As the new year approaches, applications for the spring and summer internships are opening. 

Unpaid Internships:

Student Volunteer (Intern) – Department of Housing and Urban Development (Spring 2023) 

Deadline – December 19, 2022

Location – Negotiable after selection (telework eligible)

Duties – 

• Depends on major, skill set and interests

Requirements – 

• U.S. Citizen
• 16 years of age 
• Pass background check

https://www.usajobs.gov/job/640358800

Student Volunteer Trainee – Department of Education (Spring 2023) 

Deadline – January 2, 2023

Location – Washington, D.C. (telework eligible)
Duties –

• Depends on interests and skills 

Requirements – 

• U.S. Citizen
• 16 years of age 
• Pass background check 
• Permission from institution currently enrolled to participate in internship program

https://www.usajobs.gov/job/674371200

Student Volunteer – Department of Homeland Security

Deadline – continuous until October 13, 2023

Location – Negotiable after selection (telework eligible) 

Duties 

• Depends on major, skill set and interests 
• Working with department/agency programs to gain a working knowledge of policy, regulations and legislation
• Assisting supervisor(s) and/or higher-graded professional(s) in a training capacity
• Providing support in appropriate functional area 

Requirements –

• U.S. Citizen
• 16 years of age by June 30, 2023 
• Pass background check

https://www.usajobs.gov/job/682998100

Paid Internships:

Labor or Gardner Aide – Architect of the Capitol (Summer 2023) 

Deadline – January 31, 2023

Location – Washington, D.C. 

Pay – $15.00 per hour 

Duties – 

• Loading and unloading
• Moving office furniture, boxes, equipment and supplies by hand or with various moving devices (example: dollies and/or hand trucks) 
• Mowing lawns, trimming shrubs, fertilizing plants, flowers, shrubs and trees
• Collecting trash, recycling bottles or cans

Requirements – 

• U.S. Citizen
• 16 years of age by June 30, 2023 
• Pass drug test and background check

https://www.usajobs.gov/job/685385500

Visitor Assistant Aide – Architect of the Capitol (Summer 2023) 

Deadline – January 31, 2023

Location – Washington, D.C. 

Pay – $15.00 per hour

Duties – 

• Variety of general visitor services (requiring no specialized training or experience) 
• Interested in the topics of plants, ecology and/or science
• Various customer and education services to assist visitors to orient themselves, finding facilities and participating in tours and other public programs for the US Botanic Garden

Requirements – 

• U.S. Citizen
• 16 years of age by June 30, 2023 
• Pass drug test and background check 

https://www.usajobs.gov/job/689166900

Information Technology – Architect of the Capitol (Summer 2023) 

Deadline – January 31, 2023 

Location – Washington, D.C. 

Pay – $15.00 per hour

Duties – 

• Variety of general information technology duties (requiring no specialized training or experience) 
• Installing , configuring, troubleshooting and maintaining customer hardware and software 
• Implementing instruction, policies, procedures and standards for information technology (IT) programs, services, operations and/or customer support
• Performing routine procedures for backing up operating systems, applications and data on networks
• Responding to and resolving customer request for assistance, such as help desk calls for routine issues and problems 
• Providing customer training on IT systems, applications and equipment 
• Providing assistance with updating/patching desktops and laptops
• Answering the phone, taking messages, filing documents and distributing correspondence

Requirements – 

• U.S. Citizen
• 16 years of age by June 30, 2023 
• Pass drug test and background check 

https://www.usajobs.gov/job/689162200

Architectural or Engineering Aide – Architect of the Capitol (Summer 2023) 

Deadline – January 31, 2023 

Location – Washington, D.C. 

Pay – $15.00 per hour 

Duties – 

• Providing assistance to Architects with basic architectural design services (Architectural Aide) 
• Providing assistance to engineers with basic drafting, surveying and other relevant engineering tasks (Engineering Aide) 

Requirements – 

• U.S. Citizen 
• 16 years of age by June 30, 2023 
• Pass drug test and background check
• High school students must have experience with computer-aided design (CAD) and/or geographic information systems (GIS) 

https://www.usajobs.gov/job/685381400