Summer Internship Program

Application Opening: Friday, March 15, 2024

Application Deadline: The deadline for submitting your application is March 29, 2024.

The Office of the City Administrator’s Mission and Vision

Our vision is to lead the nation in public administration and to enable City departments to effectively deliver critical public services. We aim to help the city run better, to connect San Francisco residents and constituents to the vital public services they seek, and to create a meaningful and diverse work culture that is the place of choice for people who are invested in a career in public service.

We are committed to ensuring that the City's services are inclusive, efficient, equitable, and culturally competent for San Franciscans of all races, ethnic backgrounds, religions, and sexual orientations. This commitment requires comprehensive review and thorough analysis of existing practices and policies to remove barriers to real inclusion.

We are also committed to ensuring that the Department is a safe, equitable, and inclusive workplace for individuals of all races. This includes creating opportunities for hiring, promotion, retention, training, and development, particularly for Black, Indigenous, and people of color (BIPOC).

To learn more about our departments, divisions, and programs, visit: 

Job Description

The Summer 2024 Internship Program is an initiative through the Office of the City Administrator, whose 25+ divisions and departments operate core internal and public-facing services in San Francisco. The internship program is open to current college juniors, seniors, graduate students, recent grads and other applicants who have an interest in working for local government. This internship program is a great opportunity to work alongside and shadow professionals in desired fields of interest and truly see the impact being made in public sector divisions through a hands-on learning experience!

The duration of this internship is 12 weeks, with an opportunity to extend based on departmental need. 

Individuals hired will be appointed to a class 9922 Public Service Aide to Professional positions and compensated $27.46 per hour.

About the Budget & Planning  Team

The Budget & Planning team performs complex analysis for budget administration, policy development, and operations for the City Administrator’s Office. The intern will support program operations through assignments such as budget model development, financial and policy analysis, research, strategic planning, and program evaluation.

Skills and knowledge you will strengthen in this job include:

• Local government budget processes & practices
• Budget & fiscal analyses, methods, projections, and modeling in Excel and other tools
• Using PowerBI to extract, load, transform and visualize data for different audiences
• Unique perspective within the City & County of San Francisco

Examples of possible work include:

• Perform budget/fiscal analyses to answer questions from staff and management team
• Develop new dashboards or build upon existing dashboards, working with stakeholders understand and design for their needs
• Apply process improvement techniques to understand and improve a process that spans multiple teams; make recommendations about future systems and practices
• Work with one or more divisions to develop performance measurement for internal and/or public reporting
• Participate in skill-sharing sessions and contribute to learning & development opportunities for analysts across City Administrator divisions

Qualifications

MINIMUM

QUALIFICATIONS

:

Education: Possession of a baccalaureate degree from an accredited college or university.

DESIRABLE

QUALIFICATIONS

:

• MPA or MPP degree in progress
• Interest in learning and/or leveling up skills in Excel, data wrangling and visualization
• Curiosity to ask questions and seek out information about division operations, unit processes, and city guidelines.

Additional Information

*NEXT STEPS:

Invitations to interview will be sent between April 3 - April 10, 2024
Interviews will be conducted between April 15 – April 19, 2024
Selected candidates will be notified between April 29 – May 3, 2024  

Internship Program begins  May 28, 2024 

*Recruitment timeline subject to change depending on departmental needs. 

 
The selection process will include evaluation of applications in relation to minimum requirements. Applicants meeting the minimum

qualifications

are not guaranteed advancement to the interview.

Depending on the number of applicants, the City departments may establish and implement additional screening mechanisms to comparatively evaluate the

qualifications

of candidates. If this becomes necessary, only those applicants whose

qualifications

most closely meet the needs of the various department will be invited to participate in the oral/performance interview.

Your resume and cover letter could be used for scoring in selection processes and interviews.

Additional Information

Regarding Employment with the City and County of San Francisco:

How to Apply:
Applications for City and County of San Francisco jobs are only accepted through an online process.  Visit and begin the application process.

1. Select the 'Apply Now' button and follow instructions on the screen

For best practices on the application process, please visit  Apply for Jobs in the City and County of San Francisco Best Practices Guide. Applicants may be contacted by email about this announcement and, therefore, it is their responsibility to ensure that their registered email address is accurate and kept up-to-date. Also, applicants must ensure that email from CCSF is not blocked on their computer by a spam filter. To prevent blocking, applicants should set up their email to accept CCSF mail from the following addresses @sfgov.org, @sfdpw.org, @sfport.com, @flysfo.com, @sfwater.org, @sfdph.org, @asianart.org, @sfmta.com, @sfpl.org, @dcyf.org, @first5sf.org, @famsf.org, @ccsf.edu, @smartalerts.info, and @smartrecruiters.com).

Applicants will receive a confirmation email that their online application has been received in response to every announcement for which they file. Applicants should retain this confirmation email for their records.  Failure to receive this email means that the online application was not submitted or received.

All your information will be kept confidential according to EEO guidelines.

HR Analyst Information:  If you have any questions regarding this recruitment or application process, please contact Jason Wong at

Verification:

Please make sure it is clear in your application exactly how you meet the minimum

qualifications

. Applicants will be required to submit verification of qualifying education and experience during the recruitment and selection process. For information on how to verify experience and/or education requirements, including verifying foreign education credits or degree equivalency, please visit  Verification of Experience and/or Education.

Note : Falsifying one’s education, training, or work experience or attempted deception on the application may result in disqualification for this and future job opportunities with the City and County of San Francisco.

Applicants must meet the minimum qualification requirement by the final application deadline unless otherwise noted.

What else should I know?

Hybrid work culture
We work in a hybrid environment, and you will be expected to work in the office 2 days per week (Mondays and Wednesdays). 

Exempt employment
This role is exempt from the San Francisco Civil Service Rules, and employment is at the discretion of the appointing officer for a period of not-to-exceed three years. (Category 18)

My application
Applicants will be contacted by email about this recruitment and, therefore, it is their responsibility to ensure that the email address on the application is accurate and accessible. Also, applicants must ensure that our emails are not blocked by a spam filter. To prevent blocking, applicants should set up their email to accept mail from @smartrecruiters.com.

After successfully submitting the application, you will receive a confirmation email that your application has been received. You should retain this confirmation email for your records.  Failure to receive this email means that your application was not submitted or received. 

The City and County of San Francisco encourages women, minorities and persons with disabilities to apply. Applicants will be considered regardless of their sex, race, age, religion, color, national origin, ancestry, physical disability, mental disability, medical condition (associated with cancer, a history of cancer, or genetic characteristics), HIV/AIDS status, genetic information, marital status, sexual orientation, gender, gender identity, gender expression, military and veteran status, or other protected category under the law.