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This internship role involves working closely with our friendly fundraising team to help recruit and organise a team of over 3,000 volunteers to support 28 festivals, gigs, expos, and events across the UK. These include Let’s Rock the 80’s retro festivals and Pennfest. The intern will assist staff to establish new event partnerships, support the recruitment of volunteers, and have the opportunity to attend agreed events and manage teams at festivals. This role would be ideal for anyone wanting to learn new skills in event management, fundraising or volunteer management. The idea candidate will be friendly, able to follow instructions and a good communicator.

Department 
Fundraising

Terms 
Six-month placement (Feb 2023 to July 2023) working two days a week (9am to 5.30pm with an hour for lunch) and selected weekend events, which can be flexible and agreed with the successful intern.

Based
Child Bereavement UK, Unit B Knaves Beech Way, Loudwater, Bucks HP10 9QY

Essential skills required

• A friendly and approachable personality
• Ability to follow instruction
• Proficient in Word, Excel and email
• A willingness to learn new skills and processes
• Professional
• Comfortable inputting data
• Confident with colleagues and other volunteers
• Organised
• Ability to be proactive and problem solve  
• Good writing skills

Ideal skills required

• Confident in communicating with the public
• A good knowledge of different social media platforms

Key activities:

• Working closely with our fundraising team to deliver a big project raising thousands for the charity. 
• Support volunteering recruitment across a variety of channels including social media, businesses, and volunteer platforms.
• Involved in the recruitment and management of volunteers during the registration process. 
• Training on NXT, our internal CRM system, and will use this system to update volunteer records.
• Involved in strategy and update meetings.
• At events you will help manage volunteers on the day and provide excellent supporter care to festival goers.

What you will get out of the experience

• Working in the festival/events industry.
• Working in the charity third sector.
• Training on NXT, our CRM system. 
• Volunteer recruitment and management. 
• Effective research, people management procedures and marketing plans. 
• Providing excellent supporter care. 
• Free entry to festivals.
• Priority access to other volunteering positions across the charity.
• Full expenses paid for at events including hotel stays, food and drink.

Key working relationships

• Fundraising Team
• Child Bereavement UK’s volunteers
• Festival goers

Equality and diversity

The Charity is committed to creating a safe and welcoming atmosphere for everyone, and one that challenges all forms of oppression or discrimination including those based on age, gender or gender reassignment, marital or civil partnership status, pregnancy or maternity leave, disability, race (which includes nationality, citizenship, ethnic or national origins), religion/faith or belief, sexual orientation (collectively known in law as the ‘protected characteristics’), as well as any oppression or discrimination based on other physical characteristics or impairments, occupation, income, wealth, or unrelated criminal convictions.

We encourage diversity and equality in all our volunteer roles. If you have a disability or additional need and would like to discuss this with us prior to signing up, please email: [email protected] to see how we can support you. 

Terms and conditions

This job profile is not intended to be a complete list of duties and responsibilities but is a guide for information. It may be reviewed and changed in the light of the evolving needs of the Charity and as part of the volunteer’s development. Any changes will be made following discussion with the post holder.

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