Short-term voluntary internship opportunities
Our short-term voluntary internships are an ideal opportunity to gain experience in a successful NGO whilst contributing to alleviating poverty and suffering. Our short-term voluntary internships generally comprise a single role that encompasses working on a specialised project. You will become very skilled in your role and gain insight into how an NGO operates.
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Short-term voluntary internship opportunities
Oxjam Regional Support Executive
Charity Shop Competition Researcher
Area Project Assistant (Fashion and Clothing)
Oxjam Regional Support Executive
Oxfam House, Oxford.
We are also looking for people from other areas of the country (Cardiff, Leeds and Manchester) to work from home or in a local Oxfam office / shop.
Commitment:
September 2008 – May 2009. 20 hours a week, flexible timings within standard working hours / days.
Department name:
Oxjam is Oxfam’s annual month long festival with a difference. Every year thousands of music events of all shapes and sizes are organised all over the country by people like you, all to raise money for Oxfam.
Everything from buskathons to choral recitals, festivals to open mic nights, mozart to metal, they are all welcome as part of the Oxjam festival.
Key Responsibilities:
- Leading, managing and motivating 5 – 10 volunteer Oxjam Regional Support Team Managers who’s job it is to support all the local Oxjam events in their surrounding area to raise as much money as possible for Oxfam. A lot of this will be done via email and phone although you will be expected to travel to see the teams too.
- Making the regional Teams work – Identifying and developing key people who are already in the Oxjam network, to provide a succession of effective Oxjam Regional Support Teams. Sharing experience and promoting initiative and mutual support between the Oxjam support Teams through online channels, face to face meetings and via phone and email.
- Understanding the Regional Manager’s and their Support team’s needs (both in terms of resources and personal development) through regular one to one phone meetings as well as face to face meetings and email communications, and responding to these needs appropriately.
- Monitoring, evaluating and reporting back to the Oxjam Team on regional Oxjam activities within your designated teams.
Skills and competences:
- Experience of leadership roles and of managing and motivating teams to deliver joint objectives.
- Excellent communication skills both written and verbal.
- Working on your own initiative and problem solving: Ability to analyse and negotiate resolutions to complex situations. Able to seek out and use appropriate advice when required.
- Analytical skills: Ability to analyse data on the performance of your designated regional teams and develop effective and practical responses to this.
- Interest or experience in organising music events is a plus
Deadline: Tuesday 18th September at 5pm
Interview date: Tuesday 9th September
Start date: Asap
Contact: Ed McGregor
Email: emcgregor@oxfam.org.uk
Address: Events and Community Fundraising,
Trading Department,
Oxfam House,
John Smith Drive,
Oxford, OX4 2JY
Charity Shop Competition Researcher
Oxfam House, Oxford.
Commitment:
2 - 3 days a week (not including evenings or weekends) for three months
Department name:
The Trading Finance Team is based in the Trading Division and supports Trading Division Management with Information and Analysis.
We provide insightful information and analysis that supports management actions and decision-making.
The voluntary role of Charity Shop Competition Researcher is an interesting post that needs some one who is analytical, methodical and creative in seeking out information.
Key Responsibilities:
Projects
- Establish and maintain a database of charity shops across the UK.
- Research opportunities to add to our shop portfolio in targeted areas.
- Analyse charity shop competition in the locations of Oxfam shops.
- Analyse competitors’ location strategies for key competitors (could include retail location profile i.e. secondary, tertiary).
- Analyse shop segmentation location strategies (e.g. Bookshops)
Ongoing
- Maintain database for Oxfam sites (additions and closures)
- Fulfil Ad hoc competition analysis
Skills and competences:
- Critical Information Gathering
- Analytical Thinking
- Drive and enthusiasm
- Organisation to work effectively
- Commitment to achieve results
- Ability to work with all levels of the organisation
- Confident at using Access and Excel
Deadline: 19 September
Interview date: 26 September
Start date: 1 October
Contact: Tiago Peixoto, Management Information Manager
Email: tpeixoto@oxfam.org.uk
Media unit assistant
Oxfam House, Oxford
Commitment:
Min. 3 days per week for 3 months
Department name:
Media unit
Responsible for generating press coverage for Oxfam across all media.
Key Responsibilities:
- Talking to journalists and helping to sell in Oxfam news stories.
- Drafting media materials such as press releases, Q&As and so on.
- Supporting on reactive media calls, picture requests and other enquiries.
- Administrative support to the team.
- Working on ad hoc projects, e.g. research projects, photo shoots etc. as they come up.
Skills and competences:
- Conscientious, with a high standard of organisational skills, to work in a busy and pressured environment.
- Good interpersonal skills, to deal with a wide range of contacts, including negotiating and assertiveness skills
- Excellent time management skills, including an ability to prioritise work in order to meet deadlines.
- Drive and initiative to get things done
- Interest in the media
Deadline: 15 September
Interview date: 18/19 September
Start date: From 29 September
Contact: Stuart Fowkes
Email: sfowkes@oxfam.org.uk
Tel: 01865 472254
Area Project Assistant (Fashion and Clothing)
South Cumbria and North Lancashire, South Yorkshire, West Yorkshire, Leicestershire and Northamptonshire, Lincolnshire and Nottinghamshire, Edinburgh, Shropshire, Newcastle and Northumberland.
Commitment:
Industrial Placement – Negotiable to fit with course requirements
Work based experience minimum of 4 hours per week Maximum 36 hours per week
Department name:
Trading's Mission
Trading is responsible for making as much money as possible to overcome poverty and suffering by maximizing the value of the gifts of time, product and money that are given to Oxfam by its volunteers, donors and customers.
Key Responsibilities:
- Liaising with shop managers and volunteers to effect change through working in an inclusive way
- Leading on maximising the return on Oxfam’s Clothing Sales in a particular shop or for an area
- Assisting with developing key visual merchandising strategies, training and work with the area and shop teams to implement it.
- To work to increase the amount of clothing donated
- Attend Area and national meetings and training as required
Skills and competences:
- Ability to work as part of a diverse team(E)
- Excellent communication skills both verbal and written (E)
- Experience of Coaching and Mentoring (D)
- Experience of working in a clothing related business, or relevant qualification (E)
- Proven ability to monitor sales and respond accordingly (D)
Deadline: Ongoing
Interview date: Shortlisted Applicants will be interviewed by the Area Manger along with a key person
Start date: ASAP
Contact: Laura Ruxton – Product Development Manager
Email: lruxton@oxfam.org.uk
Tel: 07920 722 380
Address: Oxfam Office, 46 Highgate, Kendal, LA9 4TF
Internet sales coordinator
Oxfam Books and Music shop, East Sheen, London
Commitment:
Ideally a minimum 16 hours a week for 6 months, but this is open to negotiation. Reasonable local travel and lunch expenses where appropriate will be paid.
Department name:
We are a specialist Oxfam book and music shop. Within the retail arm of Oxfam. The shop is in East Sheen, within walking distance of Mortlake overground station and on the 33 bus route.
Key Responsibilities:
- Working on a project to develop a system for tracking and listing both current and historic online sales.
- Researching the value of books and musical items on the Internet.
- Inputting data and managing trades on Amazon, ABE and Ebay.
- Dealing with customer queries via email.
- Packing and posting Items sold over the Internet.
- Streamlining the process of storage and book price research.
Skills and competences:
- Ebay knowledge essential.
- Good communication skills.
- Good basic IT skills, particularly Word.
- Drive and commitment.
- Excellent organisational skills.
- Fluent written English
Deadline: 15th September 2008
Interview date: Week commencing 22nd September 2008
Start date: 29th September, (open to negotiation)
Contact: Neil Bond
Email: oxfamshopf4642@btconnect.com
Training Manual Editor on Participatory Capacity & Vulnerability Analysis
Head Office, Cowley, Oxford
Commitment:
Minimum of 2 days a week for 2-3 months.
Department name:
Adaptation & Risk Reduction Team – Programme Policy Team
Key Responsibilities:
The Intern will work in close relation with the Capacity Building Coordinator to finalise a Training Package including a hard and electronic version of the Manual & CDs. The main tasks will involve:
- Designing a Training Manual Layout in-line with OGB minimum requirements;
- Contributing to the writing of specific sections;
- Help to incorporate recommendations provided by Advisors;
- Preparing preliminary pages for the title, contents and preface of the Manual;
- Editing the existing content and selecting/ creating artworks and illustrations incl. photos;
- Ensuring that illustrations are correctly captioned and correctly referred to in the text;
- Ensuring quotes are properly referenced;
- Correcting spelling mistakes and grammatical errors;
- Design and produce the CDs that go with the Manual;
- Research of printing and distribution methods.
Skills and competences:
- Knowledge of and access to Adobe InDesign, PageMaker, Microsoft Publisher or a similar editing programme;
- Must show a portfolio of previous applicable graphic design work
- Ability to incorporate suggestions and to meet deadlines
Deadline: 8 September 2008
Interview date: September 9-11th
Start date: September 12th
Contact: Edward Turvill, Capacity Building Coordinator
Email: eturvill@oxfam.org.uk
Communication and Events Co-ordinator
Head Office, Cowley, Oxford
Commitment:
Minimum 2 days a week, from September to December 2008.
This role is office based with some UK travel to events as necessary (expenses will be paid).
Standard working hours are Monday-Friday, 9.00 - 5.15pm. Flexible volunteering hours can be agreed.
Department name and brief description:
This role will provide communications and events support to the Publishing Team, promoting Oxfam’s new flagship report From Poverty to Power and it’s key messages (For more information visit www.fp2p.org)
The Publishing team publishes books, journals, and online materials for public policy and advocacy and for development policy and practice (particularly gender, education, and disaster relief). In June it published for Oxfam International, a flagship report From Poverty to Power which is being promoted worldwide between June 2008 and March 2009. This role will work with Oxfam staff and external stakeholders to ensure launch events are resourced sufficiently.
Key Responsibilities:
- Co-ordinating a 2 week author tour of academic institutions across the UK (Taking place in October 2008)
- Assisting with distribution and promotion of From Poverty to Power, and identifying new opportunities for promotion.
- Some general administration: meetings, mailings, etc
- The post holder might also be asked to support other departments with communications work around From Poverty to Power where appropriate
Skills and competences:
- Strong organisational skills and ability to manage multiple projects to meet deadlines
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills
- Good interpersonal skills - comfortable liaising with many people at different levels
- Sound IT skills including Excel, Word, email, and web
- Ability to work independently without direct supervision as well as part of a team
Deadline: 8 September 2008
Interview date: 10 September 2008
Start date: 15 September 2008
Contact: Jennie Morant, Oxfam Publishing
Email: jmorant@oxfam.org.uk
Tel: 01865 472135
Address: Oxfam House,
John Smith Drive, Cowley, OX4 2JY
Oxfam Experiences Coordinator
Head Office, Cowley, Oxford
Commitment:
12 Hours over a minimum of 3 days a week
Department name and brief description:
Oxfam’s Trading Division
Oxfam Experiences are part of the fundraising team. The team put together high value, donated Experiences, which are sold to fund Oxfam’s work. To see examples of the Experiences we sold on ebay last year, look on our website
Key Responsibilities:
Packaging Oxfam Experiences into products ready for sale, which involves:
- Working with potential donors to define the Experience, taking it from an idea to a signed off saleable item
- Designing listings of individual Experiences, for live auction/ silent auction/ online sale
- Building and maintaining relationships with donors
- Helping to manage sales events, e.g. Renault F1 online auction, from designing the listings to payment and despatch
- Managing the Oxfam Experience web pages
Skills and competences:
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Strong Influencing Skills e.g. through fundraising or sales experience
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Highly developed interpersonal awareness
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Organisational skills. Proven writing abilities using Word for designing listings
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Computer literate in Excel for keeping track of Experiences
Deadline: Wednesday September 17th
Interview date: Monday September 22nd
Start date: To be agreed
Contact: Fiona Kelbrick
For further information about the role, you can speak to the current post holder Zinnat on 07717 427887.
Email: Fkelbrick@Oxfam.org.uk
Tel: 07787 576 530
Address: Oxfam House,
John Smith Drive, Cowley, OX4 2JY
Assistant Shop Manager
Location: Enfield
Commitment: Minimum of three months, up to one year. Commitment per week is negotiable.
Department and brief description: Retail Charity Shop
Responsibilities:
- Training to the level of assistant manager
- Know and understand all aspects of an Oxfam Shop
- Understanding the work Oxfam does
- Visit our Head Office in Oxfam
- Possibility of work experience within other Oxfam departments.
Key skills:
- A willingness to learn
- Reliability
- Commitment
- Honesty
- Integrity.
Closing date for applications: Ongoing
Interview date: Negotiable
Start date: Negotiable
Contact: Sally Gordon
Tel: 0208 3677728
Postal address: Oxfam Shop, 54 Church Street, Enfield, EN2
6AX
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