Head Office Children's Services Pathway Volunteer Internship
Posted on August 18th, 2010
Employer
Barnardo\'s
Job Description
Purpose of position:
We are looking for a proactive person who wants to work at the centre of a big children’s charity. The internship will provide a good introduction into how Barnardo’s delivers services to children and management issues in the voluntary sector. The intern will develop a strong skill base and get an excellent insight into different areas of Barnardo’s work.
Head Office Children’s Services leads the department responsible for delivering our 400+ projects across the UK. The intern role will provide project support to the UK Director of Operations and the 2 units focused on winning new work for Barnardo’s through tender applications and managing the department effectively. The intern will support one-off projects and larger strategic pieces of work. Some of these will focus on frontline service areas such as services for 14-19 year olds and others will look at how to improve the management of Children’s Services by improving issues like communication and marketing.
Key Responsibilities:
- Delivering accurate project support to teams within Head Office Children’s Services
- Picking up delegated tasks and quickly turning around completed work
- Undertake research into government policies, other children’s services providers and - - Barnardo’s service models, pulling off key information and making clear recommendations
- Work with other departments such as Fundraising, Policy and Research and Communications/Media to ensure effective joint delivery of projects
- Writing reports and presenting information to a variety of audiences in a clear and concise way
- Communicating projects and work required from services to frontline staff and managers
- Assisting the department with day-to-day activities and working flexibly across Children’s Services at Head Office
Person Specification:
- High level of written English and oral communication skills
- An interest in the ‘business side’ of charity work and a passion for addressing issues affecting disadvantaged children, young people and families
- Strong research skills and ability to analyse information from different sources and make recommendations based on evidence
- Experience of managing projects to a high standard either in an academic or work setting
- Ability to think creatively when communicating with different audiences
- Experience of working with a number of different teams in an office environment
- Ability to work using own initiative and manage multiple tasks and projects simultaneously
- A high standard of organisational skills and the ability to prioritise tasks and work in an efficient way
- Ability to negotiate and consult a variety of stakeholders effectively
- The ability to follow processes ensuring that work is completed in line with organisational policies
- A good understanding of information systems and Microsoft Office
- Confidence, enthusiasm and strong interpersonal skills
Barnardo's will offer interns:
- CV/Application Writing and Interview Skills training
- Access to the Barnardo’s internal vacancy list
- Supervision and support throughout the internship
- Any training relevant to the volunteer internship role
- Reference on completion of the internship
- £4 lunch allowance plus travel to and from work
Period of opportunity: 4th October – 17th December
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