Corporate Partnerships Internship 2022

We are now recruiting for our September 2022 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. 

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 Corporate Partnerships intern.   

The New Partnership team are responsible for acquiring high value partnerships that generate income and non-financial value for CRUK and benefits to the partner. 

The team develop a pipeline of prospects that meet the needs of the organisation's priorities and/ or key sectors working creatively, with passion and commitment to create compelling pitches and partner packages, and to cultivate them to become committed CRUK partners. 

What will I be doing?

We are looking for an intern to focus on how we market ourselves to new corporate prospects, looking at the way we engage with potential partners. You would come up with recommended changes to our existing materials but also suggest and create new materials that we could use across all mediums; videos, posts, banners, impactful stats, case studies etc.  

This is a great opportunity for an intern interested in marketing to gain valuable business to business marketing and research and strategy experience as well as exposure to business development.

This role will involve:

• Conducting an audit of our existing marketing materials, including our master template presentation deck  
• Updating this deck, adding new materials and updating aging facts and stats 
• Coming up with new case studies and charity partnership related statistics  
• Suggesting and implementing new ways to engage with potential partners, through audio, email, presentations, videos, sizzles, socials, to find new and up to date ways to maximise our corporate approaches  

To read about this role in more detail please see a link to the Information Pack below:

Corporate Partnerships Information Pack

If you require an accessible candidate pack, please let us know.

What skills are we looking for?

You’ll be able to bring to the role:

• Innovative thinking 
• Some experience conducting research
• Strong written and oral communication skills 
• Good attention to detail
• A well organised approach
• Strong analytical skills 
• The ability to be able to complete tasks independently, and as part of a team

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 of the roles.

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 you fill out all of the required fields as well as uploading a CV, as they will be collected for use later in the process.

If you experience any problems submitting an application, please email placements@cancer.org.uk 

• Stage 2: Assessment – Approximately w/c 27th June

If your initial application is successful you will then be invited to complete our 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 – Approximately w/c 4th July

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 - Approximately 2nd-12th August

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

At CRUK we value diversity and we're committed to creating an inclusive culture where everyone is able to be themselves and to reach their full potential. We actively encourage applications from people of all backgrounds and cultures and believe that a diverse workforce will help us to beat cancer sooner. 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. Should you need any adjustments to the recruitment process, at either application or interview, please contact us on recruitment@cancer.org.uk.