Transportation Specialist Pathways Student Intern
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The Massachusetts Federal-aid Highway Division is hiring a Transportation Specialist Pathways Student Intern (GS-2199-05 - $21.42 to $27.85 hourly) in Cambridge, Massachusetts. To apply, visit https://www.usajobs.gov/job/781950300 (open to U.S. Citizens). This internship announcement closes on 04/01/2024.
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Of course Massachusetts is home to Martha's Vineyard and the Boston Red Sox. However, do you know about its civil rights history? Martin Luther King, Jr. met his wife (Coretta) in Boston. Dr. King obtained his Ph.D. at Boston University, and Coretta attended the New England Conservatory on an academic scholarship. Are you aware that the Massachusetts State House served as the stage for dozens of speeches during the Women's Suffrage Movement? Boston is also home to the Freedom Trail.
FHWA's Massachusetts Division is pleased to announce it is furthering our legacy in history by offering an opportunity for a student to experience civil rights as a practitioner through the Pathways Program.
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The Transportation Specialist Pathways Student Intern will report to the Massachusetts Division's Civil Rights Specialist and acquire a multi-faceted experience within the FHWA's Massachusetts Division. You will:
- Assist in the analysis and evaluation of external civil rights programs such as the Disadvantaged Business Enterprise (DBE) Program, the Strategic Workforce Development Program, the Americans with Disabilities Act as implemented by the Massachusetts Department of Transportation (MassDOT).
- Attend a variety of meetings with MassDOT Officials and/or representatives of local planning organizations.
The ideal candidate is a student dedicated to public service and working as a part of the Executive Branch.
The ideal candidate has an interest in the Civil Rights Act of 1964 (Pre-Law), Public Administration, Community Planning and Statistical Analysis.
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When considering if Cambridge, MA is right for you, please consider all the great things Massachusetts and the MA Division Office has to offer:
Ranked by U.S. News and World Report as #18 in their 2022-2023 list of Best Places to Live in the USA, Boston is one of America's oldest and most unique cities with a little something for everyone. Boston is a historic City, home of the Boston Tea Party, Paul Revere, and premiere historical sites located along the 2.5-mile Freedom Trail including Bunker Hill, the Old North Church, Faneuil Hall, Boston Common and the USS Constitution.
Boston is “wicked smaht” as the home of America’s first public library (1653) and currently more than 50 colleges and universities in the greater Boston area, including MIT, Harvard, and the Berklee College of Music. It is where you can find the New England Aquarium, Museum of Science, Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum, Boston Symphony Orchestra, Boston Ballet, and countless other galleries and venues hosting performances every day of the year. It is also home to world class championship professional sports, the Boston Marathon, and the Head of the Charles Regatta.
Boston is a very walkable city with its downtown the site of the nation’s first public subway system (1898) which has since grown to today’s MBTA regional transportation network of subway, bus, trolley, train, and harbor ferry services spanning hundreds of miles of eastern Massachusetts, stitching together the urban core to the neighborhoods, the suburbs, and the cities beyond.
Click here to learn more about living and working in Boston.
The Massachusetts Division is located just across the Charles River in Cambridge, MA: a welcoming, vibrant, diverse, and active community teeming with students, visitors, and residents from around the country and the world. Cambridge was recently ranked by Chamber of Commerce as the 2nd safest city for trick-or-treating, and of course Salem is less than 20 miles north (a 26-minute train ride on the Newburyport/Rockport line) from the office if you want to experience the Halloween capital of the world. Our office is in the VOLPE Transportation Building, which is easily accessible by the Kendall Square/MIT MBTA stop, and includes an on-site fitness center, health clinic, and cafeteria, with numerous restaurants within walking distance of the office. We offer teleworking, alternative work schedules, transit benefits, and the opportunity to work with one of the most innovative and progressive DOTs in the country.
As a bonus, you will also be working in the new DOT building that opened October 2023.
Want to get away? The New England states are small, so travel is quick and easy! While Massachusetts is home to one of the top 10 beaches in the USA, Coast Guard Beach on Cape Cod, over 80 apple orchards and more than 130 craft breweries. You might also choose to hike Mount Washington in New Hampshire, enjoy fresh lobster on the seacoast of Maine, ski or snowboard the Green Mountains in Vermont, or set sail from Newport, Rhode Island.
So come enjoy all the seasons with us (sometimes in the same week) when you join our dynamic team of transportation professionals.
Click here to learn more about FHWA's Massachusetts Division.