We are looking for two interns working on average one day a week for six months to help us deliver this exciting project. The rate of pay is £8 an hour and the hours are flexible but some Tuesdays and occasional weekend or evening work may be required.
Here’s what you will be doing:
Editorial intern
This role would suit someone who is interested in pursuing a career in publishing. We need someone to assist in the proof reading and editing of a collection of articles telling local suffrage stories. The successful candidate will also liaise with the designers and printers to produce a professional final product and then help with the launch.
Here are the skills and experience you will need:
- An interest in working in publishing or editing
- Excellent communication skills, particularly in the written form
- An understanding of equality and diversity and how to welcome all volunteers, whatever their needs and background
- Good organisational skills
- An eye for detail
- Ability to work as part of a team
- Ability to work independently
- Ability to work to deadlines and under pressure
- Good IT skills
- Experience of editing and proof-reading
Museum intern
This role is more general and would suit someone interested in a career in the museum sector. We need someone to assist the project officer and the partner organisations to deliver the Suffrage Stories project. This includes: working with young volunteers; research for blog posts; updating social media (Twitter and Facebook); helping with exhibitions; staffing galleries and running a handling table during busy periods and helping organise and deliver events.
Here are the skills and experience you will need:
- An interest in working in museums
- Excellent communication skills, both written and in person
- An understanding of equality and diversity and how to welcome all volunteers and visitors, whatever their needs and background
- Good organisational skills
- Ability to work as part of a team
- Ability to work independently
- Confident, friendly nature and ability to interact with a number of different museum visitors and users
- Good IT skills, particularly the use of social media
- Experience of working a front of house or visitor services role, such as retail or tourism
- For this role we will carry out a DBS check
To apply
The deadline is Friday 10 August at 5pm. Please send us a CV along with a brief (maximum 300 words) covering letter explaining why you would like the job and what you think you would bring to the role.
Email it to museum@stevenage.gov.uk
We will be in touch during the following week to arrange interviews.
To find out a bit more about the project, visit our previous post, Suffrage stories
