Summer 2027 NCIS Honors Internship

Ready to take your education out of the classroom and onto the front lines of law enforcement and global security? The NCIS Honors Internship Program is officially accepting applications for Summer 2027.

This highly competitive, paid opportunity is your gateway to hands-on, real-world experience. For a minimum of 10 weeks, you will be fully immersed in unique missions alongside elite NCIS personnel, gaining the critical skills, knowledge, and professional development needed to launch a meaningful career.

• Real-World Mission Impact: Work directly on active cases and projects in critical areas such as Law Enforcement, National Security, Intelligence, and Cyber Security.
• Tailored Placement: NCIS welcomes all academic backgrounds. We work  to match your unique studies, experiences, and interests with our operational needs.
• Nationwide Opportunities: Internships are available at domestic NCIS field offices.

Required application documents can be found at our website: www.ncis.navy.mil/careers/internships 

I. INTRODUCTION
Within the Department of the Navy (DON), the Naval Criminal Investigative Service (NCIS) is the civilian Federal law enforcement agency uniquely responsible for investigating felony crime, preventing terrorism, and protecting secrets for the Navy and Marine Corps. NCIS defeats threats from across the foreign intelligence, terrorist, and criminal spectrum by conducting operations and investigations ashore, afloat, and in cyberspace, to protect and preserve the superiority of the DON warfighter. NCIS relies on a highly skilled and agile professional workforce to navigate a rapidly evolving threat landscape. Each of our positions— from Special
Agents to intelligence analysts to human resources and beyond—plays a critical role in executing the NCIS Mission. The incumbent of the position herein described performs administrative and management support functions and participates in program/unit-specific projects/activities to provide support
to NCIS. Assignments are intended to provide in-depth knowledge of the functions, operations, and work processes of one or more NCIS functions and programs as well as opportunities to apply one’s academic knowledge/skills to them – at least 60 semesters hours in a collegiate degree program that is below a PhD are required. 
II. MAJOR DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES
The incumbent performs developmental assignments that build on academic training at the collegiate level and help the incumbent learn the substantive work of one’s field(s) of endeavor and sharpen one’s knowledge and skills while providing productive support to NCIS.. The incumbent performs administrative and management support functions and participates in projects and activities of NCIS. The incumbent works individually, or as a team member; performs productive assignments of moderate difficulty in contributing to the substantive work of the functional area supported. Work assignments are intended to permit the knowledge/skills acquired through education/training to be applied to specific NCIS work situations. The incumbent: Provides Program/Functional Support (90%)
Performs many different kinds and combinations of support work in assigned program(s) at the assigned organizational level within the assigned NCIS directorate/field office. Performs the tasks needed to complete program analysis/administration-management projects and processes across diverse subjects/phases/issues. Examples:
Solidifies knowledge of the missions, functions and governing regulations-policies procedures of assigned unit and program area(s) and builds skills in program analysis support pertinent to the assignment.
Enters, searches for, edits/corrects, extracts and, as authorized, modifies and otherwise manipulates data and other information in various databases to produce charts and graphs or monitor project or program status.
Makes and verifies calculations including baseline statistical data.
Compiles and distributes reports (created by others) for review and comment. May update, modify or prepare basic, factual reports using information from various databases.
Maintains, compiles records of, or creates, organizational or programmatic workflow charts, staffing levels and other mission/function-related information using office suite software.
May use specialized graphics software.
Reviews performance and management indicator reports, suggestions for program improvements, and other similar management and program analysis documents for appropriate format, distribution, and inclusion of required information.
Prepares charts, graphs, and narrative information for program analysis reports from material provided by higher level employees.
Researches legal and regulatory material to obtain factual information and/or interpretation for use by supervisor or staff members.
Within the assigned basic project/program scope, assists in planning and organizing actions necessary to accomplish short- and mid-term program goals. Assists in the initiation of appropriate required actions such as requisitions, requests and reports.
Works closely with the supervisor and other staff members to develop and solve problems/issues; makes recommendations.
Assists the supervisor or staff member in the preparation and presentation of information for program and project matters. Calculates and compiles baseline statistical data (such as measures of central tendency and dispersion), and may compile higher-level statistics, to provide input for reports. May review narratives, charts and graphs before submission to detect/correct/improve spelling-punctuation-grammar-clarity-conciseness-etc., and correct
obvious factual errors. 

Assists the supervisor or staff members in conducting program functions. At the supervisor’s direction and with assistance from staff member(s), develops and coordinates a variety of basic/routine reports, staff actions, correspondence, program briefings and other related
actions.
As assigned, prepares and maintains statistical data to provide input for reports. Independently collects, compiles, consolidates and edits report submission.
As assigned, attends meetings and conferences to observe proceedings.
 

Other (10%)
Peruses programmatic/functional documents and conducts research to ensure substantive knowledge of program and unit responsibilities/requirements.
Uses modern office suite software, enterprise system software and special software to perform day-to-day business functions, run reports, research-analyze-plan and perform other program based and general administrative tasks.