Graduate Intern, Talent Management/Administration - R&S

About the Team

The Administration team (Admin) within Research & Statistics generally provides guidance and support to staff and management within the areas of human resources, training and development, budget, compensation, recruitment, and outreach. The team is seeking to hire a graduate intern interested in human resources, more specifically recruiting, outreach, and learning and development. This internship is designed to be both educational and practical, ideal for HR, management, organizational development and leadership, or related degree seekers.

About the Role

The intern will partner with the team in the areas of onboarding, internal training and development, outreach & recruiting, and engagement. In addition, there is the opportunity to support communications, budgeting and forecasting, contracting, compensation, and space management.

Examples of possible projects include:

• Event Execution: Coordinate logistics for onboarding and learning sessions, assist with externally facing informational sessions through task management, scheduling, post-event surveys, and correspondence for over 20 events.
• Collect and analyze data: support the evaluation and measurement of programs using Qualtrics and Forms. Conduct analysis of various types of survey responses to enhance and drive organizational change. 
• Program support: research and recommend new program initiatives, evaluate procedures and recommend changes and participate in development of new guidelines.
• Training and Development: contribute to development of engaging and creative content and methods of delivery.
  • Additional Organizational Development (OD) projects: Assist in preparation for staff and management training and programming, collaborate with other interns in executing internally facing learning sessions, support with externally facing materials and events as needed.

Qualifications/Skills

• Ability to work on-site 2-3 days a week in our offices in downtown Washington, D.C.
• Currently enrolled in a graduate degree program in a field related to Organizational Development, Industrial/Organizational Psychology, Organizational Behavior, Management, Finance, Human Resources or Business.
  • Graduating fall 2025 or later
• Some experience with developing and delivering training content
• Some experience with survey tools, such as Qualtrics or Microsoft Forms 
• Effective communication skills (written and verbal)
• Action oriented
• Ability to adapt and continuously learn 
• Comfortable collaborating and working across functions or teams