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Reference: 46769

Date Added: 28 July 2014
Closing Date: 22 September 2014

Job Title: Campaigns and Public Affairs Intern

Working For: Guide Dogs for the Blind

Location: London

Charity Number: 209617

Salary: Voluntary - with travel expenses (one or two days per week)

Length of Contract:

Job Details

Guide Dogs’ multi-award winning Campaigns Team is looking for an intern to help out on their four campaigns that all centre upon getting blind and partially sighted people more independently mobile.

We are looking for someone to provide support to our small team based in Euston in our planning for various high profile political and parliamentary events, roll out of various campaigning products and our management of contact with politicians as well as campaigners.

Key tasks will include;

- Contacting parliamentarians’ offices

- Keeping our log of contact with parliamentarians up to date

- Taking part in our team planning meetings

- Taking minutes at meetings and other general administrative support

- Conducting research around our campaigns and potential collaborative partners

- Use social media to promote campaigning messages

The successful candidate will have strong written and verbal communications skills and good knowledge of all Microsoft Office applications.

We are looking for someone to ideally work one to two days a week for a minimum of one month, with the possibility of extension. We are negotiable on which days of the week these will be.

In return you will receive travel expenses and gain experience of working as part of an exciting campaigning team, gaining invaluable insight into public affairs and innovative campaigning.

You can find out more about volunteering for Guide Dogs on our website: http://www.guidedogs.org.uk/supportus/volunteering)

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: 22 September 2014

Interview/Start Dates

Application Details

Applicants should send a CV and cover letter to Chris Theobald, Public Affairs Officer, at Chris.Theobald@guidedogs.org.uk.

Website: http://www.guidedogs.org.uk

Additional Notes