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Student Volunteer (Unpaid Position)
Office of Inspector General · Posted 50 days ago
About the Role
The U.S. Department of Labor (DOL), Office of Inspector General (OIG) serves as an independent and objective unit within DOL. OIG is responsible for auditing, investigating DOL programs and operations to promote economy, efficiency and effectiveness in the administration of the programs; and to prevent and detect fraud and abuse in the programs and operations.
What You'll Do
- →Make an impact while you learn, as a student volunteer.
- →The Fall 2026 program offers students an opportunity to volunteer to support a program-based project that supports real federal missions, gains hands-on experience and valuable career-ready skills.
- →This position is unpaid.
- →The Student Volunteer program, authorized by 5 CFR Part 308, enables Federal agencies to engage students in uncompensated work assignments that provide educational experience, career exploration and skill development.
- →These assignments are designed to align with each agency's strategic priorities, offering participants practical experience within Federal operations while supporting the advancement of targeted initiatives.
- →The main goal of this project is to support and assist OIG Investigators, Auditors, Legal, IT Specialist and/or Human Resources: Prepare and/ or review files, investigative reports or audits.
- →Conduct sensitive, complex reviews and investigations.
- →Analyze, visualize and optimize business processes using the platform's existing audit logs.
- →Prepare quality documents and keep information confidential.
- →Collect and analyze relevant information.
- →Plan and complete work assignments on time.
- →Communicate relevant and accurate information, clearly and concisely during formal and informal meetings.
- →Contribute to team efforts and assist team members to accomplish work goals.
- →Use various enterprise tools and technology to prepare and share documents.
Requirements
- ✓To qualify, you must be enrolled not less than half-time in an accredited trade school, technical or vocational institute, junior college, college, university, or other accredited educational institution.
- ✓You also must be in good academic standing as defined by your institution.
- ✓Attach a copy of your transcripts to your application package for verification.
- ✓If you do not submit sufficient academic documentation necessary to demonstrate that you meet the eligibility described in this announcement, your application will be deemed incomplete, and you will be ineligible for further consideration for this vacancy.
- ✓An academic year of undergraduate education is defined as 30 semester hours, 45 quarter hours, or the equivalent in an accredited college or university and vocational or technical institution.
- ✓See the Required Documents section of this announcement.
- ✓If you do not submit a transcript (unofficial or official) indicating your possession of the required education, you will not be considered for this position.
- ✓Any applicant falsely claiming an academic degree from an accredited school will be subject to actions ranging from disqualification from federal employment to removal from federal service.
- ✓If your education was completed at a foreign college or university, you must show comparability to education received in accredited educational institutions in the United States and comparability to applicable minimum coursework requirements for this position.
- ✓Click Evaluation of Foreign Education for more information.
- ✓If the student is not currently enrolled or is between academic programs, the student may have a brief interim period of not more than five months during which the student must demonstrate a bona fide intention of continuing to pursue a course of study immediately after the interim period has ended.
- ✓This documentation may be provided through an official letter from the academic institution confirming the student's status as a continuing student, or similar documentation.
Benefits
- ★This is a Student Volunteer (Unpaid position).
- ★A Student Volunteer is not an employee of the Federal Government for any purposes other than injury compensation and laws relating to the Federal Tort Claims Acts.
- ★Therefore, service time is not creditable for leave accrual or any other federal employee benefits.
- ★Students are not eligible for noncompetitive conversion to positions in the Federal service.
- ★Student Volunteers are eligible to receive transit benefits.
Personality Fit
Job ID: 6a359f0e-7748-4dbf-a80d-fcb0a57c2cc3
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