Public Services Strategy & Consulting Internship

Location: Amsterdam

Health & Public Services Strategy Internship – Amsterdam

Explore, learn, and grow.

Are you a Master's student and are you ready to combine your passion for digital innovation, healthcare and the public sector?

At Accenture the Netherlands, you will work across a diverse range of topics, spanning operational excellence and strategic challenges to the implementation of emerging technologies. During your internship, you will be mentored and guided by experienced consultants, gaining practical skills that will be valuable throughout your entire career. This internship challenges you to combine your academic curiosity and innovative mindset to create real societal value through technologies and change initiatives.

Internship duration: 4 to 6 months, starting February or March.

Application: Submit your CV and a motivation letter (preferably in Dutch) explaining your interest in Accenture the Netherlands and this internship role. In your motivation letter please specify the duration of your internship and whether you are applying for a working internship or a thesis internship.

What you'll do: As an intern, you will collaborate with dedicated consultants on real client engagements, supporting organizations such as various ministries with national and international dependencies, (academic) hospitals and justice and public safety institutions in becoming more digital, agile, and future-ready.

You will gain practical experience with envisioning strategies while contributing to meaningful projects that create real value for our clients, delivering tangible benefits such as cost savings, handling cases more efficiently and quickly, or optimizing their processes.

What can you expect

During your working internship, you will have the opportunity to shape your own experience and explore your personal interests. You’ll be involved in a variety of projects, including business analyses, stakeholders and market analyses, assisting in the development of business proposals, and researching clients’ systems and functionalities. You will also be encouraged to bring your own ideas and initiative, allowing you to challenge yourself and make the most out of your internship.

How We Reinvent

This internship falls under our Industry & Process service line, where we combine deep industry expertise with cutting-edge technology to deliver 360° value to our clients.

In today’s world, business leaders want to rapidly and confidently reinvent to increase resilience, mitigate risk, and grow with sustainable value. That’s where Accenture Industry & Process comes in. We bring together strategic visionaries, industry experts, practitioners from across every enterprise function, business intelligence professionals, change specialists, data and AI authorities, and many other specialized skills to co-create each client’s unique path to reinvention. You will be a trusted partner to business leaders, working with a diverse team of experts to deliver successful tech-enabled transformation and new kinds of value for your clients. Join our global network of people using the latest assets, platforms and partnerships to help bring ideas to life.

Our culture of shared success and continuous learning ensures that every team member contributes to, and benefits from, our reinvention journey.

What we're looking for

Education: You are currently enrolled in a Master’s program at a Dutch university for the full duration of the internship. Preferred study backgrounds include Healthcare/Life Sciences, as well as Public or Business Administration, Political Science, or closely related disciplines.

Skills: Affinity with Healthcare or Public Sector; actively following the latest tech trends.

Mindset: Ambitious & proactive, critical by nature, communicatively strong, and a team player.

Bonus points: Involvement in extracurricular activities. For example, student organization involvement, Defensity College, Society College, De Kleine Consultant etc.

Languages: Native Dutch and English mandatory

What we offer

Learning opportunities: Access to our Learning & Development Platform

Mentorship: Guidance from an internship supervisor (People Lead) & buddy.

Culture & Community: Within this team, you will be part of an open and supportive culture that actively encourages you to make the most of your internship experience. Through engaged mentorship and guidance, you will quickly find your way within both Health & Public Services and Accenture NL. The workweek offers a balanced mix of opportunities for personal development and informal interaction with colleagues across all levels. The more proactive and assertive you are, the more you will learn, grow, and enjoy meaningful experiences throughout your internship.

Perks: Competitive internship and travel costs reimbursement

Inclusion, Diversity & Social Impact: Do Good Volunteer Program, I&D Networks, Refugee Talent Track

Please submit your CV and motivation before November 6th.

About Accenture

Accenture is a leading global professional services company that helps the world’s leading businesses, governments and other organizations build their digital core, optimize their operations, accelerate revenue growth and enhance citizen services—creating tangible value at speed and scale. We are a talent- and innovation-led company with approximately 791,000 people serving clients in more than 120 countries. Technology is at the core of change today, and we are one of the world’s leaders in helping drive that change, with strong ecosystem relationships. We combine our strength in technology and leadership in cloud, data and AI with unmatched industry experience, functional expertise and global delivery capability. Our broad range of services, solutions and assets across Strategy & Consulting, Technology, Operations, Industry X and Song, together with our culture of shared success and commitment to creating 360° value, enable us to help our clients re