Company

Federal Reserve Bank of RichmondGrow Your Career at the Richmond Fed!

At the Richmond Fed, we’re driven by our mission to strengthen the economy and our communities. We take great pride in what we do and it impacts everyday people every day. 

When you join our team, you’ll become part of a culture that welcomes differences, cares about our communities, and empowers each other to lead from where we are to make things better.

Bring your passion and we’ll provide challenging and purposeful careers in a variety of fields, opportunities to grow and a wide range of benefits and perks that support your health and wealth. It’s all part of what makes #MyRichmondFed a great place to work!

About the Opportunity

Do you enjoy helping other people understand complex concepts in economics? A summer internship on the Fifth District’s Economic Outreach team might be a good fit for you.  You will support the bank’s Economic Education, Community Development and Regional Economic initiatives and programs.  Can you see yourself developing and maintaining educational resources, preparing presentations for summer conferences, identifying and developing a deeper understanding of the role community colleges play in preparing our workforce?  Through these and other projects, you will learn from economic professionals and interact with external audiences.

The Summer Internship Program provides outstanding students with the opportunity to gain valuable work experience at a unique institution. Through advanced project work assignments and professional development activities, interns are provided with an extensive understanding of the work of the Federal Reserve. The Research Outreach intern will have the opportunity to enhance business skills through designing educational resources and supporting the planning of several workshops, conferences, and events along with mentorship and exclusive networking opportunities.

What You Will Do:

Qualifications:

With an application, submit a cover letter, college transcript, and resume. Documents should be uploaded as attachments to your electronic submission. Formatted attachments can include Microsoft Office products, PDFs, JPGs or HTML documents; size for each is limited to 1.5Mb.

Other Requirements and Considerations:

• Candidates should review the Bank’s Employee Code of Conduct to ensure compliance with conflict of interest rules and personal investment restrictions.  The Code is available on the About Us, Careers webpage at www.richmondfed.org.

• Sponsorship is not available for this role.

• Selected candidate is subject to special background check procedures.

• The hourly rate for summer interns is $22.00/hour. 

• US Citizenship or US Permanent Resident status is required.

The Federal Reserve Bank of Richmond provides equal opportunity to all individuals without regard to race, sex, color, religion, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, national origin, age, disability, or genetic information.

Full Time / Part Time

Full time

Regular / Temporary

Temporary

Job Exempt (Yes / No)

No

Job Category

Internship

Work Shift

First (United States of America)

The Federal Reserve Banks believe that diversity and inclusion among our employees is critical to our success as an organization, and we seek to recruit, develop and retain the most talented people from a diverse candidate pool. The Federal Reserve Banks are committed to equal employment opportunity for employees and job applicants in compliance with applicable law and to an environment where employees are valued for their differences.

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