There are two internships available, one in The Office of Employee Development (OED), within the CDOT Human Resources (HR) division, and the other in the Maintenance and Operations Training Services.

We are each seeking a motivated, responsible college student or recent graduate who is pursuing a career in human resources, learning/training, and/or organization/employee development. This part-time collegiate internship aims to provide meaningful experience in the areas of training, learning, and employee development, to students with proven academic performance and a strong desire to learn and contribute.

These teams coordinate training and learning for employees across the state. This includes: delivering leadership training; managing the required supervisor training curriculum; organizing IT and technical training; leading SAP training; managing and growing a curriculum of practical/job-related training; leading the Transportation Engineering Training Program (TETP); coordinating National Highway Institute (NHI) training for the engineering division; overseeing required compliance training (e.g., cyber security, HR legal and policy), administering the statewide learning management system (LMS); running reports in the LMS; partnering with the Department of Personnel & Administration (DPA) on related and complementary training offerings; administering the CDOT tuition and certification reimbursement program, and delivering Maintenance and Operations training across the state.

This internship is a great opportunity for a college student who is seeking experience working in any business setting. In this position, you will gain significant Human Resources (HR) and business organization experience, including:

• Computer use: Google Meet, Adobe, MS Office, VPN, Intranet, and using multiple software environments (training, testing, production)
• Data presentation: Presenting data via Excel reports
• Business writing: Writing internal communications about training and related programs
• Design experience: Learn website design using Google sites as well as graphic design and writing for the web
• Diverse business skills: Conducting meetings in person and virtually; prioritizing work duties; time management with multiple projects/assignments; problem-solving and troubleshooting issues for various projects; leadership/initiative when taking on and learning new assignments; adaptability in how you use resources to accomplish tasks; and creativity in terms of design, process improvements, etc.

Major duties and responsibilities:
The internship will serve an important role in helping coordinate training and learning. Key duties can include:

• Learning management system (LMS): Learn the CDOT LMS and serve as an administrator, which includes: managing courses; scheduling and monitoring classes: supporting instructors; recording learning after classes are held; producing a wide variety of reports from the system and formatting them for customers; and more
• Transition to Cornerstone LMS: CDOT is migrating to a new LMS called Cornerstone. Each intern will be very involved in assisting with the transition to Cornerstone, which can include uploading content, testing functionality, communications, and much more.
• Tuition and certification reimbursement program: Learn the program and process; receive employee requests for reimbursement; process and track requests

Training administrative support: Support trainers with various tasks, such as: pulling and sending training materials; communication with regional staff in support of training duties, helping maintain the training storage areas; reviewing training materials (e.g., editorial review); and so forth. Additional duties for this internship (based on the applicant’s skills and interests as well as on business needs) will include:

• E-Learning and Technical Training: Test e-Learning; participate in the development and design reviews; help test e-Learning for content quality, usability, and functionality; and build and test data for technical training classes
• Training tool development: Help creates tutorials, how-to instructions, and practical training tools that the workforce needs.
• Virtual Web Sessions: Support virtual web training delivery by serving as a moderator during live sessions and doing other related training coordination activities
• Training: From time to time, attend training classes led by OED or DMO Training instructors, shadowing trainers, and assisting with some training delivery as appropriate
• National Highway Institute Training: Assist with coordination and scheduling of training for classes requested through these programs
• Other job duties as assigned

Work Environment:

• Expected work schedule is between Monday through Friday
• It is anticipated that this role will work approximately 35 hours per week
• The ability to work in an active, collaborative, team-oriented environment is a must
• Use a computer to accomplish everyday work duties
• Work can include working remotely via a computer, so the student needs a reliable WiFi connection; CDOT will provide a laptop.
• Ability to lift up to 50 lbs. (e.g., boxes of training materials, set up training rooms, etc.)

Minimum Qualifications

Qualified candidates must be either:

• Any college student enrolled in an accredited community college, college or university seeking an Associates, Bachelors, Masters or Ph.D. degree related to Human Resources.

OR

• A recent college graduate. Recently graduated means the individual should have attended an accredited college or university and have graduated with an Associates, Bachelors, Masters or Ph.D. degree related to Human Resources within three calendar years.

OR

• A certified participant in the Colorado Refugee Services Program.

College Transcripts: If you are using education to qualify, a legible copy of your official or unofficial college transcript(s) or a foreign credential evaluation report must be submitted with your application. Transcripts must show the name of the school and that a degree was conferred. Transcripts from colleges or universities outside of the United States must be assessed for U.S. equivalency by a NACES educational credential evaluation service. Failure to provide a transcript or foreign credential evaluation report may result in your application being rejected and you will not be able to continue in the selection process for this position.

Conditions of Employment

• Must pass a pre-employment screening which may include social security number trace, criminal records check, public court records check, educational records, and driving records checks. More information in the supplemental information section.
• Effective September 20, 2021, employees will be required to attest to and verify that they are fully vaccinated for COVID-19. Employees who have not been fully vaccinated will be required to submit to twice-weekly serial testing. Testing details will be provided during the onboarding process. Upon hire, new employees will have three (3) business days to provide attestation to their status with proof of vaccination or begin twice-weekly serial testing for COVID-19. Testing will take place in-person/at home/TBD and will be considered paid work time. Note: Fully Vaccinated means two (2) weeks after the second dose in a two-dose series of the COVID-19 vaccine, such as the Pfizer or Moderna vaccine, or two (2) weeks after the single-dose vaccine, such as Johnson & Johnson’s Janssen vaccine, as defined by the State of Colorado’s Public Health Order and guidance issued by the Colorado Department of Public Health & Environment. (10/27/21)

Preferred Qualifications
The exceptional applicant will possess the proven ability or accomplishment in the following:

• Strong interest in the duties listed in the Description of the Job section.
• Pursuing a related degree, such as human resources, learning, and development, organizational development, psychology, industrial/organizational psychology, education, or public administration, or pursuing entry-level experience in learning and development.
• Highest work/personal ethics and integrity.
• Knowledge and experience with human resources, training, learning, diversity, and inclusion or organization development.
• Desire to learn and develop.
• Exemplary communication and organizational skills.
• Solid analytical and critical thinking skills.
• Willingness to be flexible, independent, and creative.
• Intermediate experience with Microsoft Excel.
• Experience with Microsoft Office Suite (Word, PowerPoint, etc.) and Gmail.
• The ability and interest to quickly learn other software systems.