UIC CUPPA Student Opportunities Blog
Title: Lincoln Square Neighborhood Improvement Program Neighborhood Improvement Internship
This internship is ideal for urban planning, geography, or public policy students interested in gaining hands-on experience in placemaking, corridor planning, and community engagement within a real-world municipal and nonprofit setting.
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
Start Early (formerly known as the Ounce) is an energized, future-focused organization devoted to ensuring that all children and families get the services and supports they need to succeed in school and life, with a focus on those who face the greatest barriers.
Our desire to close the opportunity gap and build more equitable early learning experiences for our youngest learners guides everything we do. As a leader in early learning and care, we scale our deep expertise across program, policy and research through partnerships across the country.
We are recruiting individuals who want to join us in this mission and share a commitment to our core values of appreciation & respect, empowerment, diversity, excellence, learning and communication.
Become part of our rewarding, mission-driven culture! We want our employees to feel empowered, motivated, energized, and passionate about the work they do.
To advance Start Early’s comprehensive policy agenda in Illinois, the intern will support the Illinois Policy Team’s systems building strategies, which include administrative advocacy, legislative advocacy, coalition and partnership-building, thought partnership, leadership and consultation, and outreach and engagement.
Full description and application are available here.
Program Background
The Montgomery County Council’s paid ten-week Summer Fellows Program is a unique opportunity that enables graduate students to gain real world local government experience across multiple fields. Summer 2024 will be our eight consecutive year hosting the program. We welcome students in policy-related graduate programs (policy, public administration, planning, public health, law, etc.) who will have completed their first year of study by summer 2024 to apply. Individuals who will have graduated by summer 2024 are not eligible for this program, but please check out our Year Long Fellows Program for recent graduates.
Full description and link to the Stage 1 application are available here.
The CUE team is delighted to announce that applications are now open for the 2024 CUE Fellowship! Now in its sixth year, we’re looking for the next cohort of racial justice leaders ready to tackle the most pressing equity issues in Chicago.
The CUE Fellowship is a year-long program designed to bring together 15-20 leaders across civic sectors to strengthen their racial equity practice. This community of change agents will learn new frameworks, policy tools and civic change strategies to apply to their very own Racial Equity Projects.
We encourage Fellows to bring their hearts, minds, and bodies into this work. Our diverse perspectives allow the CUE community to analyze policy issues from all angles and develop strategies to address and alleviate harm to those most impacted. It’s this process, building relationships and taking meaningful action, that makes the CUE Fellowship curriculum so effective.
Location: Sacramento, CA
Application Deadline: November 6th, 2023
Interns apply the analytical techniques learned in their graduate programs to a practical issue facing the State of California.
Online description is available here.
Number of Positions: 20
The Mayor’s Office Fellowship Program is
the premier opportunity for bright, motivated, and civic-minded graduate
students from all disciplines to apply their coursework to the greatest
municipal laboratory in the world: the City of Chicago. Fellows serve the people
of Chicago by supporting policy, legislative, data, communications, and public
engagement initiatives within city government. By working hand-in-hand with
senior staff in the Office of the Mayor and leaders from various departments
and sister agencies throughout the city, Fellows deliver recommendations and
implement programs that improve the lives of Chicago’s 2.7 million residents.
Find out more and apply here. Search "fellow" in the keyword field.
The National Recruitment Center is hosting virtual information sessions throughout September and October. Sign up is through eventbrite.
The open window to apply for these jobs will be:
Internship Title: Community Impact Internship (Policy and Neighborhood Investment Track)
Description: This is a yearlong internship in which a student will be closely integrated within our two Community Impact strategies of Advocating for Policy Change and Catalyzing Neighborhood Investment.
Find out more and Apply Here
The Government Finance Research Center (GFRC) at the University of Illinois Chicago is seeking two graduate students for a limited, part-time hourly position to work with Results for America on data collection and detailed reporting on investments by 50 target jurisdictions to promote racial equity and accelerate equitable economic mobility across America.
Hours Per Week: 30 hours/week
Duration: approximately 4 weeks
Rate of Pay: $30.12
Please note this position is pending final contract approval and not eligible for tuition and/or fee waivers.
