IMPORTANT: This Advertiser has requested that applicants MUST be National Residents / Valid Work Permit-holders. Other applicants need not apply.
Interviews will be held: first week of February
38 Degrees is one of the leading campaigning organisations in the UK. In under five years, we’ve grown to over two million members. Together, we’ve helped stop the privatisation of England’s forests and seen off some of the worst aspects of the government’s plans for the NHS. 38 Degrees members choose our campaigns, and keep the organisation going: all our funding comes from our members chipping in.
In 2013, 38 Degrees started a paid internship scheme. After a successful year we’re once again looking for bright, enthusiastic people with a can-do attitude to come and join our small staff team for a year. We’d want successful candidates to work hard and learn fast. In return, the successful candidate will be equipped with all the skills and experiences they need to build a career in the fastest-growing area of campaigning, as well as becoming a valued part of our friendly, close-knit office team in the process.
ROLE
- Work alongside the 38 Degrees campaigns staff in every aspect of planning and running our people-powered campaigns.
- Lead on specific projects and particular areas of work.
- Develop your strategic and practical understanding of delivering campaigns, as well as acquiring highly-transferable technical and communications skills
PERSON SPECIFICATION
- Passionate about the issues that 38 Degrees works on, including protecting public services, campaigning for social justice, making our tax and banking systems fairer and protecting the environment.
- Keen to learn how campaigning works and how to use people power to make change happen.
- Experience of running campaigns in your own community or as a student would be an advantage.
- Energetic with a flexible can-do attitude, and ready to work hard alongside everyone on our tight-knit team.
- Excellent communication and interpersonal skills, enabling you to work well with other team members and ask for help when it’s needed.
- Clear, concise writing style.
- Good organisation and administration skills, including familiarity with managing your own workload.
- Used to applying attention to detail and concentration in busy surroundings, whether the job is big or small.
- Comfortable with using different software packages and able learn new IT skills quickly. Some knowledge of HTML or other technical skill is desirable, but not essential.
HOW TO APPLY
You can download an application form on the 38 Degrees website: http://www.38degrees.org.uk/page/s/internship
In your personal statement, please outline clearly how you meet the criteria listed in the the person specification above. Please include details of voluntary positions in the employment history section of the form where relevant.
TERMS
12 month contract
Full time with some flexibility - average 40 hours/week
Salary: £20,000 per annum
27 days holiday per annum plus public holidays
If you have any difficulties please contact the staff team at:
emailtheteam@38degrees.org.uk
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