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KIP Spring 2027 Data Analysis Intern Open The Books

Stand Together

Job Location:

Florida City, FL - USA

Weekly Salary: USD 5500 - 5500

Posted: 24 October 2026 (15 hours ago)

Application Deadline: 21 January 2027

Vacancies: 1 Vacancy

Job Summary

The Koch Internship Program(KIP) is a paid experiential learning program run by Stand Together Fellowships that offers professional development leadership training and meaningful work experience at non-profits tackling some of our nations most pressing policy challenges all over the United States. Early-career professionals including undergraduate/graduate/law students and recent graduates are encouraged to apply. Eligible candidates will be geographically located in and authorized to work in the United States through the duration of the program. Successful candidates will interview with both our non-profit partner organizations and Stand Together Fellowships staff so we strongly encourage you to begin theadmissions process early!

About Open the Books

Open the Books is a project of American Transparency a 501(c)(3) dedicated to educating the public on waste fraud and abuse and fighting for real-time spending transparency. We believe transparency building block of representative government that makes all our other freedoms possible.

We operate the largest private database of public spending in history: 10 billion points of data that includes all federal salaries line-by-line federal spending all 50 state checkbooks millions of state-level salaries and pension funds and spending across more than 17000 municipalities.

We wont stop until weve captured every dime and put it online in a close to real-time as possible. The database is open to journalists researchers activists public officials and most importantly every American taxpayer.

About the role

The Data Analysis Intern will help brainstorm and develop creative research projects that leverage Open the Books proprietary database to tell unique stories about government waste. Leveraging the nations largest repository of public spending a successful candidate will be excited to consider data comparisons that can move the needle on the conversation about wasteful spending at every level of government (federal state and local).

Candidates with an interest in quantitative research and those who follow the news cycle closely will be a fit with our team of watchdog journalists!

This is a full-time fully remote role.

Responsibilities

Work with Deputy Policy Director to understand the depth and breadth of available datasets
Work with the Deputy Policy Director and analyze the relevant datasets to draw interesting conclusions
Brainstorm and pitch comparative analyses that can offer taxpayers new insights about the efficacy of public spending

Qualifications

Willing to proactively report progress and pitch ideas in a remote work environment
Proficient with Microsoft Excel with an interest in further training on data analytics tools.
- Experience with visualization tools like Tableau PowerBI or comparable tools is a plus.
Enthusiastic about using data to tell surprising counterintuitive stories about public policy outcomes
Aligned with our vision to hold government accountable for its use of tax dollars and steer public spending back toward founding principles

$7500 - $7500 a year

Stand Together Fellowships pays participants a stipend of either $7500 for full-time participants working approximately 32 hours per week at the partner organization or $5500 for part-time participants working approximately 24 hours per week at the partner organization. Attending the entirety of the online and on-site KIP programming is required for both full and part-time participants.

Stand Together Fellowships believes that diversity in experiences perspectives knowledge and ideas fuels creativity broadens knowledge and helps drive success. Our admissions office treats all program participantsand applicantswith honesty dignity respectand welcome all qualified applicants regardless ofcolorracereligionreligious creedsexgenderor gender identitygender expressionsexual orientation national origin citizenship ethnicity ancestry age physical disability mental disability medical condition pregnancy(including medical needs which may arise from pregnancy childbirth or related medical conditions)military andveteran statusgenetic informationmaritalor familialstatus political affiliationor any other legallyrecognized protected basis under federal state or local laws regulations or ordinances.

We may use artificial intelligence (AI) tools to support parts of the hiring process such as reviewing applications analyzing resumes or assessing responses and identifying potential inconsistencies or verification signals in application materials based on available information. These tools assist our recruitment team but do not replace human judgment. Final hiring decisions are ultimately made by humans. If you would like more information about how your data is processed please contact us.

Required Experience:

Intern

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