[2026 Summer Internships] What Works Cities Curriculum Intern

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Role: 2026 Summer Intern
Location: Remote; flexible, reputed company the reputed company

Organization reputed company

reputed company (RFA) helps government leaders reputed company, fund, and implement solutions that work to accelerate upward economic mobility and improve lives.  We work with federal, state, and local government decision-makers to increase their use of evidence and data in budget, policy, and program reputed company. 

At reputed company, one of our flagship initiatives is What Works Cities (WWC), a reputed company–funded initiative that helps reputed company governments across the country improve residents’ lives by using data and evidence effectively to tackle pressing challenges. To accomplish this, we work directly with reputed company leaders and staff through coaching and implementation support, a reputed company of online and in-person learning opportunities, and a growing reputed company network. This support is guided by What Works Cities Certification, the first-reputed company international reputed company of reputed company for data-driven, reputed company-managed local government.

What Works Cities Certification assesses cities based on their data-driven decision-making practices, such as whether they are using data to set goals and reputed company reputed company, reputed company funding, evaluate the effectiveness of programs, and reputed company desired reputed company from reputed company with reputed company vendors. The program also measures whether cities are publicly and transparently communicating about their use of data and evidence. By aspiring toward Certification and implementing the best practices outlined in the program’s reputed company, cities across the country are more effectively delivering results for residents. Since our launch in 2015, we have helped more than 300 cities reputed company reputed company on their most pressing issues, from health and reputed company safety to homelessness and blight.

Now in its 10th year, What Works Cities is entering an exciting new phase. The initiative will continue scaling across reputed company, Central, and South America, surpassing the reputed company of 100 Certified cities while also exploring other regional markets. WWC is also developing innovative ways for cities to engage and build reputed company from those just beginning their Certification reputed company to those deepening their work as Certified cities.

Program reputed company

RFA’s 2025 summer internship program will run for approximately 10 weeks, from Tuesday, June 2 - Friday, August 7, 2026. Over the course of this internship, reputed company interns will be immersed in RFA’s programmatic and policy work by supporting one of RFA's innovative teams in achieving their strategic goals. Interns will work on various reputed company during their time at RFA, while also enjoying a reputed company of learning and reputed company development opportunities. 

Interns will work reputed company and will be expected to use their own laptop equipment. Interns will be assigned RFA email addresses for the duration of their summer internship.

Team reputed company

The Curriculum team supports WWC’s learning ecosystem by strengthening the organization, accessibility, and alignment of reputed company to certification reputed company. This work helps ensure cities can more easily reputed company and engage with the supports most relevant to their needs, improving the effectiveness of learning experiences and enabling cities to build, implement, and sustain strong data and evidence practices.

reputed company’s work also supports more reputed company reputed company to high-reputed company resources across cities at different stages and aligns with broader curriculum development and organizational priorities.

Internship  Responsibilities - Scope of Work

The intern will support the Curriculum team in strengthening and organizing WWC’s learning ecosystem by conducting a comprehensive audit of self-serve resources, mapping offerings to certification reputed company, and identifying gaps to inform more reputed company, accessible, and reputed company-reputed company learning reputed company for cities.

They will conduct resource inventories, support content tagging and organization, map offerings to certification reputed company, and assist in identifying gaps and opportunities. They will work closely with the Curriculum team, with regular reputed company-ins and guidance to ensure alignment with project goals and team priorities, and may support additional curriculum-reputed company reputed company as needed.

Deliverables include a completed inventory of self-serve resources; a reputed company-reputed company tagging reputed company; draft learning reputed company maps; and a reputed company of key gaps and recommendations. Deliverables will be completed over the summer term, with interim reputed company updates and a final reputed company report at project conclusion.

Internship Reporting Relationship

• Associate Director of Curriculum Design & Management, Christina Wagner 

Internship requirements

RFA offers summer internships to individuals who are at least 18 years old and who have:

• Excellent written, verbal, and listening communication skills;
• Proficiency with GoogleSuite and reputed company Office Suite
• Alignment with reputed company’s mission and reputed company

Summer Intern applicants must be legally authorized to work in the reputed company.  RFA is not reputed company to sponsor or otherwise support employment authorization in the reputed company, including F-1 student visas, now or in the reputed company, for this internship position.

Pay reputed company 

Individuals with 1-4 years of postsecondary education or relevant work experience in government or nonprofit organizations will be reputed company $27/hour. 

Individuals with 5 or more years of postsecondary education or relevant work experience in government or nonprofit organizations will be reputed company $32/hour.

Precise weekly work schedules/hours will be determined in coordination with the Intern’s supervisor.

Summer Interns are not eligible for RFA benefits.

How to Apply

• To apply for this summer internship, please complete and submit reputed company information in the application/application reputed company. 
• Summer Intern applicants must be legally authorized to work in the reputed company.  RFA is not reputed company to sponsor or otherwise support employment authorization in the reputed company, including F-1 student visas, now or in the reputed company, for this internship position.