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Role & Department Overview

Eligibility 

This micro internship is for 30 hours in total (including 4 hours for training) and is aimed at students who have limited professional work experience and are looking for an opportunity that supports them to develop their employability skills. 

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  

  • 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.  

Role Overview 
This role will give the successful applicant broad-ranging experience of events management. The main focus will be to assist in the organisation and running of one or more of our events (in person training workshops & conferences, online writing retreats). This role will be working with the Project Manager of the British Academy Early Career Researcher Network (North West & North Wales). This is a consortium of 15 universities across the region, led by Lancaster and our delivery partners (Manchester and Manchester Met). The role is based in Research Enterprise Services (RES), a professional services department which supports research projects and research-related commercial activities. 
 
Start Date: 16 November 2026
End Date: 28 February 2027
Interview Date: 10 November 2026
Working Pattern: ~3 hours/week
Location: Remotely (in the UK) and on the Lancaster University campus

Job Description

Assisting in liaising with colleagues both internally and externally to Lancaster to help with the organisation of at least one event. This could include:

  • Booking rooms and catering
  • Organising printing of British Academy ECR Network flyers
  • Booking travel and accommodation
  • Creating presentation slides
  • Assisting in the creation of our consortium newsletter, which includes a recap of our recent events.
  • Possibly minuting of event planning meetings and organising dates for our online consortium meetings.
  • Assisting with support during at least one event (either in-person or online). This may include taking registration, organising attendees into break-out rooms, collecting feedback.

Person Specification

 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.

  •  A member of GROW Your Future - Info on eligibility and sign up here: GROW Your Future | ASK - Lancaster University.
  •  An understanding of why you believe this micro internship will benefit you and your career progression
  •  Good organisation and time management skills
  • Both written and verbal communication skills and ability to work effectively as part of a team
  • Have a proactive approach and take the initiative
  • Experience of creating social media posts, blogs, or newsletters would be a plus.
Working in this role will help develop the following skills and experience:
  • Business Development
  •  Collaboration
  • Emotional intelligence
  • Exercising professional judgement
  • Flexibility
  • Integrity
  • Organisation
  • Planning and organising
  • Problem solving
  • Self-motivation
  • Teamwork
  • Time Management
  • Verbal communication
  • Written communication
Any informal enquiries regarding this role can be directed towards Pam Forster - [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.

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

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