Intern, Center for Research & Data Analysis

National League Of Cities Services, Inc. • Washington, DC

10h • Hybrid

About The Position

The Center for Research and Data is seeking analytical and detail-oriented interns to support its research initiatives. The National League of Cities (NLC) is seeking talented individuals aspiring towards a career in social policy research. NLC is a non-profit membership organization comprising elected officials from cities, towns, and villages across the U.S. The Center for Research and Data Analysis (RDA) within NLC provides valuable data and research to our members. This Research Intern will collaborate with RDA staff to support high-priority research and data analysis projects.

Requirements

• Current undergraduate or graduate student, or recent graduate in public policy, urban studies, economics, data science, sociology, or a related field.
• Strong interest in local government, public policy, and applied research.
• Experience with data analysis, visualization, and research methods.
• Proficiency in Microsoft Excel; familiarity with statistical software (e.g., R, Python, SPSS, or Stata) is a plus.
• Passion for data collection and storytelling.
• Ability to work independently and collaboratively in a deadline-driven environment.

Responsibilities

• Data Collection support: survey design, web-scraping for documents and data on municipalities.
• Data Cleaning of collected data to prepare for cross-sectional and longitudinal analyses from a variety of data-types (secondary source, primary source survey, documents, etc.)
• Analysis of data to contribute to reports, briefs and blogs
• Opportunities to write blogs on social policy based on the analyses conducted and contribute to flagship NLC reports using these analyses.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Part-time
• Career Level: Intern
• Education Level: No Education Listed