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.  You may apply for more than one internship.

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 Financial Reporting Intern - Auditor-Controller's Office
• Accounting Office Support Intern - County Executive Office ~Position filled, please check back in July for fall 2012 placement.
• Administrative Aide - Environmental Health ~Position filled, please check back for updates.
• Administrative Support Intern - Clerk-Recorder's Office 
• Administrative Support Intern - OC Parks
• Civil Engineering Intern (Design Focus) - OC Public Works/Flood Control 
• Civil Engineering Intern (Program Focus) - OC Public Works/Flood Control
• Communications Intern - OC Parks
• Communications/PR/Media Relations/Social Media Internship
• Community Outreach Intern - District Attorney's Office ~Position filled, please check back for updates.
• Community Outreach Intern - Registrar of Voters
• Emergency Management Intern - OC Sheriff-Coroner Department 
• Engineering Intern - OC Waste & Recycling ~Civil, environmental, solid waste focus.
• Environmental Health - Hazardous Materials Program Intern ~Position filled for summer 2012.  Please apply in July/August for fall placement.
• Environmental Health - Used Oil Recycling Program Intern ~Position filled for summer 2012.  Please apply in July/August for fall placement.
• Facilities Services Management Intern - Social Services Agency  ~Position filled, please check back for updates.
• Finance/Budget Intern - Social Services Agency ~Position filled, please check back for updates.
• Fiscal & Administrative Support Unit Intern - Health Care Agency
• Forensic Science Internship ~Recruitment closed.  Applications accepted November 1, 2012 through February 1, 2013 for summer 2013 placement. 
• Graduate-Level Health Care Administration Intern - Health Care Agency
• Graphic Art/Web Design Intern - County Procurement Office
• Graphic Design Intern - OC Animal Care
• 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 August 2012 for fall 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. Position filled, please check back for updates.
• 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 ~Position filled, please check back for updates. 
• 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.
• 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     
• Organizational Development Intern - OC Community Resources 
• Paralegal Internship - Child Support Services
• 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/Statistical Analysis Assistant - Child Support Services ~Spanish-speaking skills are desirable.
• Training & Staff Development Intern - OC Public Works ~Position filled, please check back for updates.
• Video Development Intern - Environmental Health/Hazardous Materials