Internship Opportunities - DOC

							                                                                                                     MARTIN O’MALLEY
                                                                                                             Governor
                                                                                                    ANTHONY G. BROWN
                                                                                                          Lt. Governor
                                                                                                  RAYMOND A. SKINNER
                                                                                                            Secretary
                                                                                                   CLARENCE J. SNUGGS
                                                                                                      Deputy Secretary


                 Maryland Department of Housing and Community Development

                                            Internship Opportunities
        Applications are currently being accepted for College Student Summer Interns. Five paid internship positions
        are available at DHCD in the following areas: OS/Office of Communications & Marketing, OS/Office of
        Community Outreach, Division of Information Technology and the Division of Finance. Please see below for the
        position descriptions.

        To be eligible for an internship, applicants must be college students, recent college graduates or those pursuing
        graduate degrees. College student participants will be from all majors and specialties. Interns will receive an
        hourly wage and may earn college credit. The hourly rate paid to each intern will depend on the college year
        completed by each student.

       College students interested in applying for an internship must submit the following:

       MS-100 State Application
       Release of Information Authorization form
       Resume
       Unofficial College Transcript

       Deadline to apply for a College Student Summer Internship is Wednesday, May 16, 2012. The program runs
       for 3 months (May 18, 2012 to August 17, 2012).

       If you know of a college student that would like to participate in this internship program, please contact
       Linda Breedlove at Breedlove@mdhousing.org.


                                      DHCD College Student Summer Interns
                                             Position Descriptions


OS/Office of Communications & Marketing (1 position available)
Intern will assist and support the communications and marketing team with day-to-day operations, including publication
writing, media monitoring, scheduling, preparation and coordination of events and assisting with print and media
production.
Preferred Majors are: Public Relations, Marketing, Journalism/English
Local travel may occur with a staff person to events.
OS/Office of Community Outreach (1 position available)
The incumbent will assist the OCO Team with the planning and implementation of community outreach events hosted
by the Department of Housing and Community Development, to promote the Department’s mission and portfolio of
programs and services; tracking and coordinating all community outreach events; overseeing the fulfillment of outreach
collateral mailing requests; execute follow-up; maintaining database information for events; assist with special event
preparation; pro-actively gathers information and statistics on each project/event from development to scale, to achieve
quality event productions by keeping detailed records; assisting with communications to external partners, preparing for
                          MARYLAND DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT
                         100 Community Place Crownsville, MD 21032 www.mdhousing.org
                         410-514-7000  1-800-756-0119 TTY/RELAY 711 or 1-800-735-2258
speaking engagements, trainings, presentations and exhibitor opportunities, as well as participating in community
outreach events.
Preferred Majors are: Public Administration, Community Outreach, Marketing & Communications
Local travel will be required.
Information Technology (2 positions available)
Intern will work with software developers to assist with software design, programming, test and implementation.
Familiarity with Microsoft Office 2010, SQL, HTML, software documentation and or, Microsoft .Net technologies are of
particular interest. Some duties utilizing network or help desk experience may also be desirable.

Preferred Majors are: Computer Science, Engineering, Information Systems, Mathematics
Local travel will not be required.
Division of Finance (1 position available)
Intern will have the following duties and responsibilities: research and present findings to support or negate the idea to
self-service portions of the state’s loan portfolio which in total exceeds $600 million; research and present the financial
impact to the State if DHCD were to change loan terms and/or share in a projects annual surplus cash in lieu of required
annual debt payments; assist in the development of a central database by identifying and documenting which module
(underwriting, asset management or loan servicing) should host the raw data; research the health of a multi-family
project, calculate debt service coverage ratios and develop quantitative projections on loss allowance on multi-family
and business portfolios; document financial procedures relating to commitment of grant and loan funds, encumbrances,
construction draws, and financial reconciliations.
Preferred Majors are: Finance, Accounting
Local travel will not be required.


                                    DHCD is an Equal Opportunity Employer