Economic Transformation Intern - Military veterans preferred

Economic Transformation Intern

US-NJ-Temporarily remote due to COVID-19

Job ID: 2024-2074
Type: Intern
# of Openings: 1
Category: Economic Transformation
Temporarily remote due to COVID-19

Overview

Job Summary

The New Jersey Economic Development Authority (NJEDA) serves as the State’s principal agency for economic growth. The NJEDA drives inclusive and sustainable economic development by helping to build strong and dynamic communities, creating good jobs for New Jersey residents, providing pathways to a stronger and fairer economy, and implementing initiatives to strengthen New Jersey’s long-term economic competitiveness.

The Economic Transformation Division’s mission is to accelerate the growth of New Jersey’s economy by implementing initiatives that enhance the State’s long-term economic competitiveness and establish New Jersey as an innovation leader within high job growth strategic industries, including life sciences, technology innovation, clean energy, and film and digital media. The division focuses on these priority industries and also provides cross-industry support through workforce training, venture, manufacturing, and tax credits & incentives teams.

The Economic Transformation Intern will work alongside the Economic Transformation team to support a variety of initiatives and priority projects that advance the goals of the Authority. Specifically, the Intern – Economic Transformation will provide support to all of the departments reporting to the Chief Economic Transformation Officer, which includes Innovation Impact, Clean Energy & Workforce Innovation Partnerships, Manufacturing, Incentives & Tax Credits, Film, and Life Sciences. The role will assist with operational efficiencies, marketing, memo writing, event planning, policy research, scheduling support, and the creation of projects and initiatives designed to promote NJEDA’s programs and products.

This is a paid remote internship. Undergraduate students will receive $16.00-18.00 per hour and graduate students will receive $23.00 per hour.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities

• Assists the Senior Business Officer – Economic Transformation in the drafting and preparation of briefing memos, talking points and other written materials for the Chief Economic Transformation Officer for use with external parties. Additionally, this role will assist with scheduling and event planning for the Chief Economic Transformation Officer, and priority division events.
• Provides support to the Economic Transformation division, including but not limited to, assisting with the creation of marketing materials and one-pagers, conducting research and analysis for the division including assisting with KPIs, compiling and designing PowerPoint slides across all departments, assisting with events, assisting and developing operational efficiencies, and providing general administrative support for the division.
• Promotes teamwork and communication to encourage an interactive, cooperative, collaborative and customer focused work environment among division, NJEDA staff and external customers.
• Performs other duties and special projects, as assigned by the Senior Business Officer – Economic Transformation.

Required Skills and Abilities

• Ability to communicate effectively both verbally and in writing; proficient in grammar, spelling and editing; and foster communications with business professionals and EDA staff
• Ability to prioritize workload, must be highly organized, detail-oriented, handle various tasks simultaneously and work independently within limited time constrains with little or no supervision
• Must be able to maintain confidentiality and deal effectively and diplomatically with business professionals and EDA staff
• Demonstrates respectful behavior and promotes teamwork and communication to encourage an interactive, cooperative, collaborative and customer focused work environment among division, EDA staff and external customers.
• Proficiency in Microsoft Office Suite and the ability to learn new software packages

Required Qualifications

Education and Experience Requirements

• Current enrollment in an accredited Associate’s, Bachelor’s, or Master’s degree program, or a recent graduate.

Physical Demands

• Minimal

Travel

• N/A

Certificates and Licenses Required

• Valid driver’s license

Note

The examples of work for this title are for illustrative purposes only. A particular position using this title may not perform all duties listed in this job description. Conversely, all duties performed on the job may not be listed. This job description is intended to convey information essential to understanding the scope, general nature and level of work performed by job holders within this job. This job description is not intended to be an exhaustive list of qualifications, skills, efforts, duties, responsibilities or working conditions associated with the position.

Your employment at NJEDA is voluntary and subject to termination by you or NJEDA at will, with or without cause, or with or without notice, at any time. Nothing in this job description shall be interpreted to conflict, eliminate or modify the employment-at-will status of NJEDA employees.

NJEDA reserves the right to amend/revise this job description as necessary to meet current and changing business needs.

Equal Opportunity Employer

Position Requirements

• Foreign degrees/transcripts must be evaluated by a reputable evaluation service at your own expense and must be submitted prior to a start date. If this cannot be provided within 21 days of an offer the offer will be rescinded.
• Must comply with the “New Jersey First Act” which requires employees hired after September 1, 2011 to reside in New Jersey. Non-New Jersey resident employees must relocate to New Jersey within one year of their date of hire and provide proof of residency to Human Resources.
• Must complete an Outside Activity Questionnaire (disclosure of outside office or employment) on an annual basis.

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