The Student Internship Program provides opportunities for Undergraduate and/or Graduate students, who are enrolled on a full time or halftime basis in an academic field of study. These internships are intended to provide students an opportunity to perform a variety of professional and technical duties to increase, develop, and apply knowledge of generally accepted principles, concepts, and practices of the occupation relevant to the area of study the trainee’s enrolled educational program.

Duties

The trainee will perform a variety of professional and technical duties designed to increasingly develop and apply knowledge of generally accepted principles, concepts, and practices of the occupation relevant to the area of study of the trainee’s enrolled educational program.

Based on the area of enrolled field of study, the trainee may be placed in one of the program offices indicated below with a focus on the following occupational fields:

• Business and Industry: Receives training and experience on management of routine technical and administrative tasks to carry contracting, procurement, purchasing, property management, financial analysis functions, training, and office programming. Gains knowledge in preparing and developing reports and documents necessary to meet these requirements. Develops understanding of work involved in procurement of supplies and services, methods used in contracting and knowledge of business and industry practices, training, and programming.
• Communication, Policy Review and Development: Receives experience and training to develop knowledge and skill in conducting technical and administrative functions related to communications, marketing, and outreach. Duties may include writing press releases, drafting stories for newsletters, reports for Congress, Congressional relations, assembling press kits, researching policy, media coverage, compiling information and reports, draft correspondence and provide administrative support for events, communication campaigns, international objectives, and activities.
• Financial Management, Accounting and Budget: Receives training and experience in a variety of professional financial and accounting duties designed to enable and increasingly develop and apply knowledge of generally accepted principles, concepts, and practices. Duties support fiscal and accounting program management, systems, and reports.
• General Administrative and Office Services: Receives training and experience in administrative management operations to gain knowledge of procedures and techniques involved in carrying out the functions of an administrative management program. The trainee will perform clerical and administrative tasks to support filing systems and automation support necessary for general office management/support, procurement of goods and services and maintain the flow of records, reports, and information. The trainee may perform analytical work under guidance to identify resource requirements and develop reports.
• Human Resources: Receives training in the principles, concepts, work processes, and regulations of one or more functional areas of Human Resources Management. The training is designated to provide a career-oriented introduction to the background, concepts, and scope of the Human Resources (HR) program and a practical understanding of the policies of the organization. Work assignments are designed to provide experience in a variety of human resources activities.

Read more about Peace Corps Internship Program (Spring 2025) at https://www.usajobs.gov/GetJob/ViewDetails/802372900