Project Management Intern

The NYSTEC Don Hanson Internship Program offers students the opportunity to work alongside NYSTEC professionals to apply academic knowledge in a real-world consulting environment. Interns gain hands-on experience while developing critical business and professional skills that support our clients, partners, and organization.

With guidance from an assigned mentor, interns build competencies in:

* Business knowledge and development

* NYSTEC tools and methodologies

* Partnering and networking

* Managing successful outcomes

* Facilitating presentations

* Quality and risk management

* Analytical thinking, leadership, ethics, and professionalism

Internship Experience  - Project Management Intern

As an intern in NYSTEC's Modernization and Data Solutions practice area, you will gain hands-on experience supporting real projects and team initiatives. You will help keep projects organized by updating plans and status reports, maintaining trackers, organizing shared documents, and contributing ideas to improve team processes. You will learn how project management works in a professional setting while building practical, career-ready skills.

Key Responsibilities

* Help keep project plans and trackers up to date

* Update status reports and project logs

* Organize team documents and shared folders

* Support improvements to internal processes

* Assist with creating and updating templates and team standards

* Participate in internal and client-facing meetings and help prepare reports and presentations

* Learn and apply NYSTEC tools and processes while collaborating with internal and external partners

Required Qualifications

* Effective organizational and time management skills

* Proficiency with Microsoft Office tools

* Clear written and verbal communication skills

* Interest in consulting and/or public-sector work

Education and Experience

* This program seeks undergraduate and graduate students with excellent leadership potential. We look for diverse educational and professional experience.

* Must be enrolled in an accredited degree program with a concentration in business, management, public administration, or a related program.

The NYSTEC Internship Program for summer 2026 will run from May 18 - August 7. The typical schedule will be during normal business hours of 8:00 a.m.

- 5:00 p.m. Specific hours can be negotiated based on the intern's availability. Pay rates for interns are:

* $22 per hour for undergraduate students
* $24 per hour for graduate students

It is NYSTEC's policy to provide equal employment opportunity (EEO) to all individuals, regardless of actual or perceived race, color, creed, religion, sex, or gender (including pregnancy, childbirth, and related medical conditions), gender identity or gender expression (including transgender status), age, national origin, ancestry, citizenship status, physical or mental disability, protected medical condition as defined by applicable state or local law, genetic information, military service and veteran status, sexual orientation, marital status, or any other characteristic protected by local, state, or federal laws and ordinances.

NYSTEC is strongly committed to this policy and believes in the concept and spirit of the law.

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Applicants must be authorized to work in the United States without the need for visa sponsorship now or in the future.

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