City of Fort Collins Management Assistant Program
The City of Fort Collins Management Assistant Program allows current Master of Public Administration students and recent graduates the opportunity to gain valuable career related experience in a wide variety of areas of municipal operations. This position provides future municipal leaders with the opportunity to learn from seasoned professionals in a community consistently rated as one of the best places to live in the country. As a stand-alone municipality of over 140,000 residents, interns have the opportunity to learn about the inner-workings of a full-service city.
The intern will be provided the opportunity to work on projects based in a variety of City departments while maintaining a "home base" in the City Manager's Office. Interns will be involved in research, analytical work, and managing special projects. This position represents a one-year internship. The current intern salary is $36,000 with full benefits.
2012 Recruitment Process
ESSENTIAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES:
Assist the City Manager's Office in researching high-level issues of concern as they arise. Performs entry level program analysis, organizational and administrative field studies, and statistical analysis of research data. Reports findings of research or study to the City Manager or other executive staff and elected officials in writing and in person. Plan and coordinate various meetings and internal training opportunities. Participate in the City Budget and Capital Improvement Program process.
EDUCATION and EXPERIENCE:
Graduation from an accredited four-year college or university with major course work in a field related to Public or Business Administration, Political Science, urban planning or closely related field. Applicants must have completed or substantially completed coursework toward a Master of Public Administration or closely related degree.
Application deadline is February 21, 2012. Applicants will submit the following by e-mail to Josh Jones, :
- A cover letter stating interest and intent;
- A current resume listing education, university(ies) attended, degree and completion dates, and professional work experience.
Please submit this information in one .doc/.docx or .pdf file if possible
Current Intern
Josh, an Ethan Allen Scholar, graduated with honors from Weber State University with a Bachelor of Integrated Studies in Public Administration. As an undergraduate, he was an executive director program coordinator in student government. Josh was also the Intern to the City Manager of South Ogden City, Utah, which is where he developed his passion for local governance. As a University of Kansas MPA student, Josh worked for the League of Kansas Municipalities as a management intern as well as for Douglas County in the same capacity.
Now that his coursework is completed, Josh is happy to be fulfilling this one-year internship with the City of Fort Collins. Some of his favorite projects to date include looking into the hierarchical structure of the organization to identify efficiencies and best practices, marketing a CRM/311 tool to city employees, and helping to develop the City's legislative policy on state alcohol sales law. In addition to these projects, Josh enjoys continual involvement with the City Executive Lead Team, Budget Results/Lead Teams, and other ongoing task forces.