Internships available with the Indiana Senate

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Are you a student or recent graduate who is looking to build your resume with hands-on experience? If so, consider interning with the Indiana Senate Republican Caucus.

During the 2016 session of the General Assembly, there are a variety of paid internship opportunities in the Senate’s legislative, information technology, legal, communications and policy offices.

Here is more information about each internship opportunity and its duties:

• Legislative interns will track and analyze bill data, provide constituent services, staff committee meetings and conduct policy research.
  
• Information Technology interns will respond to IT needs of senators and staff, troubleshoot hardware and software issues, assist in the implementation of new technologies and reformat and re-image computers.
  
• Legal interns will conduct legal and policy research, file legislative documents within deadlines, summarize amendments and conference committees and create the daily legislative agenda.
  
• Press Secretary interns will track legislation, write news releases and op-eds, create e-communications and social media strategies and work with members of the media.
  
• Policy interns will conduct research, track legislative proposals, develop a legislative matrix and summarize legislation.
  
• Visual Communications interns will assist with Senate photography and videography needs, monitor online streaming of committees and session, create visual content for print and web and assist in website management.
  

Interested and qualified candidates must be college students, recent graduates, or enrolled in graduate or law school. Positions are open to Indiana residents or non-residents who attend a college or university located within the state.

Benefits include a $700 bi-weekly stipend, scholarship opportunities, earned academic credits, resume building, community involvement and networking while working along with more than 40 fellow interns at the Indiana Statehouse located in downtown Indianapolis.

These are partisan, full-time positions that begin with a mandatory orientation in late December and conclude at the end of the legislative session in March 2016.

When interning with the Senate, students gain time-management, communication and problem-solving skills that will help them become attractive candidates for employers in today’s competitive job market.

More information and applications for full-time, spring internships can be found online at www.IndianaSenateRepublicans.com/intern-program. The deadline to apply is Oct. 31.

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