National Credit Union Administration - Internship Spring 2013

Intern Responsibilities and Assignments
Office of the Chief Economist,
National Credit Union Administration

The Office of the Chief Economist (OCE) at the National Credit Union Administration (NCUA) is able to provide opportunities to a limited number of interns. Most of the work involves data analysis and reporting, related to the Office functions of providing economic intelligence to the NCUA examiners in the field and NCUA central office staff, including senior agency officials. OCE interns typically have opportunities to improve both their communication and analysis skills. Given the current OCE products and initiatives, typical responsibilities include providing assistance with:

 • A variety of regular OCE reports related to national, state, and local economic conditions. Special focus will be given to the financial system and financial conditions. The work typically involves creating data summaries (tables, graphs, maps), and writing succinct narration to accompany the summary.
 • A variety of regular reports related to the health of the credit unions. The work reqnires developing familiarity with credit union data, including data related to individual credit unions and using a variety of data access and analysis applications.
 • . Further development of the OCE credit union database, inCluding providing quality control (data review and checking for accuracy) of existing databases.
 • Researching and reporting on new national, state, and local trends of potential interest to the credit union community.
 • Attending and reporting on Congressional hearings and other conferences with special interest to credit union community, as deemed appropriate by OCE senior staff.

Interns have opportunities to develop their skills to a relatively high level using a variety of applications, including Agency-standard Microsoft Office components (Excel, Word, PowerPoint, Outlook). Data analysis is done primarily through Stata, a well-known statistical application, though other applications are also available.

Interns will typically have the opportunity to develop a project independently and report on that project both in internal presentations and, ideally, as a formal written report.

The complexity/responsibility level for intern assignments will be adjusted, where possible, to the training and potential of the intern. Interns with greater experience and training will typically work more independently and with greater responsibility. Interns typically work closely with senior staff; supervision is ongoing and continuous.