You Can Make a Difference as an Intern with the County of Orange . . .

Internships with the County of Orange offer students and recent graduates an opportunity to partner with one of the premier employers in the region as they explore career options and apply their academic skills and knowledge to the workplace.

Please click on the internship titles listed below to access position descriptions and application procedures. The internships are unpaid positions that do not automatically lead to employment.

Unless otherwise noted after the position title, we are accepting applications for the following positions on an ongoing basis and placement is currently available.   

• Accounting Intern - Auditor Controller's Office
• Accounting Office Support Intern - County Executive Office ~Position filled, please check back for updates. 
• Administrative Aide - Environmental Health ~Position filled, please check back for updates.
• Administrative Support Intern - Clerk-Recorder's Office ~Position filled, please check back for updates. 
• Administrative Support Intern - OC Parks
• Communications Intern - OC Parks
• Communications/PR/Media Relations/Social Media Internship
• Community Outreach Intern - District Attorney's Office 
• Community Outreach Intern - Registrar of Voters
• Emergency Management Intern - OC Sheriff-Coroner Department  ~Position filled, please apply in March 2012 for summer placement. 
• Emergency Preparedness & Planning Intern - Public Health Emergencies ~Grant management focus for graduate-level students.
• Engineering Intern - OC Waste & Recycling ~Civil, environmental, solid waste focus.
• Environmental Health - Hazardous Materials Program Intern ~Please apply now for summer 2012 placement.
• Environmental Health - Used Oil Recycling Program Intern ~Please apply now for summer 2012 placement. 
• Facilities Services Management Intern - Social Services Agency  ~Position filled, please apply in May 2012 for summer placement. 
• Finance/Budget Intern - Social Services Agency ~Position filled, please check back for updates. 
• Forensic Science Internship ~Recruitment closed.  Applications accepted November 1, 2012 through February 1, 2013 for summer 2013 placement.
• Graphic Art/Web Design Intern - County Procurement Office
• Graphic Design Intern - OC Parks
• Health Education Intern - Alcohol & Drug Education & Prevention Team
• Health Promotion Intern - Tobacco Use Prevention Program ~Position filled, please apply in April 2012 for summer placement. 
• Healthy Communities Intern - Health Promotion Division  ~Students must be enrolled in health- (e.g. MPH) or urban planning-related graduate program to apply.
• Human Resources Intern - Graduate Level/Recent Graduate ~recruitment/job analysis focus.
• Human Resources Assistant 
• Investigative Law Intern - Alternate Defender's Office
• IT Desktop Support Technician Intern - Health Care Agency
• IT Service Desk Technician Intern - Health Care Agency
• IT Support Intern - County Executive Office
• Law Clerk - County Counsel
• Law Clerk - Public Defender's Office 
• Legal Assistant - Public Defender's Office
• Legal Assistant & Law Clerk Positions - District Attorney's Office 
• Marketing & Communications Assistant - Child Support Services
• MFT/Social Work Intern - Prevention & Intervention ~Students must be enrolled in academic internship/fieldwork program to apply.
• Music Production Intern - Orange County Sheriff's Department
• OC Parks Design Assistant ~Landscape Architecture, Civil Engineering, Horticulture, Environmental Science Majors.
• OC Planning, Customer Care Special Projects Intern  ~Planning, Architecture, Public Administration, Civil Engineering, IT Majors,
• OC Planning, Neighborhood Preservation Intern  ~Code Enforcement Focus.
• OC Watershed Internship Opportunities  ~Position filled, please apply now for summer 2012 placement.
• Organizational Developement Intern - OC Community Resources
• Policy & Planning Intern - County Procurement Office
• Political/Legislative Aide - OC Board of Supervisors ~Ideal placement for applicants with backgrounds in Political Science, Pre-Law, Communications, Public Policy/Affairs, Social Ecology, Social Science or Public Relations.
• Prevention, Education & Intervention Intern ~Students must be enrolled in academic internship/fieldwork program to apply.
• Probation Department Internship ~Opportunity to work with juveniles.
• Public Health Intern - Office on Aging ~Position filled, please check back for updates. 
• Public Safety Communications Intern - OC Sheriff-Coroner Department
• Research & Development Internship - OC Sheriff-Coroner Department 
• Research Assistant - Child Support Services ~Ideal placement for research experience related to Organization Psychology or Sociology. Spanish-speaking skills are desirable. 
• Training & Staff Development Intern - OC Public Works
• Video Development Intern - Environmental Health/Hazardous Materials ~Position filled, please apply in March 2012 for summer placement.