SUMMER COLLEGE INTERN Intergovernmental Relations

TASK FORCE: Intergovernmental Relations

UNIT: Intergovernmental Relations

JOB TITLE: One (1) Summer Intern

CONTROL CODE: IGR Intern-26-01


SUMMARY:

The Mayors Office of Management and Budget (OMB) is the City governments chief financial agency. OMBs staff of analysts and experts assembles and oversees the Mayors expense and capital budgets which fund the services and activities of approximately 90 City agencies and entities.

The Intergovernmental Relations Task Force tracks citywide policy across the federal state and city levels coordinates during the city budgeting process and interfaces with other city agencies mayoral offices and key stakeholders on the administrations priorities. The graduate intern will work on numerous projects to support the Intergovernmental Relations Unit with a focus on city and state activities organization and automation of processes and preparation for the upcoming state and city legislative and budget cycles.

JOB DESCRIPTION:

Part of the role of the Intergovernmental Relations Unit is to proactively assess and address the thousands of policies that are introduced into the City Council and State Legislative Houses. This often happens on a quick timeline and requires complex multi-stakeholder engagement. This includes overseeing legislative hearings analyzing and summarizing policy proposals and developing written materials on the citys fiscal drivers impacts and outlook in conjunction with other teams at OMB. Furthermore the Unit is responsible for coordinating on the citys budget cycle which includes the publication of four released budget plans per year and implicates the spending and revenues the city needs to serve New Yorkers.
The intern will work on strategic projects across focus areas and agencies. The project will include independent work to automate and standardize processes related to bill tracking hearing summarization template building and policy assessment. They will assist with the development and optimization of multiple trackers for policy developments and elected responses to inform budget and management operations as they relate to legislative issues as administrative priorities are progressed.
The intern may also conduct one-off research projects on specific legislative budget and policy issues. The intern may be asked to work on multiple projects at once and has the opportunity to creatively identify areas of work and in-depth research that would benefit the Units rapid and high-quality response to emerging issues.

QUALIFICATIONS:

-Strong research background and written skills
-Experience with Adobe Suite and Microsoft Office
-Experience and skills wrangling data using API creating coded automated processes (Python preferred) developing automated templates
-Legislative/policy familiarity and experience preferred
-Problem solving and creativity demonstrated ability to work on open-ended questions and problems
-Team work and collaboration comfort asking questions contributing to the group environment & incorporating feedback
-General understanding of policy and legislation
-Understanding of municipal budgets a plus
-Professionalism and ability to represent the agency in-person virtually and in writing with integrity and respect
-We are looking for a passionate candidate who wants to learn and contribute to NYCs policy and budgeting work

REQUIREMENTS:

A cover letter is required to be considered for this position. Applications submitted without a cover letter will not be considered.

Undergraduate interns must be currently enrolled or accepted into an accredited college or university. Strong analytical research and communications skills are required. Candidates must have familiarity in MS Word and Excel

To participate in the OMB Summer Internship Program undergraduate students must be enrolled or accepted into a college or university.

Compensation/Duration:

Summer Undergraduate Intern$17.50 per hour

Internships will run for 10 weeks from June 1 2026 to August 7 2026. The work must be done during the regular workday 9:30 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. no evenings or weekends.


THE OFFICE OF MANAGEMENT AND BUDGET AND THE CITY OF NEW YORK ARE INCLUSIVE EQUAL OPPORTUNITY EMPLOYERS COMMITTED TO RECRUITING AND RETAINING A DIVERSE WORKFORCE AND PROVIDING A WORK ENVIRONMENT THAT IS FREE FROM DISCRIMINATION AND HARASSMENT BASED UPON ANY LEGALLY PROTECTED STATUS OR PROTECTED CHARACTERISTIC INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO AN INDIVIDUALS SEX RACE COLOR ETHNICITY NATIONAL ORIGIN AGE RELIGION DISABILITY SEXUAL ORIENTATION VETERAN STATUS GENDER IDENTITY OR PREGNANCY.

SUMMER COLLEGE INTERN - 10234

Qualifications :

As of June of the Program year the prospective intern must be a student matriculated in a college or be a recent college graduate (winter/spring term of the Program year).
NOTE: Appointment to this title is only valid for the duration of the Program June - August each year.

Additional Information :

The City of New York is an inclusive equal opportunity employer committed to recruiting and retaining a diverse workforce and providing a work environment that is free from discrimination and harassment based upon any legally protected status or protected characteristic including but not limited to an individuals sex race color ethnicity national origin age religion disability sexual orientation veteran status gender identity or pregnancy.

Remote Work :

No

Employment Type :

Full-time