Jefferson County, CO accelerates digital innovation and transformation with internship program

Jefferson County, CO Digital Innovation Transformation

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The county's Innovation Team recruits college students and early-career professionals for the program. Interns work on digital automation and process improvement projects under the tutelage of experienced supervisors. The initial cohort of Innovation and Digital Transformation interns trialed solutions involving open data, intelligent traffic management, and no-code app development. Jefferson County aims for better public services and local talent retention through the program.

Workforce Management Automation Digital Services

Jefferson County, CO

County in Colorado

United States

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The Jeffco Innovation Team strives to achieve their vision by listening to community members, continuously improving our current processes, encouraging employee creativity, and adopting new solutions. They do this through employee-driven innovation, an internship program and the Innovations in Action program.

NACo Achievement Awards: Innovation Internship and Fellowship Programs

In 2021, Jefferson County’s Business Innovation & Technology department launched an Innovation & Digital Transformation Internship Program. This program is designed to give university students and recent graduates the opportunity to lead emerging technology projects focused on improving government services. The primary goal of the program is to recruit and develop a new

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The program's success led to the creation of a fellowship program offering one year of full-time employment to promising innovators.

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