Data Information and Project Support Intern

Commonwealth of Massachusetts•Marlborough, MA

About The Position

The Massachusetts Department of Public Health (MDPH) Office of Preparedness and Emergency Management (OPEM) is seeking a student intern to support data management and analysis for ongoing projects. The role is suited to a detail-oriented person comfortable in a dynamic, fast-paced environment. The selected intern is expected to contribute an average of 15 hours per week. A primary project involves data from the DPH 24/7 Duty Officer Program. The intern will clean, analyze, and synthesize incident data to produce an informational brief for the 2026 year-in-review and present findings to the Duty Officer team. Other projects will involve data collected by OPEM during preparedness and response efforts, including streamlining data workflows, visualizing data, creating key indicators, and training users to interpret visualizations. The intern may also support emergency activations, such as winter storms and planned large events. The internship is scheduled for January 1, 2027, through June 30, 2027, and is renewable subject to appropriation. Occasional travel between the Boston and/or Marlborough offices is optional. The internship is available to undergraduate or graduate students currently enrolled at an accredited college or university.

Requirements

Currently enrolled as an undergraduate or graduate student at an accredited college or university.
Detail-oriented and comfortable working in a dynamic, fast-paced environment.

Nice To Haves

Proficiency with Microsoft Excel.
Experience with Power BI and/or Tableau.
Experience with the ArcGIS suite.
Understanding of principles and practices of emergency preparedness.
Understanding of principles and practices of epidemiology.
Understanding of principles and practices of health equity.

Responsibilities

Collect, manage, analyze, and visualize data.
Prepare written materials, graphics, and/or presentations for dissemination.
Support analytical and operational components of ongoing programs and projects.
Develop and test data-related protocols.
Design and maintain survey instruments.
Collaborate on intraoffice and interoffice data priorities.
Assist with situational awareness during planned or unplanned emergency activations.
Clean, analyze, and synthesize Duty Officer incident data for a 2026 year-in-review informational brief.
Present findings to the Duty Officer team.
Help streamline data workflows, create key indicators, visualize data, and train users to interpret visualizations.