Reference: 40620
Date Added: 10 June 2013
Closing Date: 24 June 2013
Job Title: Research Assistant, Young Driver Ambassador (2 internships)
Working For: Parliamentary Advisory Council for Transport Safety
Location: London
Salary: Unpaid, expenses only. 3 - 5 days a week
Length of Contract:
Job Details
The Parliamentary Advisory Council for Transport Safety (PACTS), a registered charity, associate Parliamentary group and the leading multi-modal transport safety think-tank, wishes to appoint two temporary interns: a Research Assistant and a Young Driver Ambassador.
The Research Assistant post has been created to contribute to a research project currently being undertaken by PACTS, on linking transport safety to sustainable travel and public health agendas. This project - which will result in a published report (Sept 2013) placed in the British Library and a conference on the topic in October - will place safety in a wider policy framework by examining synergies with sustainable travel and public health, and explore practical ways in which more joined-up working can deliver better outcomes.
The project is at the data collection stage and two meetings of expert reference boards are due to take place in July. The post holder will assist the Policy and Research Officer by doing background research, gathering information, and drafting summaries of their findings. They will also aid preparations and follow up for the reference board meetings.
A full job description is available on the PACTS website:
http://bit.ly/15Qree4.
PACTS also wishes to recruit a Young Driver Ambassador to promote informed debate on young driver safety. The Government has announced its intention to publish a broad ranging Green Paper on the safety of young drivers. The Ambassador will engage in and stimulate debate on young driver safety, and related issues including motor insurance, telematics, etc, linked to the Government Green Paper. They will engage particularly with young people and parents, mainly using social networking media, and present the facts and to explore the arguments regarding young driver safety.
For this post applicants should be aged under 25 years and have recently (within three years) passed their practical driving test in England, Scotland or Wales.
A full job description is available on the PACTS website:
http://bit.ly/1bod0lU.
W4MP Note:
The role being advertised is a voluntary one. As such, there are no set hours and responsibilities and you should be free to come and go as you wish. If the post demands set hours and/or has a specific job description you may be deemed to be a ‘worker’ and be covered by National Minimum Wage/National Living Wage legislation. See http://www.w4mp.org/jobs-listings-events/jobs/
advertising-jobs-with-w4mp/volunteers/what-is-the-national-minimum-wage/ for more information about National Minimum Wage/National Living Wage.
Closing Date: 24 June 2013
Interview/Start Dates
Dates for interviews are the 1st and 3rd July.
The posts are available immediately.
Application Details
Please apply electronically with CV and a cover letter explaining your suitability for the post: david.davies@pacts.org.uk.
Those not contacted by the interview dates will not have been successful. Where possible, please provide details of mailing address, phone and e-mail for contact purposes. Given the number of applications, please note that no acknowledgement of receipt will be sent out.
Website: http://www.pacts.org.uk