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Job description
Company Federal Reserve Bank of Richmond
When you join the Federal Reserve-the nation's central bank-you'll play a key role, collaborating with a dynamic team of mission-driven professionals to strengthen and protect our economy and our communities.
Bring your passion and expertise, and we'll provide the opportunities that will challenge you and propel your growth-along with a wide range of benefits and perks that support your health, wealth, and life.
About the Opportunity
Do you like researching and writing about economics issues? The Richmond Fed's Research Department is looking for an intern to support both its Publications team and its Applied Analysis team. You'll have the opportunity to write for Research Department publications, including our economics magazine Econ Focus and our blog Regional Matters. You will also work with regional research analysts on various data and analysis tasks.
The Richmond Fed's summer internship program provides outstanding students with the opportunity to gain valuable work experience at a unique institution. Through advanced project work assignments and professional development activities, interns are provided with an extensive understanding of the work of the Federal Reserve. The Writing and Analysis intern will have the opportunity to enhance business, economics and communication skills through research and writing and will receive targeted leadership training, mentorship and exclusive networking opportunities.
What You Will Do:
Research and write a feature-length article for our quarterly economics magazine, Econ Focus.
Support other publications, as needed, with research, writing and copyediting.
Assist with the update of economic reports, which may include organizing and analyzing data and creating data visualizations.
Qualifications:
Competitive applicants for the Economics Writing and Analysis Internship normally have at least a 3.5 GPA in their economics coursework and overall.
Some writing/editing experience (for example, in an extracurricular activity such as a student newspaper or journal) is preferred.
Basic knowledge of and experience in use of research techniques.
Passionate about data exploration and the ability to communicate findings.
Team-player willing to work and learn in a small, high performing, and collaborative environment, often at a fast pace and under time constraints.
Familiarity with a statistical program such as Stata, SAS, or R
For this internship, please submit 2 - 3 writing samples-ideally on economics, but samples can be on other topics if they show your ability to write interestingly on complex subject matter for a nontechnical audience.
Other Requirements and Considerations:
Candidates should review the Bank's Employee Code of Conduct to ensure compliance with conflict-of-interest rules and personal investment restrictions. The Code is available on the About Us, Careers webpage at .
Sponsorship is not available for this role.
Selected candidate is subject to special background check procedures.
The hourly rate for summer interns is $23.50/hour.
Onsite presence required
US Citizenship status is required.
The Federal Reserve Bank of Richmond provides equal opportunity to all individuals without regard to race, sex, color, religion, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, national origin, age, disability, or genetic information.
Full Time / Part Time
Full time
Regular / Temporary
Temporary
Job Exempt (Yes / No)
No
Job Category
Internship Family Group
Work Shift
First (United States of America)
The Federal Reserve Banks are committed to equal employment opportunity for employees and job applicants in compliance with applicable law and to an environment where employees are valued for their differences.
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Worksite address
richmond, VA, 23214, US
Who can apply
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