• Job Description

  Req#: 433708

  Work for Indiana

  Grow your career with the State of Indiana! With more than 50 executive branch agencies, the State of Indiana is a diverse workforce offering employees stimulating and challenging projects across a broad scope of career opportunities. As a State of Indiana employee, you impact the well-being of Indiana’s communities every day.

  At the State of Indiana, we don’t just talk about diversity and inclusion - Our goal is to create a welcoming, accessible, and equitable workplace, with a workforce that is representative of the State of Indiana population. As a proud equal opportunity employer, reasonable accommodations may be available to enable individuals with disabilities to complete the application and interview process, as well as perform the essential functions of a role.

  About Summer Internships:

  The summer internship program provides participants the opportunity to work with state agency officials, as well as participate in co-curricular components to enrich their experience. Interns spend at least 50 percent of their time on predetermined projects that enhance college-level skills and abilities. The co-curricular components of the program ensure competitive, reputable, and inclusive experiential learning. Interns participate in cohort activities on a weekly basis designed to enable:

  • Professional growth and preparedness for the workforce upon graduation
  • Exposure to many facets of state government
  • Networking and camaraderie development among the cohort

  About the Indiana Management Performance Hub (MPH):

  The Management Performance Hub (MPH) provides analytics solutions tailored to address complex management and policy questions enabling improved outcomes for Hoosiers. We partner with state agencies to leverage data in innovative ways to facilitate data-driven decision-making and data-informed policymaking.
  

  Salary:

  The hourly wage for this position traditionally starts at $16.24 per hour for current undergraduate students and $17.24 per hour for those who have an earned bachelor’s degree.
  

  Internship Overview:

  We are selecting two summer interns for Data Science.

  The MPH Data Science Intern assists in creating in-depth analyses to convey accurate, meaningful insights that empower state agencies and other partners to better serve their populations and the Hoosier community. You will collaborate with staff and stakeholders to assess the structure, content, and quality of data through the examination of source systems and data samples.

  Sample projects include:

  • Engage with business stakeholders on projects and initiatives to understand their analytical and operational challenges and translate these needs into data solutions
  • Collaborate with other DS professionals, data engineers, and BI professionals around data/table structures to optimize architecture, ETL procedures, dashboards, and other self-service needs
  • Prioritize requirements and create rapid prototypes and minimally viable products for end users
  • Look for opportunities to improve current processes or find efficiencies by applying industry best practices as a DS professional
  • Mine and analyze data from state databases to drive insights into problems and efficiency in processes while maintaining the standards of organizational excellence
  • Interpret data from multiple sources using a variety of analytical techniques, ranging from simple data aggregation, to data mining, to more complex statistical methodologies
  • Use and monitor the input for code repositories like GitHub for code version control
  • Provide end-user education for the interpretation of business data
    

  Desired skill sets:

  • Working knowledge in using computer languages (R, Python, SQL, etc.) to manipulate and draw insights from large data sets as well as develop software for automation
  • Broad knowledge of statistical techniques and concepts (regression, properties of distributions, statistical tests and proper usage, etc.) and experience with applications
  • Strong understanding of relational and dimensional databases, theories, principles, and practices
  • Strong analytical, conceptual, and problem-solving abilities
  • Must have a solid foundation of critical thinking skills
  • Strong written/oral communication and presentation skills
  • Resourceful self-starter and highly motivated team player
  • Able to perform well in a fast-paced environment
  • Experience with data manipulation to include cleansing, standardizing, and transforming.
  • Experience with the following concepts or tools is not a requirement but is considered a plus (geocoding and geospatial data, shiny, network diagramming, neo4j, Docker, Kubernetes)
  • Knowledge of how to generate and distribute visualizations to a broad range of audiences

  A Day in the Life:

  The essential functions of this role are as follows:

  • Identify and execute one major project related to agency needs and academic area of study
  • Create, develop, and sustain the programmatic efforts for the assigned discipline
  • Analyze data and feedback to provide recommendations
  • Partner with other relevant stakeholders to promote and enhance the quality of projects
  • Collaborate with State of Indiana agencies to ensure effective implementation of internal and external initiatives

  The job description is not designed to cover or contain a comprehensive listing of activities, duties, or responsibilities that are required of the employee. Other duties, responsibilities, and activities may change or be assigned at any time.

  What You'll Need for Success:

  • Must be currently enrolled as an undergraduate or graduate with an accredited post-secondary institution and have completed at least one (1) year of undergraduate education.
  • Academic work in related field
  • Excellent oral and written communication skills
  • Ability to analyze data sets related to discipline
  • Ability to build relationships, establish credibility, and influence leaders at all levels
  • Ability to conduct well-informed research
  • Ability to solve complex, critical problems
  • Ability to review and make recommendations on proposed changes to relevant policies and procedures
  • Ability to maintain confidentiality

  Benefits of Employment with the State of Indiana:

  This seasonal position does not offer benefits and is limited to 180 working days in an eleven (11) month continuous period

  Equal Employment Opportunity:

  The State of Indiana is an Equal Opportunity Employer and is committed to recruit, select, develop, and promote employees based on individual ability and job performance. Our policy is to provide equal employment opportunity to all people in all aspects of employer-employee relations without discrimination because of race, color, creed, religion, sex, national origin, ancestry, age, sexual orientation, gender identity, physical or mental disability, or veteran status. We will comply with the spirit as well as the letter of all applicable state and federal laws.

  If you are a qualified individual with a disability and require reasonable accommodation in completing this application, you can request assistance by contacting the Indiana State Personnel Department at [email protected].

  The State of Indiana has established a culture that welcomes equity, inclusion, and opportunity for all employees and applicants. We encourage you to apply if you feel have you the transferrable skills to be successful in this position and we look forward to reviewing your application.

• About the company

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