Internship Opportunities

Internships with the County of Orange offer students and recent graduates an opportunity to partner with one of the premier employers in the region as they explore career options and apply their academic skills and knowledge to the workplace.

Please click on the internship titles listed below to learn more about the department, requirements, and application instructions. Application instructions can also be located HERE. You may apply for more than one internship to enhance your efforts in securing placement. Please note that the following internships are unpaid and do not guarantee placement into a full-time position.



The County of Orange is currently accepting applications for the following positions on a year round, continuous basis (except by those noted in blue)

• Accounting Intern - Auditor-Controller's Office
• Accounting/Cost, Revenue & Budget Intern - Auditor-Controller's Office
• Administrative Support Intern - OC Community Resources    
• Administrative Support Intern - Social Services Agency (Families and Communities Together (FaCT) Program)
• Civil/Environmental Engineering Intern - OC Waste & Recycling
• Communications/Public Relations/Social Media Intern - County Executive Office  
• Communications/Social Media/Media Relations Intern 
• Community Outreach/Program Management Intern - OC Animal Care 
• Community Relations/Outreach Intern - OC Waste & Recycling
• Coroner's Division Intern - OC Sheriff-Coroner  Applications for this position are no longer being accepted. Please check back in Fall 2020 for more information. 
• Crime Analyst Intern - OC Sheriff-Coroner  Enrollment in a Crime & Intelligence Analysis Certification Program is required.  
• NEW!  Enterprise Privacy & Cybersecurity / Information Technology Intern - OCIT Students/recent graduates are encouraged to apply as soon as possible
• Forensic Science Intern - OC Crime Lab   Applications for this position are no longer being accepted. Please check back in Fall 2020 for more information. 
• Forensic Specialist Intern - OC Crime Lab  Applications for this position are no longer being accepted. Please check back in Fall 2020 for more information.
• Graphic Art/Design Intern - Health Care Agency
• Health Education Intern - Office on Aging  Graduate-level (MPH) students may apply. 
• Information Technology/Systems Intern - OC Sheriff-Coroner 
• Law Intern & Post-Bar Clerkship - Public Defender's Office  Law school students may apply.
• Legal Assistant Intern - Alternate Defender's Office  Undergraduate students/recent graduates may apply.
• Legal Intern - District Attorney's Office  Undergraduate students/recent graduates may apply. Because background investigations take time to complete, applicants are encouraged to apply early.
• Legal Assistant Intern - Public Defender's Office  Undergraduate students/recent graduates may apply.
• Policy & Legislative Affairs Intern - Board of Supervisors
• Probation Department Intern   Opportunity for criminal justice, human services, sociology or social ecology majors to learn about this arm of law enforcement. 
• Public Affairs Intern - OC Sheriff-Coroner
• Public Affairs/Community Relations Intern - District Attorney's Office
• Social Media Intern - OC Waste & Recycling  
• Video Editing/Communications/Public Relations/Social Media Intern - Social Services Agency
• NEW!  Video Production and Editing Intern - Health Care Agency