Data & Research Intern: Dashboards, SQL & Power BI

Commonwealth of Pennsylvania; El Segundo, Northern (CA, KY); Hybrid; USD 21,000 - 29,000; Full time

Job summary

The Commonwealth of Pennsylvania invites applications for a Planning, Research and Statistics Intern in the Department of Corrections. This role focuses on data analysis, reporting, and research to guide agency decisions using administrative data and visualization tools.

You will gain hands-on experience with SQL, Excel, and Power BI while building dashboards and contributing to workforce studies in a public-sector setting.

Qualifications

• Must be a current graduate student majoring in data science, economics, public policy, criminology, sociology, statistics, or a related field.
• You must have strong quantitative research and data analysis skills.
• You must have strong analytical, problem-solving, organizational, and communication skills.
• CJIS background check requirement and eligibility.

Responsibilities

• Data Analysis: analyze administrative and research data using SQL, Excel, Power BI, or similar tools.
• Research Support: prepare, interpret, and present information for research and evaluation projects.
• Workforce Studies: assist with staff retention research and workforce data analysis.
• Dashboard Creation: develop dashboards, reports, and other analytical products.
• Project Assistance: support analytics and evaluation tasks based on bureau priorities.

Skills

Quantitative analysis

Data analysis

Communication

Problem solving

Education

Graduate student in data science or related field

Tools

Power BI

SQL

Excel

Job description

The Commonwealth of Pennsylvania invites applications for a Planning, Research and Statistics Intern in the Department of Corrections. This role focuses on data analysis, reporting, and research to guide agency decisions using administrative data and visualization tools.

You will gain hands-on experience with SQL, Excel, and Power BI while building dashboards and contributing to workforce studies in a public-sector setting.