Interns and volunteers

Current vacancy: Human Rights in the Community Project Intern

BIHR is looking for a creative intern to support our Human Rights in the Community project. This innovative new project aims to empower individuals and communities with human rights language and tools so that they can challenge inadequate, discriminatory or inaccessible services at a local level.

• Supporting the organisation of participatory human rights training and other capacity building support to pilot projects
• Supporting the development of information and training materials on human rights and community empowerment
• Collection of monitoring and evaluation information and data from events and training sessions
• Dissemination of learning from the project to key stakeholders in the public sector and the voluntary and community sector
• Providing general administrative and other support to the human rights in the community project

More details and an application form can be found here.

The deadline for applications is now 10am, Monday 15th March 2010.

General Information on Internships

BIHR is a small organisation and we work hard to properly integrate volunteers and interns into our operations, allowing them to gain insight into the opportunities and challenges of working for a charity at the forefront of practical work on human rights issues in the UK.

Volunteers and interns are often able to attend training sessions and external events about human rights.

All posts are unpaid, although lunch and travel expenses within London will be reimbursed.

If you are interested in internships or volunteering at BIHR please sign up for information here. You will be added to our circulation list to receive details of any volunteer/intern positions that come up at BIHR. Posts will also be advertised on this page, so keep checking back.

Please note that in accordance with our equal opportunities policy we do not accept CVs or speculative applications.