Are you ready to help shape America's energy future? The Department of Energy (DOE) is looking for motivated, forward-thinking individuals to join our Power Up Program. This internship gives you hands-on work experience, direct mentorship, and professional networking opportunities within the federal government.
Join DOE's Power Up program and kickstart your federal career! This program is designed to offer exciting early-career opportunities for upcoming professionals ready to make an impact in the Federal government. As a participant, you will be paired with an on-the-job mentor whose guidance is tailored specifically to your career path-whether you are entering a technical specialty or an administrative/professional role.
In this program, mentoring goes far beyond basic job training. Your mentor will serve as a trusted guide, helping you build confidence, develop professional skills, and learn how to navigate and thrive within a structured, mission-driven environment. As a Power Up Intern in the Hydrocarbons and Geothermal Energy Office (HGEO), you will support our daily mission goals.
Your responsibilities at the GS-5 grade level may include: Assisting higher-graded analysts in conducting routine program evaluations and performing basic monitoring of administrative support systems, such as Workday, records, and documentation. Conducting preliminary research and checking administrative files to verify that factual information and documentation are accurate and complete.
Performing entry-level quantitative and qualitative data entry and compilation to assist in the preparation of routine, recurring program reports. Providing administrative support, entering data into tracking systems, and directing routine inquiries from internal and external stakeholders to the appropriate staff.
Your responsibilities at the GS-7 grade level may include: Coordinating and carrying out well-defined evaluation tasks to determine program effectiveness, while independently monitoring administrative systems, records, and documentation. Researching, reviewing, and evaluating documentation to determine its relevance, accuracy, and usefulness for program decisions.
Conducting independent data analysis of limited complexity on workforce programs using quantitative and qualitative methods and drafting complete reports to convey factual program data. Preparing formal reports and correspondence and serving as a primary point of contact to resolve inquiries from internal and external stakeholders regarding talent and performance management programs.
(For GS-07) Note about Superior Academic Achievement (SAA): Applicants usually cannot claim credit based on their overall GPA if more than 10 percent of their total credit was based on pass/fail or similar systems, rather than on traditional grading systems. However, if they can document that only their freshman-year courses (25 percent or less of their total credit) were credited on a pass/fail or similar system, they can use their overall GPA to claim SAA.
If 10 percent or fewer credits or only freshman-year courses were based on pass/fail or similar systems, such credits can be ignored, and the GPA can be computed from the graded courses. Applicants can, however, still claim credit based on their last 2 years if 10 percent or fewer credits were based on pass/fail or similar systems.
Applicants who cannot claim credit under the GPA requirements may claim credit for SAA only on the basis of class standing or honor society membership. Note about Graduate Education: One academic year of graduate education is considered to be the number of credits hours your graduate school has determined to represent one academic year of full-time study. Such study may have been performed on a full-time or part-time basis.
If you cannot obtain your graduate school's definition of one year of graduate study, 18 semester hours (or 27 quarter hours) should be considered as satisfying the requirement for one year of full-time graduate study.Education must be accredited by an accrediting institution recognized by the U.S.
Department of Education in order for it to be credited towards qualifications; applicants' resumes and supporting documentation should only reflect education received from schools accredited by such institutions.
Applicants can verify accreditation at the following website: https://ope.ed.gov/dapip/#/home.If a relevant course is not clearly qualifying (e.g., special topic, seminar, research, thesis, obscure or misleading course title, etc.), please submit an official course syllabus and/or detailed course description from the university/college for that particular course to ensure you are properly evaluated. Provide all relevant transcripts, not just your most recent one.
Special Instructions for Foreign Education: If you are using education completed in foreign colleges or universities to meet Minimum Qualifications, you must show that the education credentials have been evaluated by a private organization that specializes in interpretation of foreign education programs and such education has been deemed equivalent to that gained in an accredited U.S. education program, or full credit has been given for the courses at a U.S.
accredited college or university. Failure to provide such documentation with your application will result in lost consideration. For further information, visit: https://sites.ed.gov/international/recognition-of-foreign-qualifications/.
Your benefits depend on how long your internship is scheduled to last: Internships lasting 12 months or more: You are eligible for full federal benefits, including health insurance (FEHB), life insurance, retirement, Flexible Spending Accounts (FSAFEDS), and long-term care insurance (FLTCIP). Internships lasting 90 days to 12 months: You are eligible to earn paid annual (vacation) leave and sick leave. You are not eligible for retirement or life insurance.
Internships lasting less than 90 days: You do not earn paid leave or receive federal retirement benefits.
This position is with Department of Energy Headquarters, Department of Energy.
The posted pay range is $40736 – $70682/yr.
Applications close on 2026-08-26.
This is a Full-time with possibility of Part-time if needed. position.
This position is open under the 'Public' hiring path.
Source: USAJOBS.gov — U.S. Federal Government
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