Campaigns and Advocacy Intern
Reporting
to: Policy Manager
Salary: Voluntary (though reasonable travel and lunch expenses will be covered)
Location: Ideally home-based with regular supervision meetings/briefings with Policy manager as
well as telephone communication. If home working is not suitable candidates can work in the Judith Trust office on Mondays
or Wednesdays.
Time: 1-2 days a week.
Commitment:
Ideally, we are looking for a candidate who can commit for at least 2-3 months (with a possible extension of up to 6 months).
Overall responsibilities
The Judith
Trust campaigns intern will be responsible for helping to broaden awareness of the Judith Trust's work and build up its
profile through media and social networking. The Campaigns Intern will also be responsible for helping to develop and deliver
the Judith Trust's Inclusion campaign through advocacy work and development of campaign materials.
Specific duties
1.
Raising the profile of the Judith Trust through:
- Updating
the Judith Trust website regularly (news stories etc
- Social networking- creating a facebook
page for the Judith Trust and updating it regularly
- Investigating ways of upgrading website
- Compiling and maintaining a list of relevant media contacts
2. Inputting
to the development and delivery of our Inclusion campaign by:
- Writing campaign
materials: specifically developing a campaign toolkit
- Helping with campaign communications
- Helping to build a database for targeted campaign communications
- Assisting in delivering campaign events as well as attending relevant events
3. Any other relevant campaign and advocacy work relating to the Judith Trust.
4. The Judith Trust is a very small charity and as such sometimes we may ask you to help out with general
administrative tasks.
Communication Links
Member of staff | Nature of relationship |
Policy manager | Direct supervisor-
you should be able to seek help and advice regarding your overall tasks and volunteer status from this person. Any queries
or concerns should at the first stage be channelled through this person. |
Finance and Administrative Assistant | Colleague. Please
see for queries regarding finance and administration for The Judith Trust. |
Chair | Chair of the Judith Trust. You may feed into
campaign planning with the Chair and the Policy Manager.
|
Person Specification
Competences | Description | Importance |
IT skills | Proficiency
in Excel, Word and Access | Essential |
Web and internet usage skills
| Competency in using internet for research, searches, various forms of social networking and communications. | Essential |
Excellent
written and verbal communication skills | Ability to communicate
verbally and in written form in a clear, concise manner. | Essential
|
Self-motivation
| Ability to work under own initiative and supervision. | Essential |
Knowledge of, or desire to learn
about, learning disability and mental health | Knowledge of, or
a genuine desire to learn about, the everyday realities for people with learning disabilities and mental health issues.
| Essential |
Commitment to the aims of the Judith Trust | Commitment
to the aims and vision of the Judith trust. | Essential |
Understanding of the Charity sector | Understanding of the culture of working and campaigning in the not-for-profit sector.
| Desirable |
Experience of producing campaigns materials | Experience
of writing and developing materials for campaigns such as flyers, briefings and toolkits. | Desirable |
Knowledge
of social policy or human rights | Knowledge of the advocacy
context in which campaigns for learning disability and mental ill health take place | Desirable |
Web design skills
| Understanding of website design and ability to feed into website development. | Desirable |
How
to apply
The closing date for this application is 5pm Friday 9th
April.
To apply for this internship please send a recent CV (not to exceed
2 pages, size 12 font) and a cover letter outlining why you are interested in this internship and how you think you meet the
person specification (not to exceed 2 pages, size 12 font).
Please also state which days
you would be available and whether you would prefer to be home-based or in the Judith Trust offices.
Please send all applications to Pam Vallance, Policy manager pamvallance@judithtrust.org.uk by Friday 9th April.
Any late submissions
will not be accepted. Please note due to the size of the Judith Trust we are only able to contact those candidates who are
shortlisted.
We look forward to receving your application.
