Analytical Services Division, Intern

National Center for Missing & Exploited ChildrenAlexandria, VA
19hHybrid

About The Position

Interns will be assigned to an ASD specified team and will fulfill one or more of the following duties with the potential to take on additional responsibilities: Support the Attempted Abductions Team by searching for attempts incidents online, through online news articles, law enforcement social networking sites, press releases on law enforcement websites, etc. and documenting the information for the analysts to follow up Support the collection of nationwide Child Sex Trafficking trends that are tracked and maintained in several spreadsheets and/or internal documents Assist the Sex Offender Tracking Team with efforts to update data associated with noncompliant sex offenders Research assigned topics and assist with NCMEC data projects, including data entry and cleaning, qualitative data coding and other research tasks

Requirements

  • Completed two (2) years of college with a concentration in Criminal Justice, Sociology, Psychology or related field
  • Minimum grade point average of 3.0 on a 4-point scale (3.5 GPA or higher preferred)
  • Ability to perform searches in open source and social media platforms
  • Excellent organizational skills, report writing, and time management skills
  • Display quality control and high standards when performing data entry
  • MUST be able to use discretion while handling and maintaining the confidentiality of highly sensitive information
  • Ability to work independently

Nice To Haves

  • Research experience preferred, to include research analysis skills

Responsibilities

  • Support the Attempted Abductions Team by searching for attempts incidents online, through online news articles, law enforcement social networking sites, press releases on law enforcement websites, etc. and documenting the information for the analysts to follow up
  • Support the collection of nationwide Child Sex Trafficking trends that are tracked and maintained in several spreadsheets and/or internal documents
  • Assist the Sex Offender Tracking Team with efforts to update data associated with noncompliant sex offenders
  • Research assigned topics and assist with NCMEC data projects, including data entry and cleaning, qualitative data coding and other research tasks

Benefits

  • Although internships are unpaid positions, each intern will have the opportunity to acquire knowledge and hands-on experience in the position of his/her choosing and will receive academic credit through an approved program at his/her college or as a volunteer.
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