2025 Summer Internship Program
Location:
This role is scheduled to be 100% remote. While remote, finalists MUST reside in one of the following states to be eligible for employment with Kaiser Permanente: CA, OR, WA, HI, CO, GA, MD, VA, CT, DC, or IL.
Desired major:
Business Administration; Finance & Accounting; Healthcare Administration
Intern Project:
The Legal Practice Strategy & Enablement team is looking for an intern to help with three areas:
1. Data Hygiene Effort
The Legal Department’s matter management system, TeamConnect, has a need for clean-up efforts around contacts. This project will require a good amount of the intern’s time during the summer.
Work with the team leads:
Evolving the team’s work in the clean-up of matters including field work for reserves, insurance reportable, and
Potential help with accruals reporting.
2. Matter Origination Work
Working with team leads on the revised matter origination process.
Help with the coordination of notification to outside counsel (i.e., helping with the quality control of documentation, scheduling of training with outside counsel, follow up with training questions, etc.).
3. Process Documentation Coordination
Work with the team on the continuation of the standard operating process development for the Legal Department.
This work will be defined depending upon the status of projects by the summertime.
Department Description:
The Legal Practice Strategy & Enablement team uses its collective power to maintain optimized and documented processes, delivering innovative legal solutions that ensure high-quality and affordable service and care to members. The focus areas include:
1. Strategy, Performance, and Measurement:
Develop and implement strategic plans to enhance the Legal Department's performance.
Establish metrics and KPIs to measure success and identify areas for improvement.
2. Strategic Sourcing and Matter Management:
Optimize sourcing strategies to ensure cost-effective and efficient legal services.
Implement robust matter management practices to streamline workflows and improve case outcomes.
3. Legal Process and Data Excellence:
Standardize and document legal processes to ensure consistency and efficiency.
Leverage data analytics to drive decision-making and improve legal operations.
Preferred skill set:
Microsoft 365 skills including Excel (data filtering, V/XLOOKUP), Word, PowerPoint & PowerBI.Background in legal technology helpful.
Job Summary:
Lay the groundwork for a dynamic future with an industry leader. At Kaiser Permanente, you'll forge lasting relationships with colleagues across the organization while enjoying the opportunity to grow your experience and hone your expertise on assignments that have real impact. Our interns have worked on everything from analyzing financial software and developing new marketing strategies, to designing mobile apps and helping clinicians improve care delivery. We want you to get the most out of your time here and will give you projects that challenge you to think freely, question thoroughly, and explore deeply.
Essential Responsibilities:
Contributing to a designated project or initiative to meet a KP business objective.
Report development and analytics.
Project management - planning, execution, and measurement.
Learning new applications needed to complete assignments or support the execution of business objectives.
Job shadowing in other functional areas.
Performing additional duties as required.
Basic Qualifications:
Experience
N/A
Education
Pursuing a graduate degree or have completed a graduate program from an accredited university within the last year.
Bachelors degree required.
License, Certification, Registration
N/A
Additional Requirements:
Aptitude to perform data and process analytics and formulating solutions.
Working knowledge of MS Word, Excel, PowerPoint.
Preferred Qualifications:
3.0 GPA or above
Advanced analytical and problem-solving skills
Proven ability to build effective working relationships as well as strong interpersonal skills
Excellent verbal and written communication skills
Ability to learn quickly and experience producing high quality work in short periods of time.