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The U.S. Department of State Paid Student Internship Program offers U.S. citizen students a chance to participate in the formulation and implementation of U.S. foreign policy.
Learn more about this agency09/30/2024 to 10/04/2024
$19.33 - $19.33 per hour
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Not required
Yes—The program covers reasonable travel expenses to and from the internship.
Internships - Interns are required to serve 10-consecutive weeks during the Summer 2025 cycle. Interns are required to work 40-hours per week to successfully complete the internship during normal business hours.
Full-time - This announcement is for full-time, paid internships for Summer 2025 May 18, 2025 to September 19, 2025 (Entry of duty date contingent upon security clearance)
Excepted
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INT-2024-0004
811584200
U.S. Citizens, Nationals or those who owe allegiance to the U.S.
Current students enrolled in accredited educational institutions from high school to graduate level. Includes internships, pathways and other student programs.
U.S. citizen undergrad and graduate students with a strong interest in the U.S. Department of State. You must have a valid Social Security Number (SSN) at time of submitting this application. All applicants must be returning to an academic program upon conclusion of their internship to be eligible.
The U.S. Department of State aims to provide student interns with opportunities both educationally and professionally substantive in nature. The purpose of the program is to provide students with insight into the work of U.S. foreign policy and the administration of the U.S. Department of State. Specific duties and responsibilities vary according to the domestic office. Generally, interns may: participate in meetings with senior-level U.S. Government or foreign government officials; draft, edit, and/or contribute to cables, reports, communications, talking points, and/or other materials used by policymakers in furthering U.S. foreign policy objectives; support events, including international and/or multilateral meetings and conferences; engage directly with U.S. audiences in helping to explain the work of the U.S. Department of State or foreign audiences in helping to promote U.S. foreign policy and improve understanding of U.S. culture and society.
Student interns may be required to do some routine administrative work.
To qualify you must:
Please see the "Requirements" section for a list of qualifications.
Applicants should be pursuing an associate, bachelor, or graduate degree, on at least a part-time basis, with at least a 3.2 GPA or higher. Students with at least 60 credit hours earned by the time the internship begins are encouraged to apply for this opportunity. Applicants must also be a continuing student with the expectation and intention of returning to their course of study the semester/quarter immediately following the completion of the internship (i.e., returning to school in the Fall of 2025). Proof may be requested.
If your academic plans change after your application and you are no longer a continuing student or have a break in classes longer than five months before your internship begins, you will no longer be eligible for the internship.
IMPORTANT INFORMATION ON SECURITY CLEARANCES:
The Bureau of Diplomatic Security (DS) advises that routine SECRET level clearances normally require 120 to 150 days to complete. Investigations may take substantially longer if you have a history of extensive overseas travel, education, residence and/or employment; or if you have dual citizenship, foreign contacts, immediate family, relatives, and/or a spouse or partner who is a citizen of a foreign country.
In addition, if DS identifies a security, suitability, or medical issue, your investigation may require additional time to process and review. These issues could include, but are not limited to, a current or past history of drug or alcohol abuse, indications of a mental or emotional health condition, or indications of financial problems. You should consult the Adjudicative Guidelines for Determining Eligibility for Access to Classified Information (https://www.state.gov/security-clearances) to review how these considerations could affect your application. Such issues may not necessarily preclude DS from granting you a security clearance, but they will likely lengthen the time required to complete the clearance process.
We cannot guarantee that every potential intern will obtain a security clearance before the start of an internship, if at all. Because the timeframe between conditional selection for an internship and entry on duty is relatively short (six to eight months), DS may not be able to adjudicate a non-routine case in time for the student to participate in the scheduled internship.
Reasonable Accommodation
The U.S. Department of State encourages applications from students with disabilities. The Department provides reasonable accommodations to applicants with disabilities. If you need a reasonable accommodation for any part of the application and hiring process, please notify the Office of Employee Relations, Disability/Reasonable Accommodations Division, at OAA@state.gov. The decision on granting reasonable accommodation will be on a case-by-case basis.
Equal Opportunity
It is the policy of the Federal Government to treat all employees with dignity and respect and to provide a workplace that is free from discrimination, whether that discrimination is based on race, color, religion, sex (including gender identity or pregnancy), national origin, disability, political affiliation, marital status, membership in an employee organization, age, sexual orientation, or other non-merit factors.
You will be evaluated for this job based on how well you meet the qualifications above.
Students will be evaluated by the bureaus to which they have applied based upon a completed application denoting the applicant's education, experience, training, and background.
All interns selected for a position will be officially notified by the Student Internship Program Office by e-mail per the timeline provided via https://careers.state.gov/intern/student-internships/.
Once you have completed the online questionnaire, you will be prompted to attach academic transcript(s) to your application for it to be considered complete. Applications submitted before the deadline without the required documents attached will not be considered.
Transcripts: Your current or most recent school transcript must be included in your online application via the instructions below. Both official and unofficial transcripts are acceptable. However, if you are selected for an internship, you may be required to provide an official transcript before starting your internship. Should your official transcript indicate that you are not an eligible student, your internship offer will be rescinded. Transcripts can be added to the job application by uploading them.
Resume: You must build a resume in USAJOBS to be considered. No other resumes will be reviewed. A carefully crafted resume should include clubs and organizations, research experience, work experience, volunteer experience and internships.
Technical questions about attaching the required document to your application should be addressed to the Help Desk at 1-866-656-6830 or mgshelp@monster.com.
Applications must be submitted electronically through the "Gateway to State" system. To begin the application process, please click on the "Apply Online" button to the right.
You have until 11:59 pm Eastern Time on the closing date of this announcement to complete the application process. This includes submitting your online application as well as any required documents as defined in the Required Documents section. Candidates are encouraged to complete their applications well before the application deadline to be assured of consideration.
Please read all instructions carefully.
There are three parts to the application process:
Part I-Applicant Profile
Applicants new to USAJOBS must create an applicant profile by providing biographic and prior Federal government employment information, if any. You must answer all "required" fields to proceed through the application process. If you are not new to USAJOBS, you can proceed directly to the intern application. All applicants must also "build" a USAJOBS resume. You must complete these two steps to be able to move forward to the application in the Gateway to State.
Note: Attaching a personal resume to your USAJOBS profile is not sufficient. You must build a USAJOBS resume.
Part II-Internship Application
The second part of the online application process is specific to the internship program. In this section, you will be required to:
Note: The selection process relies heavily on your written statements. Therefore, your statements should be concise, well written, and should tell your story. You may wish to explain how your academic courses and other personal experiences relate to the domestic assignment to which you are applying. You may discuss what you will bring to the work of the office or post, and what you hope to take away from the internship experience. You might highlight any disadvantages you may have overcome or relevant unique experiences. Also, you can expand on any of your answers to questions asked in the application, such as language ability or other special skills.
After the close of the announcement, the application status in USAJOBS should say "Reviewing
Applications." This status on USAJOBS will not be updated further. You can click on "Track this application" for more information.
Note: Any prospective intern whose educational institution requires them to execute an agreement with the U.S. Department of State regarding terms of the internship should review their offer letter. We will not enter into any agreements, even if non-binding, with any educational institution.
Please note that it will take approximately two (2) months to review all applications and all selectees including non-selectees will be emailed by our office. All selected interns will receive an email from the Welcome to State platform (an email will come from an OKTA account), requesting the intern sign into the portal to accept the tentative job offer. The Student Internship Program team will email directly all non-selected candidates.
The Federal hiring process is set up to be fair and transparent. Please read the following guidance.
This job originated on www.usajobs.gov. For the full announcement and to apply, visit www.usajobs.gov/job/811584200. Only resumes submitted according to the instructions on the job announcement listed at www.usajobs.gov will be considered.
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