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02 Feb 2025
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Role & Department Overview

Please note: these internships are only available to current students registered on a degree scheme in the Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences at Lancaster University. 

If you apply for this role the information within your application will be shared with the recruiting organisation. 

Interviews are likely to be held week commencing
 
Advantage Africa supports people affected by poverty, disability and HIV to improve their education, health and incomes. Their work helps people to help themselves and build a better future for their families and communities. 
 

Please consider how you format your cover letter and refer to the job description and person specification below.

Preferred start date: 3rd March 2025

Expected end date:  30th May 2025

Hours: Flexible, maximum of 70 hours over approximately 13 weeks

Location: Entirely remotely (in the UK)

Interviews: Likely to be held in week commencing 17th February 2025

Job Description

The intern will work within a small organisation of three experienced staff and a turnover of approximately £300k/year. Their work will involve researching new projects, monitoring existing ones and the development of proposals, publications and online communications to support the charity’s fundraising and advocacy.
 
Specific duties could include:
 
  • Building on the research project on educational provision for children with autism in Kenya. This could include developing materials and/or an advocacy plan and identifying potential funding sources to implement follow-on activities.

  • Mapping provision for people with epilepsy in Uganda, and identifying donors and partners for future work.

  • Contributing to impact monitoring of existing projects (e.g. documenting work to support survivors of sexual abuse and empower men to reduce gender-based violence).

  • Building on our research on teachers’ understanding of dyslexia in Kenya, creating materials and/or a larger proposal for a more extensive follow-on project.

  • Undertaking an analysis of the success of skin cancer surgery for people with albinism.

  • Monitoring the success of small enterprises being run by young people with intellectual disabilities who have recently graduated from school.

  • Designing and implementing a survey of schools for children with disabilities in Kenya.
  • Other work suited to the intern’s skills and interests such as marketing, fundraising and updating Advantage Africa’s website and Facebook page.

Person Specification

Essential

  • Interest in international development and Advantage Africa’s life-changing work.
  • Ability to work for a small organisation with relatively little supervision and on their own initiative.
  • Research and analysis skills.
Desirable
 
  • Knowledge of one or more of the vulnerabilities in which we work such as disability, autism, epilepsy, dyslexia, albinism or gender-based violence.
  • Experience of working with an NGO or charity.Monitoring and evaluation.
  • Fundraising and marketing.
Please submit a CV and a cover letter with the following details: 
  • What course in the LU Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences are you currently studying? 
  • When is your expected graduation? (month and year) 
  • Why are you interested in this internship? 
  • What skills and experiences do you have relevant to this role? 

Please mention any other information you deem relevant.

 
Working in this role will help develop the following skills and experience:
 
  • Analysing
  • Research
  • Emotional intelligence
  • Organisation
  • Teamwork
  • Written communication
You are required to submit a cover letter to support your application. Applications without a cover letter will not be considered. For further information regarding this role please contact [email protected]
 

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.


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