Undergraduate Intern

The NYC Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) enriches the environment and protects public health for all New Yorkers by providing 1.1 billion gallons of high quality drinking water, managing wastewater and stormwater, and reducing air, noise, and hazardous materials pollution. DEP is the largest combined municipal water and wastewater utility in the country, with nearly 6,000 employees. DEP’s water supply system is comprised of 19 reservoirs and 3 controlled lakes throughout the system’s 2,000 square mile watershed that extends 125 miles north and west of the City.

The Office of Equal Employment Opportunity (EEO) & Diversity is charged with promoting consistency and fairness in our employment practices, and driving diversity and inclusion in all aspects of our business. This Office is responsible for ensuring compliance with the City’s EEO Policy and works in partnership with Organizational Development & Human Resources (OD&HR), Labor Relations & Discipline, and Bureau Management to meet the City’s compliance requirements under applicable anti-discrimination law, policy, mandates, and best practices.DEP’s Office of Equal Employment (EEO) & Diversity is responsible for ensuring equal employment opportunity for all employees and job applicants.

The selected candidate will also conduct legal research on related EEO matters; work on EEO backlog case files, data migration into the new EEO database and publish the EEO newsletter. Assist with planning and implementation of numerous diversity and inclusion events and other initiatives within the EEO office.

As of June of the Program year the prospective interne must be a student matriculated in a college or be a recent college graduate (winter/spring term of the Program year).
NOTE: Appointment to this title is only valid for the duration of the Program, June – August each year.