Consulting and Data Analytics Master’s Intern

NALHE; Los Angeles (CA); Hybrid; USD 21,000 - 34,000; Full time

Job summary

Kaiser Permanente is offering a 2026 Summer Internship in Los Angeles. The role focuses on analytical support for a project or department, under the guidance of a Project Manager/Director. Expect to collect data, perform analyses, and present recommendations.

The internship emphasizes developing training materials, process improvement, and documentation of best practices, with exposure to data extraction and management reporting tools. Flexible, hybrid work arrangement is available.

Qualifications

• Majors listed by the program: Public Health, Health Sciences, Public Administration, Sociology, Biology, Business, Community Health, Education, Public Policy, Analytics.
• Strong Excel abilities, data handling, and reporting.
• Interest in health care quality improvement and project work.

Responsibilities

• Provide high level analytical support for a project or department.
• Collect and research data, perform analysis, and present results.
• Develop training materials and job aids as needed.
• Prepare Excel, Word, or PowerPoint reports and data extracts.

Skills

Excel skills

Attention to detail

Process orientation

Communication

Organizational skills

Education

Public Health

Health Sciences

Public Administration

Job description

2026 Summer Internship

FLEXIBLE: This internship role is scheduled to be flexible. Please be prepared to spend part of your time working remotely and part of your time working from the following location: 5971 Venice Blvd., Los Angeles, 90034.

Department Description:

Population Care Management (Complete Care) uses an evidence based, person-focused approach to provide care and concentrate on an individual-s health care needs, from wellness and prevention to acute, chronic, and end-of-life care. Complete Care is a proactive, team-based model of care that touches the patient before, during, after, and between visits. This approach works because KP has an integrated care delivery system. We approach every patient encounter as an opportunity to provide necessary preventive, risk related and chronic disease care.

Project Description:

With support of a project manager/lead, graduate intern will support quality improvement measures through project management, data analysis, developing job aids and trainings, and process improvement. Other duties as assigned and in alignment with department needs.

Desired Majors:

Public Health, Health Sciences, Health Management, Public Administration, Sociology, Biology, Business, Community Health, Education, Public Policy, or Analytics.

Desired Skillsets:

Motivated self-starter, eager, Excel skills, detail oriented, process oriented, great communication and organization skills.

Job Summary:

Note: THIS POSITION MUST BE REVIEWED WITH TOTAL COMPENSATION BEFORE POSTING. This position provides analytical support to a project or department. Under the guidance of a Project Manager/ Director, responsible for collecting and researching data, performing analysis, providing recommendations andpresenting results.

Essential Responsibilities:

• Responsible for contributing high level analytical support to a project or department requiring application of knowledge in marketing, information management, finance, management, economics or statistics.
• This position contributes to a full range of project components.
• Assigned to at least one project and expected to produce results and report out as a member of a project team.
• Organizes assigned project tasks, identifies and structures information collection activities, and sets timelines for completion of required tasks as directed.
• Develops tools to identify and to document best practices.
• Prepares various excel, word or PowerPoint reports, and works with access database software (or similar tool) to develop data extracts and management information reports.
• May be asked to produce graphic information using excel or PowerPoint or similar software.
• Contributes to development of management information and analysis conducted, provides recommendations and assists with preparation of formal presentations to communicate results to various management levels. Identifies alternative solutions to project issues.
• Contributes to development project plans to ensure timely deliverables and successful completion of project and demonstrates an understanding of various business intersections.
• Assists with identification and development of training information.
• Kaiser Permanente conducts compensation reviews of positions on a routine basis. At any time, Kaiser Permanente reserves the right to re-evaluate and change job descriptions, or to change such positions from salaried to hourly pay status. Such changes are generally implemented only after notice is given to affected employees.