Planning Internships
While winter is just giving way to spring, it’s not too early to start thinking about summer. If you’re an undergrad or graduate student, what better way to spend the summer than with a paid internship?
Montgomery County’s Planning Department offers fun and insightful internships with opportunities for GIS analysis of public sites, transit station property analysis, master plan community outreach, and more! Interviews for internships occur in mid-April; candidates will be announced in mid-May.
Interns work full-time (37.5 hours) with Montgomery County Department of Planning staff in downtown, metro-accessible Silver Spring offices.
Our internships are most appropriate if you’re majoring in regional or community planning; architecture, landscape architecture or urban design; urban studies or geography; environmental planning or science; historic preservation; geographic information services; journalism; public relations or communications; or human resources.
Basic Qualifications
- Must be enrolled in a college or university at the undergraduate or graduate level
- Must have at least a 2.5 GPA (on a 4.0 scale)
- Must have at least a junior-class standing
Skill Requirements
- Strong writing skills
- Effective interpersonal skills
- Familiarity or experience with computers
- Applicable work or volunteer experience
- Leadership experience
- Self-motivation; ability to work with minimal supervision
Application Submissions
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Maryland-National Capital Park and Planning Commission (M-NCPPC) employment application (pdf)
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Transcript of your college records (an unofficial transcript is acceptable)
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A one-page personal statement describing how our internship will enhance your professional goals
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One reference letter from past supervisors and/or professors
Deadline
Applications for summer 2008 internships are accepted on a rolling basis unitil positions are filled.
Mail or email materials to:
Kathleen Wilson, Internship Coordinator
M-NCPPC, Management Services
8787 Georgia Avenue
Silver Spring, MD 20910
Kathleen.Wilson@mncppc-mc.org
