Multiple positions - Minnesota Department of Transportation

Who: Minnesota Department of Transportation

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Internship - Cook County Assessor's Office

Who: Cook County's Assessor's Office

What: Initiative to improve data management and analyses. The Cook County Assessor’s office are prepared to have the interns start in early to mid-January.

1. Number of intern vacancies: up to 2 from UIC

2. Duration: Winter session: January 2020 – March 2020

3. Compensation: $15/hour

4. Number of hours: up to 20 hours per week (as agreed to with their supervisor, the Chief Data Officer)

5. Location: CCAO main office (118 N. Clark Street, Suite 320)

Qualifications for the job appear below.

Minimum Qualifications

• Graduation from an accredited college or university with a bachelor's degree in economics, public policy, public administration, computer science, mathematics, or related field,
• Graduate student in good academic standing, enrolled in an accredited college or university offering a graduate degree program, and
• A minimum grade point average of 2.5 on a 4.0 grading scale or 3.0 on a 5.0 grading scale (or equivalent GPA on an equivalent grading scale).

Preferred Qualifications

• A minimum GPA of 3.0 or above (on a 4.0 grading scale) or a 3.5 or above (on a 5.0 grading scale), or equivalent GPA on an equivalent grading scale.
• Excellent problem solving skills.
• The ability to work in a collaborative environment with a diverse set of teammates. · Willingness to learn to use Git and GitHub.
• Willingness to learn to use R to analyze data.
• Willingness to learn to use R Markdown to produce reports.
• Willingness to learn to use relational databases and SQL queries.
• Willingness to learn to use object-oriented programming languages.
• Willingness to learn to use geospatial mapping and information systems.

If you have an interest in this position:

A. Send an email to me, shar@uic.edu, including a resume and short cover letter letting me know of your qualifications.

B. Application deadline is Monday, December 2, 2019.

Stormwater Management Internship - Metropolitan Water Reclamation District of Chicago

Who: MWRD, Engineering Department

What: The Metropolitan Water Reclamation District of Greater Chicago is in search of a current college student seeking an internship opportunity in the Engineering Department. While working under the direction of an Associate Civil Engineer to train in Geographical Information Systems (GIS) software to catalog and process stormwater data management project data on file. The intern will also assist in with the preparation of maps and performing GIS analyses for our stormwater management programs. The intern will also assist with the District’s Stormwater Master Planning effort, working with engineering staff to understand the MWRD’s role in solving flooding issues. The intern will also assist in preparing grant/funding applications for stormwater projects located in economically challenged areas in Cook County. By the conclusion of this internship, the prospective intern should be able to articulate how the stormwater management contributes to the evolving efforts of the District as we strive to meet the needs of our vast service community.
This is a paid internship at $13/hour.

Qualifications:

Transportation/GIS Internship - IDOT & DAMA Consultants (Schaumburg)

Who: Engineering, GIS, and Subconsultant for the Illinois Department of Transportation in Schaumburg, Illinois and DAMA Consultants, LLC

What: The intern will be assisting with work on IDOT’s data management of their traffic count database and roadways projects. The intern would be managing and working with the sub-consultant team (DAMA) at the IDOT headquarters to work on ArcGIS maps, coordinate the usage of traffic count data and maintain the data itself, and arrange the data once it is collected into ArcGIS, Excel, and other formats.

Internship - Community Development and Policy Studies at the Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago (closes Oct. 1)

Who: Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago Community Development and Policy Studies Division. CDPS recognizes and works to address many challenges in the community development field. Current priority areas include affordable housing policy, access to credit for small businesses, rural development, and funding for community and economic development in lower-income communities in a limited-resource environment.

CDPS has adopted the tagline ‘research, convene, connect’ to express our core functions succinctly. We research and conduct outreach to gain insight on key issues hindering access to credit and economic opportunity; convene diverse community development and policy stakeholders to share information and coordinate solutions; and connect financial institutions and other intermediaries with places in need to foster effective interventions

What: The Community Development and Policy Studies Division of the Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago seeks a project assistant/intern for fall 2018. This is a 10-20 hour/week position for students currently in one of the fields described below.

This is a paid position, located at the Chicago Fed’s offices in downtown Chicago. The Community Development and Policy Studies (CDPS) division is part of the Economic Research department of the Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago. CDPS works to improve the socioeconomic prospects of low- and moderateincome (LMI) people in part by working with community leaders to bring development and reinvestment opportunities to underserved communities.

The project assistant/intern will conduct statistical and economic analyses of current macroeconomic, microeconomic, financial and regional data, and provide research support for the economists. The level of work required is considered entry- level and would work under direct supervision. This job has no direct reports.

Duties and Responsibilities include:

Graduate Research Assistant - UIC Library - Special Collections and University Archives

Who: UIC Library, Special Collections and University Archives Department

What: Fall 2018, 50% Graduate assistantship. The Graduate Research Assistant assists in researching, processing, describing, preserving and ensuring access for personal papers, organizational records, and photographic collections in the Special Collections Department. Responsibilities include:

• Assist in the arrangement and description of archival collections for the Special Collections Department. Describing collections requires research, organizational, and writing skills. 
• Maintain collection data in the department’s content management system. 
• Create metadata for digitization projects. 
• Assist in implementing educational and promotional events and programs, and other activities related to the organization and preservation of the department’s manuscript collections. 
• May have the opportunity to contribute to the exhibition program through research, writing and design of interpretive digital and physical exhibits. 
• May contribute to writing grant proposals. 
• Folder labeling, archival rehousing as necessary, and other clerical tasks as assigned.