Intern - Defense & Security - Campus 2024

Job Family:

Intern

Travel Required:

Up to 10%

Clearance Required:

None

What You Will Do:

The Guidehouse Internship Program staffs interns on real world projects, showcasing the Guidehouse culture, and providing them with a meaningful consulting experience. Interns work with teams and provide real time deliverables in support of the clients. Each Intern is paired with a Buddy to serve as a resource that can assist them in navigating their Guidehouse experience. 
  

Highlights of our Internship Program include: 

• 10-week experience in the Summer of 2024 (Anticipated to start Monday, June 3 and run until Friday, August 9) 

• Learning & Development sessions (both e-learning & instructor-led)

• Mid-point and final evaluations 

• Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) intern event 

• Networking & social activities and events 

• Intern speaker series 

• Collaborative group projects 
   

Click through the link below to hear more about Guidehouse's Internship Program! 
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y8-DyIUan2I&t=2s 

Defense & Security consulting professionals help our clients to identify, evaluate, and solve some of their most complex challenges, assisting them in achieving their strategic goals and objectives to fulfill their mission. We help our clients transform their business processes, improve efficiency of operations, strengthen policies and controls, increase transparency and performance management, and comply with Federal laws and regulations. The nature of our projects can be fluid and requires self-motivated individuals that are willing to develop solutions on their own or in a team of highly skilled professionals. Project team members are provided the opportunity to interact with our clients’ senior management, as well as the opportunity to enhance their skills in the area of technical competency, business development, client service, leadership, project management, and people development.

This internship will support government agencies that are responsible for securing the nation’s transportation systems, preparing for and responding to disasters and emergencies, and other national security-related priorities. Individuals will be engaged in a diverse set of project-specific tasks covering a broad set of program and project management consulting capabilities, including:

• Assisting clients in designing, developing, launching, and improving new projects and programs that are focused on achieving their strategic goals, objectives, and mission
• Assisting clients to identify, develop, and implement performance metrics and measurement tools to monitor program performance and evaluate whether programs are achieving their goals
• Assist clients in analyzing projects and programs to identify risks and help develop, apply, and monitor mitigations
• Documenting and evaluating business processes and making recommendations for process improvements
• Applying a variety of analytical, problem-solving, and reporting skills and techniques
• Producing a variety of communications from informal email interactions with clients to formal memos, issue papers, presentations, executive briefings, and others
• Conducting research to investigate client problems and work collaboratively with your team to formulate and recommend solutions
• Support clients in collecting and analyzing data, producing models and visualizations, and draw conclusions from the data to improve decision-making
• Analyze and help develop and/or improve policies and procedures for a variety of programs and operational needs

In addition to client-facing responsibilities, Interns in Defense & Security will support important activities that contribute to the growth of our business, strengthen internal Guidehouse operations, and create a positive work environment for all Guidehouse employees.  Some of these activities include but are not limited to:

• Assisting in business development activities, such as identifying potential client needs and ways Guidehouse can assist, developing proposals and white papers, participating in client and internal account meetings, and more
• Participating in Guidehouse’s programs for coaching and mentoring staff
• Assisting in the development of learning and development materials, courses, and presentations to help Guidehouse employees expand and strengthen their skills
• Support Guidehouse programs and initiatives for recruiting top talent to the company

What You Will Need:

• Degree status: Must still be enrolled in an accredited und