an in-person cohort experience with weekly programming, speaker series, community building experiences, and end of internship presentations. Interns are paid $5,500 stipends. Eligible candidates must be available to work for the full internship from Monday, June 13-Friday, August 19. All positions will require at least some in-person activities.

MON Background

The Mayor’s Office of Neighborhoods (MON) leads community engagement and outreach for the Mayor’s Office.

MON is responsible for responding to constituent issues from across the city and working to ensure the responsiveness of city government. The ideal candidate will be resourceful, motivated, creative, comfortable with taking initiative, hard-working, and detail oriented. The type of work performed by the Mayor’s Office of Neighborhoods involves maintaining a sense of urgency and responsiveness.

The Intern will report to the Director and will assist with a variety of tasks across the office to obtain a holistic experience. Duties will be split between high-level administrative tasks and serving as a Junior Neighborhood Liaison. Administrative tasks will include preparing correspondence, compiling data from community outreach activities, tracking the flow of documents and tasks, and other special projects.

The Junior Neighborhood Liaison role consists of attending community association meetings, participating in the Mayor’s community events, and responding to constituent concerns. As team meetings are led by Director, the intern will assist with gathering feedback from team members and learn about various policies and programs implemented to best serve city residents.
Intern will assist with organizing community town halls for Mayor Scott to interact with residents.

Successful candidates must:

• Provide support to Director

• Maintain professional standards of conduct and work performance

• Be self-motivated

• Be willing to learn and be committed to the role

• Have sharp attention to detail

Skills

• MS Office 365

• Proficiency with Excel

• Comfortable with manipulating databases

MON Placement

This is a hybrid position, which means some work will be completed in-person and remotely. All interns will be required to attend in-person Mayoral Internship cohort programming on a weekly basis and as needed.