Public Health Intern — Flexible Hours & Data Entry

City of Chicago; Chicago (IL); On-site; USD 21,000 - 30,000; Full time

Job summary

City of Chicago’s CHICAGO DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC HEALTH invites a Student Intern to gain experience in public health operations within the Department of Public Health. The internship is temporary, with flexible hours for students and limited to one academic year, requiring enrollment verification or transcript at application.

Responsibilities include interviewing for enteric infections, entering data into surveillance systems, assisting with investigations, and compiling/analyzing data using

Qualifications

• Must be a student currently enrolled in an accredited college/university or in a business/data processing/IT school.
• Enrollment verification or transcript must be attached with application.
• Duties include data entry, interviews and data analysis.

Responsibilities

• Conduct interviews for STEC, Salmonella, and other infections after case identification.
• Enter data into surveillance systems (INEDSS and REDCap) and support entry into NORS/SEDRIC.
• Assist with case testing coordination during enteric disease investigations.
• Participate in follow-up investigations including multistate outbreak work.
• Compile, tabulate, and analyze data using Excel, SAS, or R; prepare studies/reports.
• Create documents and manage databases using Microsoft Office.

Skills

Interviewing

Data entry

Data analysis

MS Excel

SAS

R

Education

Enrolled student in accredited college/university or business/data processing/IT school

Tools

INEDSS

REDCap

NORS

SEDRIC

Job description

City of Chicago’s CHICAGO DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC HEALTH invites a Student Intern to gain experience in public health operations within the Department of Public Health. The internship is temporary, with flexible hours for students and limited to one academic year, requiring enrollment verification or transcript at application.

Responsibilities include interviewing for enteric infections, entering data into surveillance systems, assisting with investigations, and compiling/analyzing data using