Family and Childcare Trust is a charity that aims to make the UK a better place for families, through research, campaigning and information provision, and working with government, employers and parents to reduce pressures on family life.
Family and Childcare internships offer an exciting opportunity to join one of the UK’s leading family charities for a six month placement. Our scheme enables you to gain valuable work experience and develop the skills needed to kick start your career.
We have two six month internship positions available to start in April 2016: policy and public affairs and communications and campaigns.
All of our internships provide a memorable insight into the way a small charity operates as well as having a genuine impact on our work to transform the lives of families across the UK.
The scheme is paid and aimed at undergraduates, graduates and those looking to change careers.
Our interns are given genuine responsibility and real projects to work on. We recognise that your decision to do an internship with us is an investment in your future career and we want to ensure that this decision is justified.
Policy and public affairs internship
This role will focus on contributing to the Family and Childcare Trust’s policy and public affairs work and providing flexible support for the external affairs team. This may include, for example, supporting policy and research projects, responding to consultations, drafting briefings and supporting the Parents and Families APPG. Flexibility is vital for the role, which will involve both hands on public affairs work such as organising events or meeting with MPs and desk-based research and writing.
Personal attributes
- Ability to work as part of a tight knit team and organisation;
- Excellent verbal and written communication skills;
- Sensitive in approach, and respectful of confidentiality issues;
- Experience of organising events;
- Some research quantitative and/or qualitative research experience desirable;
- Self-motivated and able to work to deadlines;
- Ability to deal with a number of pressing tasks simultaneously;
- Political awareness and interest in working with Parliamentarians;
- Interest in the early years, family and children’s issues;
- Commitment to Family and Childcare Trust’s values.
Communications and campaigns internship
This internship will focus on contributing to the Family and Childcare Trust’s external communications work. It is a hands-on and varied role, and may include writing copy for our website, drafting marketing materials, dealing with journalists, contributing ideas to and developing public campaigns, organising events, proof reading, social media, and working in collaboration with other sector professionals on a number of different issues.
Personal attributes
- Excellent and adaptable written communication skills;
- Confident verbal communicator;
- Ability to create and deliver communications and campaign plans;
- Ability to develop strong parent case studies and parent networks;
- Ability to work as part of a tight knit team and organisation;
- Self-motivated and able to work to deadlines;
- Ability to deal with a number of pressing tasks simultaneously;
- Interest in the early years, family and children’s issues;
- Commitment to Family and Childcare Trust’s values.