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City Internship Program exposes Kansas City’s college students to career
opportunities in local government while allowing them to develop and strengthen
professional skills in a work environment conducive to their education.
City interns will gain valuable experience in a professional city government environment
as they fulfill essential duties to maintain the City’s level of services
to residents.
"The City Internship
allows students to make important contributions to the City while
participating in a challenging and rewarding work environment. We
welcome students of every academic major to City Hall. Your contributions
to the very communities you live in help us to further enhance our processes and initiatives to deliver quality services to citizens.
The City is a key employer that enjoys the benefit of bright and
motivated employees. I’m impressed by candidates who have taken
advantage of opportunities that integrate their classroom theories
with real world models. As a product of internships myself, I strongly
believe the experiences, connections and mentorship I gained as
an intern played an integral role in my career development." -- Wayne A. Cauthen,
City Manager
Partnership
The City
Internship Program is an exclusive collaboration between the City of Kansas
City, Mo., and the University of Missouri–Kansas City. As a result
of the two most obvious and prominent institutions in Kansas City
reaching out to each other, a program has been developed
to give students the opportunity to gain valuable professional public
service experience that enhances their skills and competencies while learning
how city government works. From this experience with the City, students
will be uniquely positioned to take the next important steps toward building
successful careers and becoming responsible community leaders.
 "As a City
Intern from UMKC, you will have rare opportunities to apply
the skills and knowledge that you have acquired in your courses to
real-life situations. The City of Kansas City, Mo., welcomes you
as
a valuable resource, while giving you the chance to gain practical
experience, meet public sector professionals, and strengthen your notion
of community and your place in it.
"At the same time,
you will benefit Kansas City and your fellow citizens
by offering your own approach and fresh ideas to issues that matter.
Civic pride will take its place alongside the value you have found in
your studies and in UMKC.
"I urge you to get
more information by checking the websites given here,
and finding the place that is right for you. This could be one of the
best choices you make in your academic career." --Dr. Guy Bailey, UMKC
chancellor
Objectives
- Provide students with valuable
professional public service experience that will enhance their skills
and competencies
- Give students an opportunity
to learn first-hand how city government works
- Create a new resource for students
- Offer city departments feedback
from fresh student perspectives
- Discover potential candidates
for employment
- Represent the cultural diversity
of Kansas City, Mo.
- Provide city departments with
additional staff support
Students
Every semester,
City Internships will be filled by upper-class or graduate students based
on a combination of interview, grade point average, experience, references
and skills. These are volunteer internships where students work between
10 to 20 hours a week during the semester. Students are encouraged to
earn credit for their internship. Students interested in obtaining credit
for their internship must consult their academic advisor or the intern
coordinator at their academic unit. Students of all majors are welcomed
to apply.
To apply
Fill out the online
application.
Application deadlines:
Winter/spring semester – Dec. 1
Summer semester – April 1
Fall semster
– Aug. 1
If you are interested in receiving
college credit for this internship, contact your academic advisor.*
* Not all degree
programs have internship course options. To find out how internships
and credit work for your degree program, please contact your academic
advisor. Students are responsible for connecting with advisors and/or
faculty to make arrangements for any associated courses or independent
study. A scholarship is available for UMKC students participating in
this internship for college credit. Some restrictions apply. For details,
contact Connie Beachler (816) 235-6100 of The Center for the City at
UMKC.
For more information, please
contact:
City Internship Program
City Hall, 22nd floor
414 E. 12th St.
Kansas City, MO 64106
Program manager: Thalia Cherry (816) 513-1378
E-mail: city_internship@kcmo.org
Fax: (816) 513-1318
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