Student Intern - Summer 2025 (Paid)

The City of Roanoke's Internship Program is designed to offer college students, recent college graduates, or advanced degree candidates opportunities to utilize academic knowledge and skills in a practical manner within various public service professions. Degree seeking and recent college graduate candidates can expect to gain work experience in support of professional or technical staff of the department/agency to which they are assigned.  These positions are intended for educational and training purposes that benefit the employee as well as the City. A detailed scope of work and pertinent assignments will be established that is closely linked to the intern's field of study. Work is performed under general or immediate supervision reasonable to assignments.

All internships are paid and can be completed for either credit or experiential learning. Internships for experiential learning (typically internship for summer break) will be limited to a maximum of 32 hours per week.

Internships for credit may exceed 20 hours a week, not to exceed 40 hours per week.

ESSENTIAL JOB FUNCTIONS

• Specific tasks and work products are outlined as conditions of the internship, as assigned by the department or agency.
• Evaluation of job activities and corresponding academic relationships are provided by the department.

REQUIREMENTS

Education:

Interns with the City of Roanoke must meet one of the following criteria:

• Student in final semester or equivalent of an Associate's degree program with plan to pursue a Bachelor's degree
• Recent Associates Degree graduate with plans to pursue a Bachelor's Degree
• Rising Junior of Bachelors program
• Rising Senior of a Bachelors program
• Recent Bachelor's Degree Student
• Graduate Student

 Knowledge, Skills and Abilities:   

• Ability to establish and maintain effective working relationships with others
• Ability to apply coursework to City of Roanoke programs or projects
• Ability to communicate orally and in writing to a variety of audiences
• Ability to organize a variety of assignments simultaneously to meet deadlines
• A working knowledge of computer applications such as Microsoft Word, Excel, and PowerPoint

Additional Requirements:           

• Appointment is subject to passing a complete criminal history background check and drug screen. May be subject to DMV driving record review, as required by amount of work-related driving specified by support responsibilities.