Job Title: Communications and Social Media Intern

Job title: Communications and Social Media Intern

Location: London

Salary: Voluntary, although reasonable travel expenses are reimbursed

Context

Our Mission: User Voice exists to reduce offending by presenting the voice of the most marginalised people in and around the criminal justice system to decision makers.

Why we’re effective: User Voice is an organisation led and delivered by ex-offenders, founded by Mark Johnson, award-winning social entrepreneur and author of his best selling memoir, Wasted. This gives us the unique ability to gain the trust of, access to, and insight from offenders within the criminal justice system.

Our impact: User Voice delivers a powerful rehabilitation experience for offenders, better criminal justice services and institutions, and policy change that will mainstream the inclusion of the user voice.

Person Specification

We require a forward thinking intern with a strong passion for social media communications, a flair for generating engaging and creative content from a social justice perspective, and the ability to work both unsupervised and in collaboration with others.

We are looking for someone with social media/communications experience, familiar with Twitter, Google Analytics, Facebook, Wordpress and other Social Media platforms. The ideal candidate would also have an interest in criminal justice, prison reform, and social activism. We are looking for an innovative and passionate intern, with excellent communication skills and a genuine interest in criminal justice and social policy to help with the growth of this exciting and innovative organisation.

Hours

2-3 days a week for 8-12 weeks (flexible)

Key Responsibilities

·  Developing Content for User Voice’s Social Media Platforms

·  Photograph Events

·  Live Tweet Events

·  Managing User Voice Website and Blog

·  Developing content for User Voice Newsletter

·  Some administrative duties

What this role can offer

·  Invaluable experience working within a criminal justice system based charity

·  A chance to develop existing skills and gain new ones

·  Work experience to add to your CV

·  Support from a motivated and enthusiastic team

Closing date: 24th Jan 2015

Interview & Start dates

Interviews will be on a rolling basis

Closing date for applications is 24th Jan 2015.
Interview Notification: 26th Jan 2015
Interview Date: 29th Jan 2015

Start date will be 2nd Feb 2015 (flexible).

To apply: please send a CV and covering letter to