Part-Time Public Policy Assistant Consultant (Temporary Position) - MKM Consultants, LLC

MKM Consultants is a small public policy consultancy founded to provide non-profit, government and philanthropic organizations with the assistance needed to formulate and execute economic and workforce development strategies. MKM is seeking a Public Policy Assistant Consultant to assist with our research and consulting activities. This is a part-time position of approximately 5-10 hours a week and will last through at least June of 2023. There will be an option to extend. The position can also be structured as an internship if desired. The Principal Consultant, Meghann Moses, works out of her home in Oak Park, Illinois and the Assistant Consultant will also work from home, with the possibility of the occasional in-person meetings in the Chicagoland area. 

Compensation: The position will pay $30-35 per hour, commensurate with experience.

Contact: Send letter of interest and resume to meghann@mkm-consultants.com

Summer 2024 State & City Government Relations Intern - Chicago Field Studies

Location: Chicago, IL
Type: Hybrid, Part Time
Salary: Unpaid 

Overview:
McGuireWoods Consulting is looking for a State & City Government Relations Intern in the Chicago, IL office.

Intern, State and Local Government, Chicago, Campus 2024 - Guidehouse

Location: Chicago, IL

Job Type: Full time

Job Family: Intern

Travel Required: Up to 10%

Full description and application are available here.

What You Will Do:

The Guidehouse Internship Program staffs interns on real world projects, showcases the Guidehouse culture, and provides Interns with a meaningful consulting experience. Interns work with teams and provide real-time deliverables in support of the clients. Each Intern is paired with a Buddy to serve as a resource that can assist them in navigating their Guidehouse experience.

Highlights of our Internship Program include:

• 10-week experience in the Summer of 2024 (Anticipated to start Monday, June 3rd and run until Friday, August 9th)
• Learning & Development Sessions (both E-learning & Instructor-Led)
• Performance management, including developing goals and holding Mid-Point and Final Evaluations
• Networking & Social Activities and Events
• Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) Intern Event
• Intern Speaker Series
• Staffing on active Guidehouse projects

Intern - Bronner Group

Bronner Group is a Chicago-based, woman-owned management consulting firm exclusively focused on serving the public sector. For more than three decades, Bronner has served over 500 federal, state, and local government entities, and has built this network of clients through its combination of a clear mission and a holistic approach that evaluates each client’s unique set of challenges and opportunities to develop customized solutions.

 

Bronner is seeking a rising junior or senior to join our team as an intern for the fall for around 30 hours per week, including one day from our office at 120 N. LaSalle. Interns support the whole team with research, writing, notetaking, and occasional and basic data analysis in Excel. Given our public sector focus, candidates should possess some knowledge or interest in government, politics, policy, law, and/or organizational behavior.

 

Interested candidates can send their resumes to Trevor Langan at tlangan@bronnergroup.com. They can learn more about Bronner here: https://www.bronnergroup.com/

Intern, Lightengale Group

Who: Lightengale Group is a real estate development consulting firm based in downtown Chicago. Our strong suit is the coordination of financing for multi-family rental affordable housing. We also coordinate the development process (architect, contractor, property management) for several of our clients. We mainly complete work for affordable housing developments in Illinois and Iowa. We have been in business since 1999.

What: Lightengale Group takes a team approach to completing quality work for our clients. The Intern will help support the Project Managers in a wide range of tasks in seeing affordable real estate projects through from beginning to end. We are interested in a candidate who has real estate experience, has or is taking Development Finance, has GIS skills and has a career interest in affordable housing development. We are looking for a candidate who can work up to 24 hours a week, Monday through Thursday. We can be flexible on the days and times worked. Position is offered at $20 per hour. We have many interesting projects that require flexibility, competency, and speed. The Intern will be asked to work on tasks for multiple projects, which will touch on the initial feasibility stage, predevelopment/ funding, and closing stages of our projects. 

Responsibilities:

Application Processing 

• Estimating scoring for potential projects 

• Completing all basic items for funding applications and funding-related submissions (such as maps, photos, basic research, team forms, operating and property tax comparisons, and narratives) 

• Coordinate a variety of background information, diligence and anything needed to support the completion of funding applications 

• Completing loan and grant documentation (Tax Credits, FHLB AHP, pre-development loans, DCEO, Project-Based Vouchers, Class 9) 

• Identifying and reviewing redevelopment plans for specified information; completing worksheet entering in critical information 

• Researching census/ other data and presenting results in a helpful way that improves understanding 

Project Underwriting / Due Diligence 

• Assisting Project Managers on a wide range of projects 

• Due diligence related to determining various costs for a variety of development and operations costs 

• Review architectural plans for compliance with lender requirements 

• Review GC budgets for compliance with project budgets and lender requirements 

• Reviewing and completing a variety of property management documents 

• Assistance with a variety of project tasks as needed – may include site visits, coordination of applications or other tasks on an as-needed basis 

Expectations 

• Ask questions and continuous desire to learn and improve 

• Ability to prioritize, communicate challenges, and discuss options internally 

• Utilization of LGG filing standards for all electronic files 

Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s degree 

• Either experience in real estate development, or have taken Development Finance 

• GIS experience 

• Excellent math skills 

• Very good writing skills 

• Generally, computer savvy, including MS Excel and Word 

• Successful track record of completing complex tasks on deadline 

Apply by sending a cover letter detailing how this position fits in your career plans and resume to maggy@lightengalegroup.com 

Transit Scheduling Internship - Csched (Chicago)

Who: CSched is a team of consultants with extensive knowledge in scheduling public transit, bus and rail, as well as analyzing operational data with the help of the HASTUS scheduling software (developed by GIRO Inc.). CSched provides consulting services to public transit agencies, school boards and private operators throughout the United States and Canada, with additional clients spanning the globe. CSched’s services include assisting private operators in developing bid proposals, assisting agencies in developing route timetables and driver schedules, evaluating agencies’ current scheduling practices, and helping to improve the “streetability” of schedules in daily operations. CSched also provides smaller agencies with access to HASTUS through our HASTUS by CSched service.

What: CSched-USA is looking to hire an intern for summer 2019 at our office in Chicago, IL. Under CSched’s training and guidance, duties for the intern may include:

• Assist in data entry of transit schedules in the HASTUS scheduling software 
• Use HASTUS software to generate reports and data exports 
• Assist CSched staff in data analysis related to running time, cost efficiency, service quality, or other metrics as needed on a project-by-project basis 
• Developing analytical tools using Microsoft Excel 
• The intern will be working in a small office environment, typically with one or two other CSched staff.