Headquarters Internship - Pool

Management Systems International (MSI), a Tetra Tech Company, is a Washington, D.C. metro area management consultancy with a 40-year history of delivering results for our clients. Our expertise is in the fields of monitoring and evaluation; democracy and governance; peace and stability; rule of law and accountability; education; gender and inclusion; strategic communications; and leadership and organizational development. MSI has implemented projects in 90 countries around the world such as Colombia, Indonesia, Jordan, Kenya, Mexico, Nigeria, Pakistan, Syria and Ukraine, and works domestically. We support clients ranging from the U.S. Government (e.g., the U.S. Agency for International Development, U.S. Department of Defense, U.S. Departments of State and Labor, and the Millennium Challenge Corporation) to large bilateral and multilateral donors (e.g., the World Bank and the United Nations Development Program). We also work with national and local governments, nongovernmental organizations (NGOs), think tanks, foundations and universities. For more information, please visit our website at www.msiworldwide.com.

MSI has a comprehensive, paid internship program that provides talented individuals an opportunity to gain practical skills and experience in a wide range of roles. We are proud to have worked in partnership with USAID, AusAID, DOD, DFID and numerous other clients in some of the most challenging political and economic climates in the world. We are looking for strong entry professionals who have the ability to work independently, are strong self starters, and have the ability to work without direct oversight on complex tasks. Our current internship program is remote out of the intern's residence in the Washington, D.C. Metropolitan (DMV) area, and the required location throughout the duration of the internship is in the DMV. Please apply through a specific role that interests you, or if there is not a role open at the time of your application please feel free to apply to this pool posting. We review applicants in our current pool at the time of a specific role going live. 

Internship opportunities are available throughout the year in many departments:

• Operations, in the following regional areas: 

  • Africa

  • Asia

  • Eurasia

  • Latin America and the Caribbean

  • Middle East 

  • U.S. based projects

• Business Development

• Finance

• Communications

• Recruitment

• Technical Practice Areas including: 

  • Strategy, Evaluation and Analysis

  • Leadership and Organizational Development 

  • Rule of Law and Governmental Accountability 

  • Peace and Stability 

  • Strategic Communications

Our paid internship program is for people passionate about international development. Internships are generally seasonal, and interns work a flexible schedule of a maximum of 35 hours per week. 

Many department directors and technical staff began their careers as interns at MSI. The internship program starts you off on the right path, where you can see up front the challenges and rewards of providing more effective development worldwide.