£11.44 per hour + £1.38 holiday pay
Advertising End Date
25 Nov 2024

Role & Department Overview

 We wish to offer a role connected to our Entrepreneurs in Residence (EiR) programme, https://www.lancaster.ac.uk/lums/business/entrepreneurs-in-residence/ 

The Department of Entrepreneurship and Strategy is one of six academic departments in Lancaster University Management School. The Department has, for over 25 years, worked closely with the small and medium-sized business population of the northwest of England and further afield. A key example of what the Department does is the EiR programme. With fifteen years of continuous operation, and over 90 members, this is among the strongest and best performing EiR programmes in the World. This role will update the key information we hold on our EiRs.

This micro internship is for 30 hours in total (including 4 hours for training) and is aimed at students who may not have had any professional prior work experience and are looking for an opportunity that supports them to develop their employability skills.

Eligibility

To apply for this micro internship, students must be part of GROW Your Future.

GROW Your Future is an opt-in scheme for UK undergraduates and postgraduate taught students who also meet specific Widening Participation criteria, e.g. students who are:

  • first in their family to go to university;
  • in receipt of a Lancaster Bursary;
  • received free school meals or from a low participation neighbourhood
  • over 21 when they start their first undergraduate degree;
  • Black, Asian or Minority Ethnic;
  • disabled (including learning disabilities, physical or mental health conditions);
  • care leavers or have caring responsibilities, or estranged from family
  • a refugee or asylum seeker, from a gypsy or Traveller community, or from a military family

For more information and to sign up see the following link GROW Your Future | ASK - Lancaster University

Pay Rate: £11.44 per hour plus £1.38 holiday pay

Start Date: 13th January 2025

End Date: 15th March 2025

Job Description

  • Assist in refreshing and completing the online profiles of the Entrepreneurs in Residence (EIR) 
  • Conducting an online survey of the EiR members
  • Reviewing survey results refreshing existing profiles
  • Generating new profiles for newly appointed EiRs

Person Specification

  • A member of GROW Your Future 
  • Ability with or enthusiasm to learn to, with guidance, undertaking survey design and programming using MS Forms.
  • Work with (the University) web site to display the refreshed EiR profiles.
  • Client liaison will be developed in this role, as EiRs would need follow-up contact by email and (web / video) calls.

Working in this role will help develop the following skills and experience:

  • Analysing
  • Business Development
  • Collaboration
  • Entrepreneurial Skills
  • Knowledge Sharing
  • Organisation
 

You are required to submit a cover letter to support your application. Applications without a cover letter will not be considered.

Please note:Unless specified otherwise in the advert wording, this role is only open to individuals living in the UK.

Under the terms of this work, we endeavour to provide the advertised number of hours however,hours are not guaranteed and that work may cease if there is a fall in demand. 

Adverts that display a closing date should be treated as a guide. We reserve the right to close the vacancy once we have received sufficient applications, so we advise you to submit your application as early as possible to prevent disappointment.

Help and advice on making applications can be found on the Lancaster University Careers pages. Visit www.lancaster.ac.uk/careers.