Reports to: / Charity Administrator
Location: / Central London
Application Deadline: / End June 2017
Contract: / 8 working days, to be taken flexibly between July-September 2017
Languages Required: / English
Starting Date: / July 2017
Salary: / Travel within London and lunch paid for.
Background
Look at poverty differently and you’ll see grassroots entrepreneurs, full of energy and ideas. Hand in Hand helps turn their skills and potential into jobs. They discover a way out of poverty.
We have worked in 14 countries since 2003, generating more than 2.8 million jobs. We’ve trained more than 1.9 million entrepreneurs and helped them start and grow almost 1.9 million businesses, providing more than US $420 million in loans. Our entrepreneurs have transformed 10.5 million lives for the better.
Hand in Hand International is based on Baker Street in central London. Our 14 UK staff work in close collaboration with our partners in the international Hand in Hand network. Hand in Hand International provides strategic advice and program support to implementing Hand in Hand offices. We are also responsible for raising funds to help finance the work of the network, for negotiating agreements with donors and for monitoring and reporting back on performance and results.
We are now looking for an IT volunteer to work on a file sharing projectduring July-September 2017. Your key tasks will be to identify problems and issues with the existing system and make recommendations for improvements. The main output will be a requirement specification for an improved file sharing system, a recommendation for an off-the shelf solution and how it would be integrated into our systems.
Duties and responsibilities
Conduct interviews with staff to ascertain issues and problems with the existing file sharing system and what the needs are.
Based on findings, write a requirement specification for asuitable off the shelf file sharing system which can be found in the market. The best off-the-shelf solution should then be presented to our IT company for implementation.
Measurable outputs and performance indicators:
Produce a requirement specification and recommendations for an off the shelf file sharing system for Hand in Hand International.
Skills and knowledge
Knowledge:
IT background and project management experience.
Experience of managing external suppliers would be ideal.
Skills and personal qualifications:
Able to translate technical terms into plain English
Able to work independently with minimal guidance.
Knowledge of file sharing systems ideal
Required experience
- Education:
- Undergraduate inIT/computer science.
Howwewillhelpyou
We will cover reasonablelunch and travel expenses within London. Attheendof your internship wewill also, if you wish, providethefollowing:
- Constructive feedback.
- A written reference.
- A recommendation on LinkedIn.
We are committed togiving all of our interns and volunteers thetrainingandsupportthey need.
To getthemostoutof theexperience, you needtobe able tocommitnoless than 8 working days intotal. Howyou organizeyour time – eitherpart-timeor full-time – is upto you,but wewould likeyou tobe able to commit to atleast spending one day in-officeper week.
How to apply and inquiries
Apply: / Please send your CV and a supporting email of less than 500 words, outlining how you meet the job criteria, why you are interested in this volunteering/ internship opportunity, and your availability: when are you able to start, how many days a week, and until when?. . Please apply as soon as possible as the timing for the project is July-September 2017.
Please visit our website: /
For general inquiries please contact: / Elisabeth Marriott, Charity Administrator
Tel: 020 7514 5091
Email:
Hand in Hand International | Charity Number 1113868 | handinhandinternational.org