Overseas Private Investment Corporation Internship Program

Agency: Overseas Private Investment Corporation

Location: Washington, D.C.

Major/Field of Interest: Business , Communications, Economics, International Relations, Social Sciences

Description: The Overseas Private Investment Corporation (OPIC) is a small, independent agency of the United States Government. Since 1971, OPIC has served as the key federal agency for encouraging mutually beneficial American business investment in the world’s developing nations. OPIC provides qualified investors with project financing, investment insurance, and a variety of investor services in approximately 150 developing nations and emerging economies throughout the world.
OPIC encourages U.S. overseas private investment in sound business projects, thereby improving U.S. global competitiveness, creating U.S. jobs and increasing U.S. exports.

The projects that OPIC supports must not result in the loss of U.S. jobs and must provide significant benefits to the social and economic development of the host country.

Specifically, OPIC:
insures U.S. investors against certain political risks (currency inconvertibility, expropriation, war, revolution, insurrection and civil strife);
finances private sector and mi

Compensation: Salary/Wage, Unpaid
$13.01 per hour-$18.04 per hour

Hours per Week: Full Time, Part Time
Depends on the semester.

Duration: Approx. 12 weeks

Typical Application Deadline: January, February, March, August, September, December

Eligibility:

  • Must be a United States Citizen or Permanent Resident Alien
  • Students on a F-1 visa who are citizens of an allied country may apply for unpaid internships with OPIC as part of their optional practical training.
  • Open to Sophomores

Web site:
http://www.opic.gov/about/jobs/internship/general/index.asp

Contact:
internships@opic.gov

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