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    Full-time annual salary: £11.95 (£21, 749 full time yearly equivalent)   

    Contract Length: 12 weeks (25 Sept – 16 Dec)   

    Hours: 7 hours per day, 4 days per week  

    Application Deadline: Mon 31 July at 11:59pm (the vacancy may close early if we receive a high volume of applicants, so please apply early to avoid disappointment)   

    Interview dates: Approximately 21st August – 1st September  

    Location:Hybrid - Stratford, London for 1 day a week and working from home the rest of the time (this must be working from home in the UK)  

    Positions: 1  

    We are now recruiting for our September 2023 Internship programme!    

    We are now accepting applications for our September internship intake. We’re really excited to be recruiting interns and we have some great internships available across the charity.  We will also be recruiting for our January intake later this year. To be notified once these applications are live, please visit our website to sign up to be notified once the applications go live.    

    Are you looking for an exciting internship opportunity at one of the UK’s largest health charities?    

    Why we need you   

    Cancer Research UK is the world’s largest charity dedicated to beating all types of cancer. We now have an opportunity for you to join us as a Global Intern.  

    What will I be doing?    

    You will be part of the Global Team sitting within our Policy, Information and Communications department.  

    This internship is an ideal opportunity for people at the beginning of their career in Global Health/International Development who are looking to focus on policy and or advocacy. You will support three areas within the Global team: HPV vaccination implementation in Low- and middle-income countries (LMICs): tobacco control policy implementation in LMICs; and cross-border research collaboration with a focus on UK-EU relations.  

    The intern will sit in the Global team and will support:  

    - Advocacy and communications on HPV vaccination implementation approx. 40% of your time, with focus on Cervical Cancer Action for Elimination (CCAE), an advocacy network that CRUK co-chairs with the American Cancer Society, designing external-facing communications, and developing one or two virtual communication training sessions which will be focused on supporting advocates to communicate the importance of cervical cancer prevention and treatment. 

    - Advocacy and communications on tobacco control approx. 30% of your time, with focus on the upcoming WHO Framework Convention on Tobacco Control (FCTC) COP10  

    - The communications plan (including, for example, political stakeholder mapping, infographics, social media) for our new post-Brexit policy report, which will set out CRUK’s new policy calls for the future UK-EU relationship approx. 30% of your time. 

    Key Responsibilities:

    • Develop a strong understanding of the FCTC and CRUK’s status as an observer to COP 10.  Stay up to date on UK and global policy development of tobacco control and e-cigarette debates. 
    • Support on design and content of advocacy and communication materials for the UK government, international governments, and NGO’s for the lead up to COP10. 
    • Develop a strong understanding of the WHO’s global strategy to eliminate cervical cancer as a public health problem, and the barriers, opportunities and stakeholders surrounding global cervical cancer prevention and treatment and stay up to date on developments within cervical cancer, particularly regarding HPV vaccination. 
    • Manage CCAE’s social media accounts and WordPress website, including writing and coordinating posts, tweets, blogs and op eds. 
    • Design and deliver 1-2  virtual capacity-strengthening sessions focused on communication for advocates working on cervical cancer prevention and treatment. This will include securing attendance and experts for each session, planning the content and scheduling of each session, completing a short summary report on all sessions. 
    • Help to identify and build relationships with potential partners supporting efforts towards cervical cancer ‘elimination’ and equitable HPV vaccination in order to grow CCAE’s global footprint. 
    • Support the design and content of influencing materials for UK and EU stakeholders. Includes work with CRUK’s design experts ‘The Studio’ to create a suite of graphics to help us tell the story of our UK-EU policy research and to communicate our new calls as effectively as possible. 
    • Monitor external developments in the UK-EU relationship to support stakeholder mapping.

    What skills are you looking for?    

    You’ll be able to bring to the role:    

    • Interest in Global Health/International Development and the international political environment  
    • Written and verbal communication skills, including the ability to write for a range of audiences 
    • Synthesise and condense information into communication assets 
    • Use the website creation platform such as WordPress 
    • Growing a social media presence  
    • Keen attention to detail and strong organisation skills 
    • Work effectively and diplomatically with partners from a range of different professional and cultural backgrounds 
    • Work independently and confidently on tasks with a degree of ambiguity 
    • Balance competing priorities and manage projects 
    • Quickly acquire knowledge on new areas, occasionally at pace 

    We’re always looking for people from a wide range of backgrounds, who can bring different perspectives, so you don’t need to have had previous charity experience to apply. Cancer is something that impacts everyone and we want our workforce to reflect the diversity of the audience we work with.    

    What will I gain?   

    This role will add real value to Cancer Research UK so we want to ensure you’re getting a lot out of it too. As an intern you’ll go through a structured development programme with skills training in project management, CV writing and interview skills and you’ll have a buddy to help you settle in. You’ll be eligible for many of our benefits, including paid holiday, and you’ll gain key experience to help you launch your career.    

    How do I apply?   

    Please apply online by uploading your details and answering an application question. Please complete an application form for only one Internship role.  

    Application Process:   

    Stage 1: Online application     

    Complete an online application form – you’ll be asked to answer a motivational competency question and upload your CV.     

    In our commitment to Equality, Diversity and Inclusion, we operate an anonymised shortlisting process. Please therefore ensure that you have completed the work history section of the application form in full and that you have answered all application questions, as this is the information we will be using to shortlist. CVs are required to be uploaded for all applications, as they will be collected for use later in the process.  If you experience any problems submitting an application, please email earlycareers@cancer.org.uk      

    Stage 2: Assessment   

    If your initial application is successful you will then be invited to complete our new situational judgment test. The test poses real life scenarios that a CRUK intern might be met with in their day to day role and asks how you would tackle that scenario. This is un-timed and multiple choice. Please let us know if you think you might require adjustments for this assessment.    

    Stage 3:Audio Submission  

    If you are successful in the previous stage, you will be asked to complete an audio submission, answering competency-based questions. The questions will be emailed to you and you will have a few days to submit a response via an audio recording (no video required).     

    Stage 4: Interviews   

    If you are successful in the previous stage, you will then be invited to a face-to-face interview at our head office with representatives from the team you are applying to.    

    The Internship will start on Monday 25th September.  

    If you would like a copy of our Candidate pack to read more about our benefits and culture please email earlycareers@cancer.org.uk 

    There’s a place for everyone at Cancer Research UK. Our vision is to create a charity where everyone feels like they belong, benefits from and participates in, the work we do. We're committed to creating an inclusive culture where everyone can be themselves and reach their full potential. 

    We actively encourage applications from people of all backgrounds and cultures, in particular those from ethnic minority backgrounds who are currently under-represented, and believe that a diverse workforce will help us to beat cancer sooner. 

    If you’re interested in applying and excited about working with us but are unsure if you have the right skills and experience we’d still love to hear from you. We don’t expect everyone to meet all of the criteria listed.

    We want to see every candidate performing at their best throughout the job application process, interview process and whilst at work. We therefore ask you to inform us of any concerns you have or any adjustments you might need to enable this to happen by emailing us at recruitment@cancer.org.uk. 

    Unfortunately, we are unable to recruit anyone below the age of 18, so that we can protect young people from health & safety and safeguarding risks.