The Louisiana Division of Well being (LDH) Scholar Internship is a chance for school and college pupil leaders to expertise public coverage in motion and be taught the present affairs of the Louisiana Division of Well being.
The Intern will have interaction in numerous work assignments, tasks and actions of various complexity, structured to allow the Intern to realize LDH public coverage information, together with:
- Offering entry-to-intermediate stage skilled companies, beneath supervision of LDH administration workers in numerous sections of LDH
- Collaborating in tasks and packages designed to develop skilled abilities and experience
- Collaborating within the planning and implementation of departmental insurance policies and initiatives
- Receiving steerage, coaching and mentoring from LDH administration workers
- Performing miscellaneous job-related duties as assigned
Necessities for Participation:
- Internships are open to college students attending a Louisiana faculty or college and/or Louisiana residents enrolled in out-of-state accredited larger training establishments.
- Classification necessities embody:
- Undergraduate college students who’ve accomplished their sophomore 12 months
- Graduate college students who’ve accomplished at the least one 12 months of their diploma program (e.g., MPA, JD, MSW, and so on.)
- Along with graduate and undergraduate college students, college students who’ve accomplished at the least one tutorial 12 months at a two-year faculty and are at the least 21 years of age could apply for the Fellows Program
- Candidates should:
- Be in good tutorial standing with an total GPA of three.0 or equal
- Exhibit management and dedication to public service, volunteerism and civic engagement
- Observe moral requirements, together with skilled discretion
- Exhibit robust dedication to non-public progress, good authorities and nonpartisanship
- Interns are anticipated to take part in all Intern actions all through the period of this system. This contains between 20-40 hours of paid (as much as $20/hour) work inside assigned LDH businesses per week, and different alternatives which will come up.
- Failure to stick to the above necessities could end in elimination from the internship.
Advantages to collaborating Interns:
- Hourly wage (as much as $20 an hour)
- Expertise with LDH public coverage and present affairs
The applying portal will open Could 11, 2022 by Could 20, 2022.
Certified candidates should present the next paperwork by the portal:
- Full, unofficial transcript (an official transcript will likely be required for Finalist Candidates)
- Resume together with training and employment historical past
- Letter {of professional} advice from a professor or supervisor
- Letter of private advice – not from a member of the family
- 500 phrase essay specializing in a particular coverage concern, LDH Enterprise Plan Initiative or company throughout the Division of Well being.
- Your essay ought to define the importance of your alternative and the way, based mostly upon your training and expertise, you possibly can improve or additional the objectives of that particular workplace or coverage concern. Your essay could both concentrate on a present concern or recommend a brand new coverage. To the perfect extent doable, interns will likely be positioned inside their space of focus.
Candidates ought to submit the required paperwork by the Civil Service job portal.
Internship Timeline:
Could 11, 2022 Utility Opens
Could 20, 2022 Utility Deadline
Could 25, 2022 Finalists Notified
Could 27, 2022 Finalist Interviews
Could 31, 2022 Notification of Intern Choice
June 6, 2022 Intern Welcome & Orientation
June 6, 2022 First Day at LDH
August 12, 2022 Remaining Day at LDH
