Federal Reserve Summer 2025 Business Survey Intern at Federal Reserve Bank (FRB)

Posted in Management 4 days ago.

Type: Full-Time
Location: Richmond, Virginia





Job Description:

Company

Federal Reserve Bank of Richmond

Grow 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 how 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

The Richmond Fed is looking to hire an intern this summer to support its mission to understand economic activity and the economic outlook of business and community leaders. Through our regional surveys, the Richmond Fed gains valuable insights into the opportunities and challenges of the communities it serves. The Richmond Fed is looking for an intern to support its economic (business) survey team.

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. Interns will be given the opportunity to enhance their business skills, formal presentations, research and writing. In addition to specific business area tasks, you will receive targeted leadership training, mentorship, and exclusive networking opportunities.

What You Will Do:


  • Conduct outreach to businesses to recruit them into the Richmond Fed Business Survey panel, including but not limited to telephone and email.


  • Assist in designing and implementing marketing strategies to increase participation in regional business surveys.


  • Track, analyze, and report on survey recruiting efforts in order to increase campaign performance and measure impact.


  • Assist in analyzing survey participant data to understand response trends and enhance the survey participant database.


  • Conduct literature reviews on survey methodology.


  • Participate in trainings on survey methodology.


General Qualifications:


  • Strong verbal and written communication skills.


  • Strong attention to detail.


  • Ability to work on multiple projects simultaneously.


  • Ability to work well in a team setting but also independently.


  • Proficiency in Microsoft Office Suite.


Essential Qualifications:


  • The ideal candidate has an interest in survey research and preferably some experience working on surveys in a professional or an academic setting, although not necessary.


  • High interest in and enthusiasm for our business surveys and our efforts to expand participation.


  • Organized, thorough, and enjoys keeping track of a lot of information.


  • Exceptional people skills, dedicated to the highest level of customer service, and enjoys talking on the phone.


  • Resourceful and able to hunt down firm information and evaluate sources for quality.


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 is $22.00/hour.


  • Applications are reviewed on a rolling basis. Interested applicants are strongly encouraged to apply by January 31, 2024.


  • US Citizenship or US Permanent Resident status is required


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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