DCP Intern - Office of Housing & Community Development

Posting Expires: 3/18/26

Salary: $17.50/hr

The mission of the Department of City Planning (DCP) is to enable high-quality, sustainable, and equitable growth and development of Atlanta by facilitating more options for travel, abundant housing for all people, thriving neighborhoods, exceptional design in architecture and public spaces, preservation of historic resources, innovative regulatory practices, safe and durable buildings, attentive customer service and public engagement in all our work. We advance that mission in the Office of Housing and Community Development (OHCD) by building trust, promoting healthy neighborhoods, and delivering high-quality community development programs. You will join a team of active and qualified professionals in the areas of affordable housing, neighborhood economic development, small business development, food systems, and city planning. Our team is passionate about this work and making the city a more equitable place. You will contribute to our team’s mission by working in office as well as in the field.

• Collaborate with the Director and Project Manager to select and scope a community development project. Project ideas include:

  • Complete Affordable Housing Impact Statements and improve how we use them.

  • Update or re-imagine the Affordable Housing Resource Guide.

  • Contribute to data collection, improvement, and analysis using systems of record for various programs such as databases and Geographic Information Systems (GIS).

  • Research and develop recommendations for calculating affordable housing in lieu fees. 

  • Build specification drawings with measurements and materials for downtown Kiosks.

  • Complete a GIS inventory of microenterprise cart locations.

  • Contribute to AgLanta Grown, urban agriculture, and food systems planning.

  • Work with local businesses in the Main Street/Living Cities programming, and in our Small Business Strategy and Support service offerings.[MJ1] 

  • Complete projects related to neighborhood revitalization initiatives, economic development, transportation programming, and capital investment programming.

• Lead the completion of your assigned project and deliverables.

• Present project outcomes and findings to internal and external audiences. 

   

Knowledge of or interest in:

• community development theory and practice in the areas of affordable housing, economic development, food systems, and neighborhood change.

• principles of city planning.

• principles of project and program management.

Skills: 

• strong critical thinking skills. 

• detailed oriented and organized.

• flexible and adaptable team player.

• willing to learn, attend training, and ask for help.

• Microsoft Office 365.

Ability to: 

• move between working independently and collaboratively.

• make decisions about your project.

• create opportunity for people earning low and moderate incomes.

QUALIFICATIONS AND EDUCATION REQUIREMENTS

Undergraduate and Graduate Students in the following Degree Programs

• urban planning, sociology, anthropology, economics, finance, business, real estate, design, journalism, communication, marketing, engineering, agriculture, environmental science, computer science, data science, programming, social work, public health, or related fields.

   

PHYSICAL REQUIREMENTS

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