Internship Opportunities at the Beacon Hill Institute

Each semester and during the summer, BHI welcomes qualified college students to intern at our office. We require at least a 10-hour per week commitment of your time, but can offer flexible scheduling within our office hours. The positions are uncompensated but offer rich real-world experience. Previous interns have participated in important Institute projects including: telecommunication taxation, Medicaid spending research; labor policy and school construction in Massachusetts, State Competitiveness Report data gathering; State Tax Analysis Modeling Program (STAMP) data collection and analysis and contributing to our web site development.

Read a recent article from our newsletter about the internship program or read a profile of a participating intern.

For more details, read the job description below to learn more about this great opportunity.

Intern Job Description

Responsibilities:

• Research background on policy issues for reports and publications
• Assist as needed on all aspects of policy research and analysis 
• Sort and review press articles and policy issue releases
• Clip and copy articles of interest from newspapers, magazines and journals 
• Assist with data entry for database and survey tabulation
• Perform general office assistance

Rewards:

• Participate in policy research and analysis
• Experience the "think tank" environment
• Attend staff and project meetings
• Work with various staff members
• Participate in the life of a research project
• Gain invaluable experience for your career
• Letters of recommendation for graduate school or employment
• Learn about the state-based "think-tank" network across the U.S.
   

Individuals interested in applying for an internship should send a cover letter and resume to:

Frank Conte
Director, Communications and Information Systems
Beacon Hill Institute
8 Ashburton Place
Boston, MA 02108-2770.
e-mail: fconte@beaconhill.org
Fax: 617-994-4279