A fantastic paid internship opportunity for an ambitious graduate to support the work of a multiple award-winning charity.

My Life My Choice (MLMC) is a self-advocacy charity run by and for people with learning disabilities, founded in 1998.  The charity delivers a diverse range of innovative user led projects that enhances and empowers the lives of adults with learning disabilities in Oxfordshire.  These established projects include a fee earning training and consultancy team, gig buddy, computer buddy, travel buddy scheme, a nightclub, and self-advocacy groups.

We now need an organised, flexible and hardworking individual with a real interest in developing a career in the charity sector.  The amazing aspect of this role is that through training, inspection and consultancy work you will be supporting people with learning disabilities to achieve fantastic results.  MLMC is at the forefront of the drive for learning disability rights. This role will help you to build your skills and experience whilst being part of an exciting social movement. The post calls for an enthusiastic and resilient person with an unceasing ‘can do’ attitude.

The intern will experience every facet of the charity’s operational delivery and be an integral part of one of Oxfordshire’s most impactful charities. We will pay keen attention to the successful candidate’s personal development needs and will invest significantly for the right candidate.

On the completion of a successful first year we will look to offer a full-time role within the charity to the intern.

Overall Purpose:

To provide general administrative assistance to the Senior Executive Assistant and the Executive Director. To take responsibility for the smooth running of the Intern Programme in the role of Intern Programme Manager. Assisting with the collation and preparation of agendas and general documents. Assisting where possible with projects in other departments.

Key Accountabilities:

Provide administrative support for the Executive Director

Intern Programme Management
- To receive, collate and disperse applications from prospective interns
- To arrange and coordinate intern interviews with Heads of Departments where required, book room, send offer letters and relevant material, check visas
- To ensure all letters, relevant materials and visa checks are received from Regional offices
- To be the first point of contact for interns' queries and communications including acceptances and rejections of applications
- To receive applications from interns for Educational Trust funding and obtain references in support of those applications
- To make balanced decisions on which interns should be awarded funding
- Responsible for ensuring intern payments are made in a timely manner
- To advise and guide interns on the visa process, and maintain relations with Bunac, who assist interns in obtaining visas
- To log interns' sickness and holiday, and look after their pastoral care where appropriate
- Liaise with law schools
- Set up lunches and Royal Courts of Justice tour
- Set up online meetings for interns to network
- Responsible for 'Intern Newsletter' - liaising with interns/production/content/web team to ensure the creation of the newsletter each intake
- Organise and manage Intern presentations
- Organise and manage Q&A session with both internal and external guest speakers
- To request evaluation forms and funding reports at the end of internship
- Put together grant requests for HRI Funding Grant and ICC Funding Grant (annually) for HRI Trust
- To do HRI report on funding (bi-annually)
- Update intern pages; intern alumni pages on LinkedIn
- Create the annual budget and manage expenses
- Ensure website it kept up to date
- Ensure all processes and procedure documentation is kept up to date

- Oversee the Annual Report
- Liaising with departments to collate reports
- Liaising with Accounts and Production teams for creation of Annual Report
- Arrange and attend meetings with Treasurer, Assistant Treasurer, Head of Finance, Head of Production and Executive Director to review report
- Ensuring report is handed to Head of BIC in time for circulation of Council Agenda for Mid-Year Council meeting

you will need to be able to communicate with people on all levels, as regular written and spoken contact with all staff, officers and members will be required.

Essential:
A Level Standard (English / Maths)
Computer training - MS Office (Word, Excel, Outlook)
Excellent written and spoken English

Desirable:
Degree-educated

Essential:
Minimum 3 years secretarial work experience

Desirable:
Experience in an international environment.
Experience managing a number of individuals in a team.
Experience dealing with high level executives in an organisation.
Event organising experience.

Technical/Professional Skills and Knowledge

Essential:
Minute Taking
Spreadsheets / Budgeting
Word - Advanced
Travel / Hotel liaison and negotiation
Excellent command of English Language

Desirable:
Database skills

Behavioural Skills

Essential:
Ability to juggle priorities
Excellent interpersonal skills
Ability to deal with senior individuals, sensitive to other cultural norms / personalities
Ability to remain calm under pressure of multiple activities/deadlines/senior level demands
Ability to use initiative
Proactively manage workload

We practice a diverse and inclusive recruitment process that ensures equal opportunity for all we work with, irrespective of race, sexual orientation, mental or physical disability, age or gender. As an organisation, we encourage applications from all backgrounds and will ensure measures are met when required, to allow a fair process throughout.

Reset Outreach and Referral Service Rough Sleeper Navigator

Duration: Full Time 35hrs per week, 12 month fixed-term contract

Salary: £27,000

RESET Outreach and Referral Service

This role sits within the Reset Outreach & Referral Service, which is based at and delivered by Providence Row. The service is commissioned by Tower Hamlets Drug and Alcohol Action Team (DAAT) to work seamlessly with Reset Treatment and Recovery Support Services in providing residents of Tower Hamlets with the drug and alcohol support they need.

The entire RESET Outreach and Referral service works with clients through using a strengths-based, client-centered approach. This means that all staff involved in the delivery of the service must take their lead from the client’s own wishes and goals around their wellness. The service will engage clients in the development, delivery, and evaluation of the work, working with a team of mentors with lived experience of substance misuse.

 
The role

This post is one of four recently created positions that together comprise of a new service born out of London Borough of Tower Hamlet’s emergency COVID response, and it is aimed at supporting those with a history of rough sleeping in Tower Hamlets to engage with substance misuse and harm reduction services. This exciting new role will not only involve providing more holistic care and bespoke substance use-related support to some of the Borough’s most marginalised individuals, but as a new service each staff will have an active role in designing how the service operates. It is a fantastic opportunity to take previous experiences from the substance use or homeless sector that you might have and build upon those skills new experiences with program design, if desired. 

The Reset Rough Sleeping Navigator will work with a caseload of clients who have a history of rough sleeping, problematic substance and/or alcohol misuse, past or current trauma, and have experienced difficulties sustaining accommodation. This position will also involve a significant amount of partnership working with other homelessness and substance use workers, thus providing further professional development in both arenas.

The ideal candidate

Passionate about providing quality support to some of the most vulnerable and excluded people in East London, you have the drive and track record to make positive lasting changes in people’s lives.

You will have considerable experience of working with people who are actively using drugs and/or alcohol and be understanding of their circumstances. This experience can be personal or professional and can include non-paid professional experiences such as from relevant job training, internship, or volunteer programs.

You are an excellent communicator and can create positive working relationships with a wide range of people. You are active, able to work independently and as part of a team and experienced in dynamic risk assessments. You are creative, innovative, driven and well-organised.  

For more information, please see the job description.

The deadline for applications is Midnight 9th May 2022

Interviews will take place – week commencing 16th May 2022

Providence Row is a charitable company limited by guarantee registered in England and Wales; company number 07452798 registered charity number 1140192.

Our mission is to support young people from disadvantaged and low income backgrounds to achieve their potential and progress to science, technology, engineering and maths (STEM) degrees, apprenticeships and careers to become the inventors and pioneers of the future. To date the charity has supported over 2500 young people through an impactful programme involving STEM work placements, skills workshops and career guidance.

As In2scienceUK Programme Intern you will gain hands on experience of developing and delivering an educational programme which provides opportunities for hundreds of young people to access STEM degrees and careers.

You will have the opportunity to make a real impact on the delivery of our programmes and our ways of working as an organisation, through taking the lead on independent projects with the support and guidance of our team.

This internship is primarily supporting our year 12 summer programme. However, there may also be opportunities to get involved in other aspects of the charity including the In2scienceUK Alumni Community and In2research.