Resumen del puesto:

Calling all students!

Power Kansas forward! Help track, report, and support broadband programs this summer! 

The Broadband Program Manager Summer Intern will assist the Kansas Office of Broadband Development (KOBD) in tracking grant applications, subrecipient reporting, and project milestones across various broadband programs. You’ll help coordinate technical assistance, meetings with stakeholders, and prepare internal and external reports and briefings. This role also includes attending KOBD meetings, taking detailed notes, and supporting a range of administrative and programmatic tasks.  

Responsibilities:

• Helps track and organize grant applications and subrecipient reporting to KOBD and assists with tracking project statuses and milestones achieved across various KOBD programs through reviewing subrecipient reporting.
• Assists with KOBD scheduling such as technical assistance support for subrecipients and meetings with stakeholders
• Assists with preparing internal and external briefings and reports on KOBD administrative and programmatic activities.
• Attend KOBD meetings, take detailed notes, and prepare relevant materials.

Intern Qualifications:

• Must be currently enrolled in college courses at an accredited college or university.

Pay Range: $15.03-$18.00 hourly

Work Schedule: Monday – Friday hours may vary

Non-Benefit Eligible

Resumen del puesto:

Calling all students!

Power Kansas forward! Help track, report, and support broadband programs this summer! 

The Broadband Program Manager Summer Intern will assist the Kansas Office of Broadband Development (KOBD) in tracking grant applications, subrecipient reporting, and project milestones across various broadband programs. You’ll help coordinate technical assistance, meetings with stakeholders, and prepare internal and external reports and briefings. This role also includes attending KOBD meetings, taking detailed notes, and supporting a range of administrative and programmatic tasks.  

Responsibilities:

• Helps track and organize grant applications and subrecipient reporting to KOBD and assists with tracking project statuses and milestones achieved across various KOBD programs through reviewing subrecipient reporting.
• Assists with KOBD scheduling such as technical assistance support for subrecipients and meetings with stakeholders
• Assists with preparing internal and external briefings and reports on KOBD administrative and programmatic activities.
• Attend KOBD meetings, take detailed notes, and prepare relevant materials.

Intern Qualifications:

• Must be currently enrolled in college courses at an accredited college or university.

Pay Range: $15.03-$18.00 hourly

Work Schedule: Monday – Friday hours may vary

Non-Benefit Eligible

Resumen del puesto:

Calling All Students!

Help bring Kansas stories to life through content, creativity and communication!

We’re looking for a creative and motivated Marketing and Communications summer intern. This Intern will assist the team in producing print and digital content, including social media posts, photography, press releases, email communications, graphic design and website updates. Provide support with drafting memos for the Secretary/Lieutenant Governor, coordinating internal and external surveys and assisting with various special projects as needed. 

Responsibilities:

• Produces print and digital content for the Department of Commerce Marketing-Communications team, to include social media, photography, press releases, email blasts, graphic design and website maintenance
• Provides support as needed with memos for the Secretary/Lieutenant Governor, internal and external surveys and other special projects.

Intern Qualifications:

• Must be currently enrolled at an accredited college or university.

Pay Range: $15.03-$18.00 hourly

Work Schedule: Monday – Friday hours may vary

Non-Benefit Eligible

Resumen del puesto:

Calling All Students!

Ready to step into the heart of state government and make things happen?

Looking for hands-on experience in state government and executive operations? The Summer Intern for the Office of the Secretary will support daily office operations, event planning, and leadership initiatives. This role works closely with the Secretary, Chief of Staff, and Deputy Chief of Staff by helping schedule meetings and travel, preparing briefing materials and trip memos, and assisting with events from start to finish. You’ll help create invitations and agendas, track RSVPs, attend meetings, take notes, support follow-ups, and assist with basic fiscal processes like travel reimbursements and payment vouchers. This is a great opportunity to gain real-world experience, build professional skills, and see how leadership offices operate behind the scenes.

Responsibilities:

• Assist the Executive Assistant in scheduling and coordinating meetings and travel for the Secretary, Chief of Staff, and Deputy Chief of Staff.
• Communicating with external stakeholders, state agencies and Commerce staff to coordinate logistics
• Assist the Director of Events with research on event location, pricing, date options and giveaways items for various events throughout the year.
• Create invitations, agendas and attendee biography collateral for event preparation.
• Track RSVPs to various events throughout the year. 
• Provide support for calendar invites and communication with confirmed event attendees.
• Attend meetings and support the Chief of Staff and Deputy Chief of Staff.
• Take notes, prepare materials and assist in tracking key deadlines and deliverables.
• Help ensure follow up tasks are completed in coordination with Office of the Secretary staff
• Assist with fiscal processes within the Office of the Secretary. This includes travel reimbursements, payment vouchers, encumbrances, interfund.
• Works with fiscal and legal departments to execute contracts and grants as directed by the Chief of Staff and Secretary

Intern Qualifications:

• Must be currently enrolled at an accredited college or university.

Pay Range: $15.03-$18.00 hourly

Work Schedule: Monday – Friday hours may vary

Non-Benefit Eligible

Resumen del puesto:

Calling All Students!

Ready to step into the heart of state government and make things happen?

Support the Quality Places Housing team by assisting with program coordination, meeting preparation, scheduling, and administrative tasks. This internship provides hands-on experience in community development initiatives while helping track projects, coordinate events, and support special projects across the division.

Responsibilities:

• Attend team meetings and trainings related to the Housing programs within Quality Places Division.
• Take notes, prepare materials, and assist in tracking key deadlines and deliverables.
• Help ensure follow-up tasks are completed in coordination with program staff.
• Assist in managing calendars, scheduling meetings, coordination travel and handling event logistics.
• Help submit fiscal paperwork related to travel and other expenses.
• Help coordinate internal meetings, create materials and assist with logistics for events or projects as needed.
• Assist with additional projects assigned by department leadership, gaining experience in community development initiatives.

Intern Qualifications:

• Must be currently enrolled at an accredited college or university.

Pay Range: $15.03-$18.00 hourly

Work Schedule: Monday – Friday hours may vary

Non-Benefit Eligible

Resumen del puesto:

Calling All Students!

Ready to step into the heart of state government and make things happen?

The Quality Places Division Summer Intern will support programs including Kansas Main Street, CDBG, the Office of Rural Prosperity and Quality Places Specialists by attending meetings and trainings, taking notes, and assisting with materials and deadline tracking. The intern will also provide scheduling and administrative support, help coordinate meetings and events, and assist with travel logistics and fiscal paperwork.

Responsibilities:

• Attend team meetings and trainings related to the Quality Places Division, specifically sub-divisions Kansas Main Street, CDBG, Office of Rural Prosperity, and Quality Places Specialists.
• Take notes, prepare materials, and assist in tracking key deadlines and deliverables.
• Help ensure follow-up tasks are completed in coordination with program staff.
• Assist in managing calendars, scheduling meetings, coordination travel and handling event logistics.
• Help submit fiscal paperwork related to travel and other expenses.
• Help coordinate internal meetings, create materials and assist with logistics for events or projects as needed.
• Assist with additional projects assigned by department leadership, gaining experience in community development initiatives.

Intern Qualifications:

• Must be currently enrolled at an accredited college or university.

Pay Range: $15.03-$18.00 hourly

Work Schedule: Monday – Friday hours may vary

Non-Benefit Eligible

Resumen del puesto:

Calling All Students!

Ready to step into the heart of state government and make things happen?

The Quality Places Division Summer Intern will support programs including Kansas Main Street, CDBG, the Office of Rural Prosperity and Quality Places Specialists by attending meetings and trainings, taking notes, and assisting with materials and deadline tracking. The intern will also provide scheduling and administrative support, help coordinate meetings and events, and assist with travel logistics and fiscal paperwork.

Responsibilities:

• Attend team meetings and trainings related to the Quality Places Division, specifically sub-divisions Kansas Main Street, CDBG, Office of Rural Prosperity, and Quality Places Specialists.
• Take notes, prepare materials, and assist in tracking key deadlines and deliverables.
• Help ensure follow-up tasks are completed in coordination with program staff.
• Assist in managing calendars, scheduling meetings, coordination travel and handling event logistics.
• Help submit fiscal paperwork related to travel and other expenses.
• Help coordinate internal meetings, create materials and assist with logistics for events or projects as needed.
• Assist with additional projects assigned by department leadership, gaining experience in community development initiatives.

Intern Qualifications:

• Must be currently enrolled at an accredited college or university.

Pay Range: $15.03-$18.00 hourly

Work Schedule: Monday – Friday hours may vary

Non-Benefit Eligible

Resumen del puesto:

Calling All Students!

Ready to step into the heart of state government and make things happen?

Support the Office of Small Business by conducting ecosystem research and resource mapping, coordinating events, engaging with stakeholders, tracking data, and analyzing impact. Assist with entrepreneurial community outreach and help develop resources to strengthen small business growth across Kansas.

Responsibilities:

• Assist in conducting ecosystem analysis to identify gaps in small business resources and areas where additional support is needed.
• Research entrepreneurial support organizations (ESOs), business development programs, funding opportunities, and workforce training initiatives across Kansas.
• Assist in planning and promoting E3-led events, such as pitch competitions, ESO networking meetups, lender roundtables and small business training workshops.
• Coordinate event logistics, including scheduling, venue setup, speaker coordination and participant engagement.
• Track and manage key performance indication (KPIs) related to E3’s initiatives, including program participation, capital access rates, and business engagement levels.
• Work with internal teams to ensure business support programs are effectively monitored and evaluated.
• Assist in creating outreach materials, resource guides and business development toolkits for entrepreneurs and ESOs.
• Help conduct community outreach efforts to ensure business owners across Kansas are aware of available funding, training and ecosystem support resources.

Intern Qualifications:

• Must be currently enrolled as a student at an accredited college or university.
• Recent graduates are also encouraged to apply, as well as those currently pursuing an advanced degree

Intern Preferred Qualifications:

• Experience in event coordination, data tracking, business outreach, or research projects is a plus.
• Strong research and data analysis skills, with the ability to synthesize information into actionable insights.
• Experience with event planning and stakeholder engagement

Pay Range: $15.03-$18.00 hourly

Work Schedule: Monday – Friday hours may vary

Non-Benefit Eligible

Resumen del puesto:

The Attorney supports the Workforce Services Division by assisting with legal research, policy analysis, and review of agency documents for compliance with state and federal law, including WIOA. Working under the guidance of the Chief Attorney, this role helps ensure agency programs and operations align with legal and regulatory requirements.

Responsibilities:

• Consultation, Legal Research and Advise for the Workforce Services Division, AJLA, CIAC, KAC and other divisions, receives oral or written questions from other employees of the agency or receives oral or written assignments from the Chief Attorney.
• Identifica las cuestiones jurídicas y/o políticas que se plantean en las preguntas o tareas.
• Searches for primary and/or secondary legal authority to answer the legal and/or policy issues which must be answered.
• Reads, analyzes and evaluates agency letters and interoffice memos, policy statements, personnel and program manuals and proposed administrative regulations on Workforce Services issues for compliance with current law, legal authority, legal reasoning and legal implications.
• Provides legal counsel to Commerce Workforce Services Division administrative officials and field personnel to assure that Commerce and its subdivisions perform their respective duties in accordance with the law and also to aid in the compliance with the Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act (WIOA) and other federal laws and regulations.
• Reads, analyzes and evaluates the legal and factual claims raised in letters, motions, discovery, memoranda, briefs, pleadings and appellate briefs delivered to the agency by opposing parties.
• Viaja, asiste y participa activamente en reuniones, deposiciones, audiencias y juicios.
• Representa a la agencia en audiencias administrativas y lleva casos en nombre de la agencia ante tribunales estatales y federales presentando pruebas, interrogando y contrainterrogando a testigos, exponiendo y explicando objeciones, y argumentando mociones, objeciones y otras cuestiones jurídicas.

Pay Range: $60,000.00 to $75,000.00 annually

Work Schedule: Monday – Friday

Benefit Eligible

Resumen del puesto:

The PROWD Employment Services Specialist will provide intensive case management and follow-up services to individuals under the custody of the Federal Bureau of Prisons who are residing in contracted Residential Reentry Centers (RRCs), on home confinement, or recently released into the community. Form Integrated Resource Teams (IRTs) in collaboration with RRC Case Managers, Employment Specialists, and other support partners. Connect participants with individualized services and community resources to address barriers to employment and stability. Coordinate workforce services with RRC staff to avoid duplication and utilize local labor market information to identify high-demand, high-wage opportunities for participants.

Responsibilities:

• Proporcionar servicios intensivos de gestión de casos y seguimiento a los participantes en el programa que están bajo la custodia de la Oficina Federal de Prisiones y residen en uno de los tres Centros Residenciales de Reingreso (RRC) contratados en el Estado o en reclusión domiciliaria, y a los liberados de la custodia de la Oficina Federal de Prisiones que residen en la comunidad.
• Formar Equipos de Recursos Integrados (IRT) para cada participante, una colaboración entre los Gestores de Casos del CRR y los Especialistas de Empleo contratados por la Oficina de Prisiones y otras personas implicadas en el plan de los participantes.
• Connect participants with individualized services and community resources to overcome work and life issues that interfere with holding and keeping jobs.
• Provide workforce services to program participants in coordination with RRC staff, to reduce duplication of services. Provide access to and oversight of online Workplace Readiness curriculum. Understand and access available Commerce programs such as Registered Apprenticeship, Commerce Employment Network and Ticket to Work Program, Older Kansans Employment Program and KTRAIN.
• Understand and utilize local labor market information to identify high demand high wage occupations.

Pay Range: $48,000.00 to $58,000.00 annually

Work Schedule: Monday-Friday 8:00am to 5:00pm

Benefit Eligible

Resumen del puesto:

This position involves technical work, interviewing clients to gather information necessary to determine potential eligibility for training programs, job referrals, and other workforce services. The Reemployment Navigator performs a variety of office duties that require knowledge of established procedures, basic math, and accurate record-keeping. 

The role requires effective communication skills, the ability to follow written and oral instructions, and strict adherence to state and federal employment laws and regulations. Strong organizational skills and the ability to work collaboratively with others are essential.

This position is located at the Wichita Workforce Center.

Responsibilities:

• Proporciona Servicios de Reempleo de intervención temprana, a los beneficiarios identificados por el sistema de Perfiles de Trabajadores y Servicios de Reempleo (WPRS) del Departamento de Trabajo de Kansas (KDOL) como "susceptibles de agotar". las prestaciones del Seguro de Desempleo (UI).
• Procesa la información obtenida de diversas fuentes en KANSASWORKS.com
• Se comunica regularmente con UI y otros socios en relación con el progreso del beneficiario hacia un empleo adecuado y significativo.

Pay Range: $17.79 hourly

Pay starts at $17.79/hr., then staff enter the Kansas Registered Apprentice Program the beginning of the year after hire where pay increases at the end of the first year, and again at the end of the second year.

El Programa de Aprendices Registrados de Kansas es un programa de formación estructurado en el que el personal adquiere habilidades y competencias específicas que le permiten desempeñar múltiples funciones dentro del sistema de mano de obra.

Work Schedule: Monday-Thursday 7:00 am to 5:00 pm and Friday 8:00 am to 12:00 pm

Benefit Eligible

Resumen del puesto:

The Veterans Workforce Services Specialist provides case management to assist veterans and other eligible job seekers in achieving employment goals. Delivers targeted services to Unemployment Insurance claimants at risk of exhausting benefits. Conducts outreach to identify and engage eligible veterans, maintains a presence at workforce events, and serves as a liaison with employers to promote and expand the use of Workforce Center services and programs.

Responsibilities:

• Provides overview of Workforce services to customers
• Performs detailed intake and comprehensive assessment interviews to determine job seeker’s education, interests, work history, barriers to employment, economic and family status, and career goals
• Assists customers with job searches, resume and cover letter preparation, completing applications for employment, holds mock interviews with customers, and educates customer on interviewing techniques
• Provides customers information about program services, job requirements, occupational opportunities, and training programs and makes referrals to appropriate partner services
• Maintains electronic case file in KANSASWORKS.com for each participant in accordance with federal and state policies, procedures, regulations and guidelines
• Provides case management services for Unemployment Insurance claimants identified as likely to exhaust benefits
• Conducts outreach activities, for the purpose of locating, identifying and seeking referrals of eligible veterans
• Mantiene una presencia en el stand de los servicios de Workforce en una feria local de empleo o de recursos.
• Solicita a nuevos empresarios que utilicen los servicios y programas de Workforce.
• Realiza el proceso de admisión con los nuevos empresarios para crear la cuenta y determinar las necesidades del empresario.

Pay Range: $18.70

Work Schedule: Monday-Friday 8:00 am to 5:00 pm

Benefit Eligible

Applicants that have physical, cognitive and/or mental disabilities may claim an employment preference when applying for positions. If they are qualified to meet the performance standards of the position, with or without a reasonable accommodation, they will receive an interview for the position. The preference does not guarantee an applicant the job, as positions are filled with the best qualified candidate as determined by the hiring manager. You DEBE apply at https://jobs.sok.ks.gov and submit the required documentation.

Más información sobre la solicitud de preferencia de contratación por discapacidad

TENGA EN CUENTA: The documentation verifying a person’s eligibility for use of this preference should no Estos documentos no deben enviarse junto con otros materiales de solicitud a la agencia de contratación, sino que deben enviarse directamente a OPS. Estos documentos deben ser enviados por fax al (785)296-7712, escaneados y enviados por correo electrónico a [email protected]o puede enviarse por correo o entregarse en persona en:

ATTN: Coordinador de Preferencia de Contratación por Discapacidad
Oficina de Servicios de Personal
Edificio Landon State Office
900 SW Jackson, sala 401
Topeka, KS 66612

If you are claiming Veterans’ Preference for the first time please mail a copy of your DD214 – copy of discharge or documentation in form of a letter from the United States Department of Veterans Affairs to verify service-connected disability, copy of a marriage license to verify relationship as a spouse to a service member, a letter or notice from the Federal Government showing that their spouse died while serving in the armed forces, or other relevant documentation that would help qualify an individual for Veterans’ Preference in accordance with the eligibility criteria set forth in K.S.A. 73-201. Please mail discharge or documentation to the Kansas Department of Administration, Office of Personnel Services, 900 S.W. Jackson, Rm 401-N, Topeka, Kansas 66612 or Fax to (785) 296-2598. You DEBE apply at https://jobs.sok.ks.gov and submit the required documentation.