£12.21 per hour + £1.47 holiday pay
Advertising End Date
25 May 2025

Role & Department Overview

This micro internship is for 30 hours in total (including 4 hours for training) and is aimed at students who have limited 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
 

As stated above, the GROW Your Future micro internship scheme aims to support students with limited professional work experience, therefore priority will be given to students who meet this criteria. This includes students who may have already completed a GYF micro internship.  

County College is one of nine colleges that make up the collegiate system at Lancaster University. This role will involve working with the County College staff team to review their current internal communications strategy and how they use social media to engage with students (e.g. through Instagram). 
 
Preferred start date: 2nd of June 2025
Expected end date: 31st of July 2025
Working pattern: 4 hours per week
Location: Remotely (in the UK) and on the Lancaster University campus

Job Description

Main responsibilities:
 
  • Initially engage with students and staff, including student reps, to learn more about County College
  • Research how different colleges and societies use social media to engage with students
  • Review current channels of communication and work with the County College team to develop new ideas to increase student engagement
  • If time is available within the scope of the internship, create a publish new content, including on ASK pages, Student Portal, etc

Person Specification

The successful candidates should be able to demonstrate the following:
 
  • Good communication skills, with experience of communicating with people from a wide range of backgrounds
  • Ability to work accurately and complete tasks to deadlines
  • Willingness to participate effectively in staff development activities
  • Experience of producing content for online communications
  • Knowledge of the College system at Lancaster University
As this internship is aimed at students who do not have prior professional work experience, please draw upon examples from extracurricular activities, hobbies, interests, volunteering and part time work in your CV and cover letter.  

Please also outline in your CV and cover letter why you believe this micro internship will benefit you and your career progression.

Working in this role will help develop the following skills and experience:
 
  • Self-motivation
  • Teamwork
  • Time Management
  • Verbal communication
  • Written communication
  • Planning and organising
  • Problem solving
  • Research
  • Multi-tasking
  • Organisation
For any queries about this role, please email Dan Miller; [email protected]
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
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.