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Summary: The National Center for Missing & Exploited Children is seeking an Analytical Services Intern for the Fall 2026 semester. The intern will support various teams within the Analytical Services Division by conducting research, data collection, and assisting with ongoing projects related to child welfare. Responsibilities: - Support the Attempted Abductions Team by searching for attempts incidents online, through online news articles, law enforcement social networking sites, press releases on law enforcement websites, etc. and documenting the information for the analysts to follow up - Support the collection of nationwide Child Sex Trafficking trends that are tracked and maintained in several spreadsheets and/or internal documents - Assist the Sex Offender Tracking Team with efforts to update data associated with noncompliant sex offenders - Research assigned topics and assist with NCMEC data projects, including data entry and cleaning, qualitative data coding and other research tasks Required Qualifications: - Completed two (2) years of college with a concentration in Criminal Justice, Sociology, Psychology or related field - Minimum grade point average of 3.0 on a 4-point scale - Ability to perform searches in open source and social media platforms - Excellent organizational skills, report writing, and time management skills - Display quality control and high standards when performing data entry - MUST be able to use discretion while handling and maintaining the confidentiality of highly sensitive information - Ability to work independently Preferred Qualifications: - 3.5 GPA or higher preferred - Research experience preferred, to include research analysis skills Required Skills: Research analysis, Open source search, Social media search, Data entry, Qualitative data coding, Report writing, Confidentiality handling Benefits: Each intern will have the opportunity to acquire knowledge and hands-on experience in the position of his/her choosing, Will receive academic credit through an approved program at his/her college, Interns will be excused to attend internship program functions and for academic holidays or vacations