Overview
Our internship program offers students a unique opportunity to experience the work of a City Council office firsthand. The program exposes students to the technical side of legislative office operations and daily activities of a Councilmember’s work. These experiences include enhancing constituent services, leveraging technology to better engage with the community, analyzing and employing voter data, and improving office automation.
Description
Among the chief roles of a Councilmember’s office is to keep the local community connected with the legislative work taking place at City Hall. This is accomplished through analysis of data, modeling data, building machine learning models and workflow automation using AI. As an intern, you will be at the intersection of politics and technology. The goal is to establish a workable and mutually beneficial relationship between the legislator and the intern.
Desired qualifications
The ideal candidate must be enrolled in an educational program upon the start of your internship and have an interest in AI, computer science and political science or a similar area of study or career path. Candidates must also be able to dedicate a minimum of nine months part-time (10 hrs/wk) or 3 months full-time (40 hrs/wk) towards this program. Interns must maintain a GPA of 3.6 or higher throughout the course of the internship.
Essential duties include:
- Proficient usage in AI/LLM tools like ChatGPT/Bard/Claude/etc.
- Python programming (knowledge of Pandas is a plus)
- Knowledge of Tableau, Looker Studio or similar data visualization tools
- Proficient in using Google Docs/Sheets
- Experience with workflow automation
- Machine learning knowledge