Job Description

Work for Indiana

Begin a fulfilling career with the State of Indiana by joining one of the largest employers in the state, offering a diverse range of opportunities across 60+ agencies. At the state, you'll find competitive compensation, a robust benefits package and a commitment to work-life balance. Most importantly, you'll have the chance to make a real and measurable impact on the lives of Hoosiers across Indiana.

At the State of Indiana, we don’t just talk about diversity and inclusion—we make it our goal to create a welcoming, accessible, and equitable workplace with a workforce that is representative of Indiana's population. As a proud equal opportunity employer, reasonable accommodations may be available to enable individuals with disabilities to complete the application and interview process as well as perform the essential functions of a role.

About the Governor's Summer Internship Program (GSI):

The Governor’s Summer Internship Program (GSI) is designed to give college students real-world, hands-on experience in their desired field of study to enhance marketability upon graduation. Participation in the program will offer students a multitude of experiences including networking with state employees, resume building and soft skills workshops, agency head panels, and much more.

Management Performance Hub:

The Management Performance Hub (MPH) provides analytics solutions tailored to address complex management and policy questions enabling improved outcomes for Hoosiers. We partner with state agencies to leverage data in innovative ways to facilitate data-driven decision-making and data-informed policymaking.

Role Overview : 

The MPH Data Scientist (DS) Intern plays a role by   creating in-depth analyses to convey accurate, meaningful insights that empower state agencies and other partners to better serve their populations and the Hoosier community.  

Salary Statement : 

The hourly rate for this position is $16.24 for those that do not hold a bachelor’s degree & $17.24 for those that hold a bachelor’s degree or higher by the time the internship starts.

Location : 

This position is located in MPH Offices, Indiana Government Center North, Downtown Indianapolis.

A Day in the Life:

The essential functions of this role are as follows:

• Identify and execute one major project related to agency needs and academic area of study
• Create, develop, and sustain the programmatic efforts for the assigned discipline
• Analyze data and feedback to provide recommendations 
• Partner with other relevant stakeholders to promote and enhance the quality of projects
• Collaborate with State of Indiana agencies to ensure effective implementation of internal and external initiatives
• Engages with business stakeholders on projects and initiatives to understand their analytical and operational challenges and translate these needs into data solutions
• Assess the structure, content, and quality of the data through examination of source systems and data samples
• Collaborate with other DS professionals, data engineers, and BI professionals around data/table structures to optimize architecture, ETL procedures, dashboards, and other self-service needs
• Prioritize requirements and create rapid prototypes and minimally viable products for end users
• Look for opportunities to improve current processes or find efficiencies by applying industry best practices as a DS professional
• Mines and analyzes data from state databases to drive insights into problems and efficiency in processes while maintaining the standards of organizational excellence 
• Interprets data and from multiple sources using a variety of analytical techniques, ranging from simple data aggregation to data mining, to more complex statistical methodologies 
• Use and monitor the input for code repositories like GitHub for code version control
• Provide end user education for interpretation of business data
• Test and evaluate data solutions as it relates to upgrades to existing software
• Document and communicate technical specifications to ensure that proper techniques and standards are incorporated into deliverables and understood by the end users
• Employee is expected to make independent decisions with guidance from more senior members of the team
• Actions performed by the employee will be under review as needed by supervisor and will contribute to the achievement of strategic goals
  
   

The job description is not designed to cover or contain a comprehensive listing of activities, duties or responsibilities that are required of the employee. Other duties, responsibilities and activities may change or be assigned at any time.

 

What You'll Need for Success:

• Must be currently enrolled as an undergraduate or graduate with an accredited post-secondary institution and have completed at least one (1) year of undergraduate education.
• Working knowledge using computer languages (R, Python, SQL, etc.) to manipulate and draw insights from large data sets as well develop software for automation
• Academic work in related field
• Excellent oral and written communication skills
• Ability to analyze datasets related to discipline 
• Ability to build relationships, establish credibility, and influence leaders at all levels 
• Ability to conduct well-informed research
• Ability to solve complex, critical problems
• Ability to review and make recommendations on proposed changes to relevant policies and procedures
• Broad knowledge of statistical techniques and concepts (regression, properties of distributions, statistical tests and proper usage, etc.) and experience with applications
• Strong understanding of relational and dimensional databases, theories, principles, and practices 
• Strong analytical, conceptual, and problem-solving abilities
• Must have solid foundation of critical thinking skills
• Strong written/oral communication and presentation skills
• Resourceful self-starter and highly motivated team player
• Able to perform well in a fast-paced environment
• Experience with data manipulation to include cleansing, standardizing, and transforming.
• Experience with the following concepts or tools is not a requirement but considered a plus (geocoding and geospatial data, shiny, network diagraming, neo4j, Docker, Kubernetes)
• Knowledge in how to generate and distribute visualizations to a broad range of audiences
• Effective communicator and someone who enjoys getting to understand nuances of a problem
  
   

Benefits of Employment with the State of Indiana:

This seasonal position does not offer benefits and is limited to 180 working days in an eleven (11) month continuous period

Equal Employment Opportunity:

The State of Indiana is an Equal Opportunity Employer and is committed to recruiting, selecting, developing, and promoting employees based on individual ability and job performance. Our policy is to provide equal employment opportunity to all people in all aspects of employer-employee relations without discrimination because of race, color, creed, religion, sex, national origin, ancestry, age, sexual orientation, gender identity, physical or mental disability, or veteran status. We will comply with the spirit as well as the letter of all applicable state and federal laws. 

If you are a qualified individual with a disability and require reasonable accommodations to complete this application, you can request assistance by contacting the Indiana State Personnel Department at jobs@spd.IN.gov .

The State of Indiana has established a culture that welcomes equity, inclusion, and opportunity for all employees and applicants. We encourage you to apply if you feel you have the transferrable skills to be successful in this position and we look forward to reviewing your application.

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