Sacramento Municipal Utility District

STEM Curriculum Developer (Graduate Intern)

Sacramento, CA

Internship

$72,800-$95,680

About This Job

Department: Energy & Technology Center Location:

Sacramento, CA, US, 95817-1899

Category: Student Apply by Date: 05/07/2025

Hourly Minimum: $35.39 per hour

Hourly Maximum: $46.87 per hour

SMUD's Community Education and Technology (CE&T) group is excited to announce an opening for a STEM Curriculum Developer (Graduate Intern) for our Community Education and Technology Center (CE&TC) for the Summer of 2025. CE&TC is the hub for SMUD's external education effort, providing learning opportunities in a variety of formats for our K-U customers. We sit under SMUD's Sustainable Communities umbrella, and our larger mission is to enhance the quality of life for all our customers by helping to bring environmental equity and economic vitality to all communities in our service area.

We are looking for someone who is passionate about helping SMUD's K-U customers learn about SMUD's vision for a zero carbon future. Through providing equitable opportunities for our community to take part in county wide programs, competitions, and creative partnerships, we'll inspire our customers ages K through "Grey" to do things like act more sustainably, get involved in STEM Careers, and participate in SMUD services.

If you are looking to join the most fun-loving, tightest knit, and hardest working group at SMUD, then you'll want to join our team. We look forward to meeting you.

Projects and tasks that the STEM Curriculum Developer (Graduate Intern) will work on during the Summer of 2025:

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Develop curriculum for up to 9 STEM activities and lessons to utilize for our K-12 students (tie to state curriculum standards, creating PowerPoint presentations, worksheets, project materials, research materials needed for each activity, etc.)

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Assist Education Specialists in train-the-trainer workshops, STEM activities and presentations in our community

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Assist the STEM Education Team in developing resources for teachers and educators in the community (resources, events, workshops, etc.)

About SMUD's College Internship Program

SMUD's College Internship Program provides college interns with an opportunity to contribute their skills and knowledge to SMUD while gaining valuable work experience. Workshops and activities will also be part of the program where interns will have the opportunity to be immersed in SMUD's culture and learn leadership skills as well as develop their professional skills.

SMUD was also recognized by Interns 2 Pros for the 2020 Internship Program of The Year Award in recognition of excellence in internship strategy, implementation, and impact and was one of five finalists for the 2023 Internship Program of the Year from Interns 2 Pros along with Paramount, Fox Corporation, Intuit, and Toyota.

Purpose

Persons in this classification are full-time graduate students who perform research and analytical tasks for projects and assignments that utilize acquired experience, knowledge, academic skills in support of the department; provide SMUD with expertise on projects and short term business functions/projects.

Nature and Scope

This classification serves as a resource in a relevant professional discipline and works independently on projects of minor to moderate complexity. Work of this classification calls for regular application of analytical and independent research skills at the graduate level.

Duties and Responsibilities

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Reads, researches, analyzes and provides information or recommendations on operational policies, procedures, and programs and maintains related departmental archives and manuals for staff reference. To enhance department efficiency through consistently informing the department manager of SMUD changes in policies, regulations and programs.

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Troubleshoots existing or potential operational, procedural, or strategic problems, work methods, work flow and paperwork channels; gathers data; analyzes and assesses existing and alternative methods for efficiencies and solutions; compiles results and formulates recommendations; and appraises the findings, alternatives, and recommended solutions for changing operations to improve work efficiency. To promote efficient department organization and functioning and support achievement of department performance objectives and operational goals.

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Researches and prepares materials for presentation to the Board of Directors, executive and senior management, other Board and SMUD committees and outside agencies. To ensure that department reporting of administrative, technical, and analytical information is accurate, timely and meets internal and external communication standards.

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Assists in coordinating, reviewing and conducting work planning and evaluation activities; researches project information associated with department internal/external projects in accordance with established task objectives; and schedules tasks as outlined in the project plan/contract. To support the overall achievement and completion of department projects.

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Performs related duties as required.

Knowledge Of

Techniques and practices for problem research, statistical analysis, and program management; methods and techniques for report preparation and writing; methods and techniques for record keeping; modern office practices and procedures; principles, procedures and practices related to personnel management; basic math, addition, subtraction, multiplication and division; principles and practices for contract management; public and business administrative practices; safety policies, practices and procedures; standard operating procedures for modern office equipment including a computer and applicable software; English grammar, punctuation and vocabulary standards.Skills To

Utilize a personal computer and/or computer terminal, systems and software relevant to the job; communicate effectively orally and in writing internally/externally; establish and maintain effective working relationships internally/externally; develop and implement new and revised policies and procedures; read and understand complex and/or technical data; compile and prepare technical, statistical and/or analytical reports and presentations; analyze problems and make recommendations for resolution; analyze situations, documents and data for conformance to established policy and procedures; gather data from appropriate sources and identify relevant factors; interpret, clarify, understand and analyze verbal/written information and ideas; follow and ensure that others follow safety policies, practices and procedures; establish priorities and coordinate activities; schedule and prioritize own work assignments to meet expected timeframesRequired Education

A bachelor’s degree from an accredited college or university; enrollment in a relevant graduate program; completion of at least one academic year in an accredited graduate program.

Required Experience Qualifications

Two years of increasingly responsible relevant work experience involved in analysis, evaluation, planning and preparation of reports, project management, studies or other business duties.

Desirable Qualifications

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Concentration in Education

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Graduate of a Teaching Credential Program

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Experience working with youth in the K-12 space, especially in STEM

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Experience developing curriculum, especially in STEM

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Proficient in Microsoft Office Applications or similar

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Knowledge of renewable energy or science in electricity

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Experience writing lessons tied to state curriculum standards

Physical Requirements

Applicants must be able to perform the essential job functions with or without a reasonable accommodation.Application Deadline: It is guaranteed that the online system will accept applications until 5 PM on apply by date posted. It is highly encouraged that applications are submitted well before the due date and time mentioned to make sure that it is submitted successfully.

Official SMUD Title: Graduate Intern

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Students must be able to commute to the SMUD Offices in Sacramento, CA when requested to come in.

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Students are limited to working 960 hours in a CalPERS fiscal year (July 1 - June 30).

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To have a student position at SMUD, you must not have any relatives working at SMUD.

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Currently, SMUD is not hiring candidates for its student internship positions who require sponsorship from an employer either now or in the future. Such sponsorship is not needed for citizens, a U.S. National, a permanent resident, or one granted refuge or asylum status by the U.S. government. Visa holders typically require sponsorship in one form or another at some point in time.

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Diversity, equity and inclusion (DE&I) are a part of who we are and how we do things. Supporting efforts that promote pay equality is part of that. Salary placement for the selected candidate will be determined in alignment with the California Equal Pay Act or the applicable MOU. Determination for salary placement of internal candidates will be made without respect to current classification or compensation, and will be based upon the candidate's qualifications as compared to those performing substantially similar work. In the event there is a guaranteed pay progression outlined in an applicable MOU, the MOU takes precedence.

SMUD provides equal employment opportunities (EEO) to all employees and applicants for employment without regard to race, color, religion, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, national origin, age, disability, genetic information, marital status, amnesty, or status as a covered veteran in accordance with applicable federal, state and local laws. SMUD complies with applicable state and local laws governing non-discrimination in employment in every location in which the company has facilities. This policy applies to all terms and conditions of employment, including, but not limited to, hiring, placement, promotion, termination, layoff, recall, transfer, leaves of absence, compensation, and training.

SMUD expressly prohibits any form of unlawful employee harassment based on race, color, religion, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, national origin, age, genetic information, disability, or veteran status. Improper interference with the ability of SMUD employees to perform their expected job duties is absolutely not tolerated.

Req ID: 2112

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