STUDENT INTERN

JOB ANNOUNCEMENT

Student Internship

Mayor's Office for People with Disabilities

Number of Positions: 3

(Additional vacancies possible pending budget approval)

Starting Salary: $16.20

Applications for this position will be accepted until 11:59pm CDT on 05/26/2025

This summer, learn how the City of Chicago works through working for a department that serves people with disabilities in every neighborhood. During your internship, you will learn more about important disability issues, visit different City of Chicago locations, help with planning events, and work with our team on one of our programs. We are looking for applicants who are motivated, hardworking, interested in disability and want to learn.

The Mayor's Office for People with Disabilities (MOPD) is hiring student interns to join us this summer. Interns will work with staff who lead work at our programs including MOPD's Accessibility Compliance Unit, Home Modification Program, Career Center, Disability Resource Unit, and Training teams. Interns with MOPD may work on making our city more accessible with our team of architects, answer questions from members of the public about disability, researching a disability-related topic, work on our podcast and social media or create a slide deck for a training, help make homes accessible through our Home Modification program, support our Career Counselors who help people with disabilities find jobs and more. Check out MOPD's website to learn more about these programs and services and consider applying to join us this summer!

The Student Intern Program is for students who are interested in gaining knowledge and valuable work experience in the public sector / city government. Work hours are flexible to meet the needs of students and the City Departments. These are temporary positions. Internships are limited to one academic year. Students are limited to working one internship (lasting no more than one academic year) per City Department.

Essential Duties

• Demonstrated interest in contributing to the work of MOPD to increase accessibility and promote independence of people with disabilities in Chicago.
• Awareness of or interest in learning about the Americans with Disabilities Act and the disability rights movement.
• Ability to build an understanding of physical and communication access including building awareness around aspects of facilities and events that ensure people with disabilities are able to fully participate.
• Ability to use effective communication in addressing large and small groups.
• Interest or past experience in developing content for podcasts, recording, editing, and posting podcasts to various platforms for distribution.
• Interest or past experience in working with transition-aged students (experience working with students with disabilities preferred).
• Interest or past experience teaching basic job readiness skills (resume writing and interview skills).
• Demonstrate strong leadership skills.
• Ability to review and enhance established curriculum and activities.
• Ability to maintain confidentiality and work in a professional manner.
• Ability to multi-task and prioritize responsibilities.
• Ability to establish professional work relationships with staff and partners.
• Must be reliable, organized and have a positive attitude.
• Willingness to accept direction/redirection and ask for help.
• Ability to handle a variety of situations and perform various clerical functions.
• Ability to use public transportation for travel to organizations site visit/tours.
• Comfortable using remote meeting/conferencing programs, i.e., MS Teams, Zoom, Google Meet, etc.
• Computer proficiency in Google and Microsoft Office products, i.e., Word, Power Point, Excel, Google- Docs, Sheets, Slides and social media.

NOTE: The list of essential duties is not intended to be inclusive; there may be other duties that are essential to particular positions within the class.

Location:

Hours: 20-30 hours weekly

Salary: $ 16.20/hr.

MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS

• Must be a student in good academic standing currently enrolled in an accredited college, university, graduate program or law school OR a student in good academic standing currently enrolled in an accredited business or data processing/ information technology school.
• Must be enrolled in school with a minimum of 6 credit hours (or quarter hour equivalency) throughout the duration of internship, with the exception of academic breaks, i.e. summer
• Must have knowledge of Microsoft Office Applications -Word, Excel and Power Point

NOTE: At time of application, you must attach a copy of your resume, current transcript with GPA OR if first term freshman/graduate student a letter of acceptance. You must provide Enrollment Verification at time of processing.

Disclaimer - "Accredited" means any nationally or regionally accredited college, university, or law school where the applicant is enrolled in or has completed a Bachelors, Masters, or Doctorate degree program.

SELECTION REQUIREMENTS

This position requires applicants to complete an interview. The candidate that possesses the qualifications best suited to fulfill the responsibilities of the position, based on their interview, will be selected.

Preference will be given to candidates possessing the following:

• Sophomore Bachelor level student majoring in Public Health, Social Work, Business, Rehabilitation Counseling, Psychology, Disability Studies, or pre-law.
• Previous experience working in the following areas: Architecture, Pre-Law, rehabilitation Sciences (OT, PT, etc.).
• Previous experience working with people with disabilities.
• Bilingual (including ASL).
• Previous experience in customer service.
• Proficiency with Microsoft Office software including Access, Excel, PowerPoint, SharePoint and Word.

Residency Requirement: All employees of the City of Chicago must be actual residents of the City as outlined in 2-152-050 of the City of Chicago Municipal Code. Proof of residency will be required.

For Information on our employees benefits please visit our benefits website at:

https://www.chicago.gov/city/en/depts/fin/benefits-office.html

For Information on our salary and title structure visit our classifications website at:

https://www.chicago.gov/content/dam/city/depts/dhr/supp_info/JobClassification/2025_Classification_and_Pay_Plan.pdf

APPLICATION EVALUATION: Initial evaluation will be based on information provided on the application and the documents submitted. Department of Human Resource staff will review applications after the final posting date. Staff will follow any and all required Employment/Hiring Plan provisions, federal, state and local laws, and Collective Bargaining Agreements when applicable. Staff will apply hiring preferences as required by the municipal code. Placement on an eligibility list is not an offer or guarantee of an interview nor employment with the City of Chicago.

COMMITMENT TO DIVERSITY: To further our commitment to hiring applicants with diverse experience the City of Chicago has adopted the following ordinances 2-74-020 and 2-74-075. The ordinances provide a preference to applicants who meet minimum qualifications and who are veterans of the Armed Forces, and/or residents of Socio-Economically Disadvantaged Areas (SEDA) and/or Chicago Public School (CPS) high school graduates to be referred to departments for consideration. These hiring preferences do not apply to bidders, as Collective Bargaining Agreements define the hiring process for bidders. For positions covered by a collective bargaining agreement, bidders will be considered before external candidates. To learn more about our hiring practices click here.

ALL REFERENCES TO POLITICAL SPONSORSHIP OR RECOMMENDATION MUST BE OMITTED FROM ALL APPLICATION MATERIALS SUBMITTED FOR CITY EMPLOYMENT.

The City of Chicago is an Equal Employment Opportunity, Military Friendly, and Fair Chance Employer.

City of Chicago

Brandon Johnson, Mayor