Internships - a great opportunity
What is an internship?
A great way to volunteer - and gain hugely invaluable skills in the process -is by becoming an Intern. An intern is someone who works in a temporary position with an emphasis on on-the-job training rather than merely employment. Interns are usually students or post graduate adults seeking skills for a new career or to gain experience and/or to use any voluntary time in a meaningful way. Unlike interning in the corporate sector, the smaller size of most charities and their flatter structures means that charity internships expose people to much greater hands-on experience.
What’s in it for you, the intern?
● The training and experience is costing you nothing more than your time
● The chance to develop links with communal organisations and the corporate world - the vast majority of charities work with a huge variety of partners
● You can interact with professionals who can assist you to make decisions about your future career direction, which is of invaluable help
● Give you a chance to display skills and abilities to a far wider network than possible in a corporate environment
● Participating in a new environment sometimes leads to important contacts and possibly even paid work
What’s in it for the organisation?
● A chance to extend and develop your work remit
● Opportunity to nurture a potential volunteer and/or Jewish leader
● Extra pair of hands through supporting staff with their work
● Interns can offer a wide range of skills and add a new, fresh dimension to your work
Jewish Volunteering Network in conjunction with TrainE-TraidE and UJIA has secured a number of internship opportunities for members of our community. Below are examples of current opportunities within the Jewish Community’s voluntary and charity sector which offer an amazing chance to get real, hands-on experience in the world of work.
For other internships please visit www.traine-traide.org.uk or call them on 020 8371 3280
Opportunities
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Gefiltefest is a Jewish Food Charity that embraces every aspect of Jewish food and its traditions. We are looking for a bubbly, enthusiastic intern to help with organisation and planning of various projects.
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The expanding Business Division of UJIA are looking for an Intern to help with research, event planning and business development.
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If you want to gain experience in fundraising by working on your own fundraising project for 3 months, get in touch!
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Want to bring people together? Looking to gain work experience in the charity field? Then and internship with 3FF might be for you.
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Tzedek is looking for an enthusiastic and dedicated interns to support our education and fundraising initiatives, and raise awareness of Tzedek's work within the UK Jewish community. Tzedek looks at the personal strengths of the intern and tries to encourage and make use of these skills.
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Tzedek is looking for an enthusiastic and dedicated intern to support our education work, raise awareness of Tzedek's work within the UK Jewish community and work alongside partner organisations in Ghana or India. Interns will gain skills in producing and facilitating educational resources, fundraising, strategy development, report writing, campaigning, fundraising, volunteer recruitment and support, and office administration.
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IT-literate, marketing and strategic planning intern required for UK Friends of the Abraham Fund - fostering co-existence and equality in Israel.
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If you are a graduate looking for some solid experience in part of a busy Communications team then please get in touch.
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To support the development of a comprehensive property spreadsheet based database for the Jewish Community Housing Association, enabling the intern to gain great on-the-job experience of the housing and property sector.
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This internship entails overseeing the whole development of our Rabbi Relay Ride, next year's Gefiltefest Food Festival and our other projects.
As Campaigns Project Manager you will also assist with general administration. As such, the work entails a high level of responsibility and requires someone innovative and independent with a dynamic personality. -
JVN is looking for an Intern with a passion for words, volunteering and social networking to support and promote JVN's work.
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To support the development of the Langdon Database. This includes updating the database for relevant information on existing donors, looking at strategies to reach out to the community and grow the database and also to research existing and prospective donors. The individual must be highly IT literate and strong on administration and be able to commit to at least 4 days per week. This is an opportunity to help put in place the foundations for Langdon's future, please send a CV and covering letter to alisonrosen@langdonfoundation.org.uk
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We are looking for an intern to work full or part time. Responsible for developing our rapidly growing Charity EBay Sales operation working with our volunteer EBay expert who will provide training and support. Co-ordinate EBay volunteers - develop retail opportunities and source new stock. Also responsible for maintenance and development of the new Emunah website - promoting the charity and its work and activities. No specialist knowledge required but computer literacy essential and familiarity with social networking platforms such as Facebook and Twitter would be an advantage
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The Coexistence Trust aims to strengthen mutual understanding between Jewish and Muslim communities. We are expanding our programme to build networks of trust in university campuses.
We are seeking interns for a month period, although longer periods are possible for candidates wishing to deepen their understanding of the field. -
Interested in a career in the charity sector? Want to build up your CV and gain real, hands on fundraising experience? British ORT has an exciting fundraising internship opportunity that offers you the chance to gain real, hands on experience and to play an important role in its UK offices.
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Jewish Book Week, London's largest literary festival seeks an office intern for 2 days a week from early November. Your role will include updating the website, social networking, other marketing, proofreading and a host of other things in the run up to the festival.
