Time Commitment:A minimum of 2-days up to a maximum of 4 days per week, 6 months minimum term.

Lambeth Voluntary Action Council (LVAC) is currently seeking an intern to work with the LVAC Chief Executive and Senior Management Team to deliver the following:

  • Explore traditional (i.e. voluntary and community sector) as well as non-traditional potential markets for LVAC to raise its profile and ultimately sell a variety of chargeable services to.
  • Produce high quality service brochures for varied identified target markets.
  • Assimilate and create a comprehensive universal data base for the selling of LVAC chargeable services.
  • To develop LVAC and VCL’s social media and maintain this on an on-going basis.

LVAC is Lambeth’s Council for Voluntary Service (CVS). Most boroughs in England have a CVS, which provides support to and represents the voluntary and community sector in their borough.

LVAC is an independent charity providing a range of support and representational services to Lambeth’s voluntary and community sector. LVAC was set up in 1994 and is a registered charity and company limited by guarantee. We have our own shop front premises between Brixton and Clapham Common (Head Office) and a Volunteer Centre in the heart of Brixton.

LVAC is a member organisation, with membership open to any voluntary or community organisation working for the benefit of Lambeth residents. LVAC has a database of over 1,000 contacts and our membership is continuously growing. The LVAC Board of Directors/ Trustees is made up of our member organisations.

Volunteer Centre Lambeth, also a project of LVAC’s, has a database of over 12,000 individuals interested in volunteering and 350 organisations looking for volunteers and this is increasing every month.

Skills and KnowledgeRequired:

  • Educated to degree level, a marketing/communications/information degree would be particularly welcomed
  • A high level of writing skills
  • Some experience of giving advice
  • Good organisational skills
  • Good IT skills
  • Administrative experience
  • Commitment to the aims of LVAC

Benefits for the successful applicant:

Benefits for the successful applicant include:

  • Regular feedback and supervision meetings with manager, shadowing and professional development opportunities.
  • Networking opportunities with a range of service users/stakeholders from the public, private and voluntary sector.
  • Practical experience within a business and marketing setting.

Please note that the position is unpaid but we are able to cover reasonable intern expenses.

To apply candidates should send their CV and a one page cover letter, detailing why they are suited to the role to

For further information about LVAC visit or see the attached background information attached.