Deadline, mid April
Bloomsbury Football Foundation uses football as the vehicle to engage over 5,000 young people a week with our programmes designed to improve the lives of young people, with an emphasis on soft skills development, improvements in physical and mental health, as well as improving social cohesion in our communities by bringing young people of all socioeconomic backgrounds together.
Our summer internship programme is a great opportunity to get paid experience working in football and in the third sector. Past interns have gone on to take on roles with us in both part- and full-time capacity. Our summer internship programme typically consists of four 4-day weeks across the summer holidays.
The summer 2024 internship areas available are:
Fundraising
– Monitoring and evaluation/data processing.
– Data collection by getting down to sessions.
– Fundraising research
Operations
– Identifying workflow issues and building systems to overcome these workflow issues.
– Leveraging customer data to predict user experience issues to be solved in the future.
– Assisting other staff with website functionality.
Marketing
– Content creation.
– Digital community management.
– Research.
Camps coordination
– Data reporting.
– Assisting on holiday camps and coordination of these – driving attendances.
– Reporting on data analytics around our holiday camps.
Super Leagues
Summer Tournaments (early summer)
– Event planning (tournament schedules etc.)
– Communications and admin (email and phone contact with participating clubs, invoicing, registration)
– Social media strategy and content creation
Pre-Season Planning (late summer)
– Community outreach/expansion (recruitment for league, local partnerships)
– Administrative support (fixtures scheduling, player registration)
– Communications (contact with clubs, chasing forms and entry fees)
Digital
– Data analysis/visualisation
– Technology research
– Stakeholder interviews
Desirable skills, experience and knowledge
- Proficient in Microsoft, particularly excel admin
- Hard-working
- Detail orientated
- Team-player
- Passionate
- Proactive
Other Requirements
These internships are intended only for current University students (at either an undergraduate or postgraduate level), or for those who have graduated in the past year.
The candidate must have the right to live and work in the UK. Bloomsbury Football does not sponsor visas.
Application process
- Please complete the online application in full, making sure you address which particular department(s) you are interested in working with in your cover letter.
- Successful applicants will be invited to a short 15-minute first interview on teams.
- We will then match final stage candidates with a department.
- Final stage interviews with managers to take place in April.
- For queries, please contact Lydia Miles | l.miles@bloomsburyfootball.com
Salary is London Living Wage.
About Bloomsbury Football
Bloomsbury Football Foundation is a leading sport for change charity in London. Bloomsbury Football uses the power of the beautiful game to transform the lives of young people in the capital. Across a range of programmes, Bloomsbury Football uses a curriculum focused on Social and Emotional Learning to improve the mental & physical health, life skills and community cohesion of its beneficiaries and communities. The charity has a financial assistance model which ensures that everyone can access the opportunities football provides, regardless of financial, disability or migrant status.
Founded in 2018, the team at Bloomsbury Football is growing fast. There are currently 30 full-time members of staff and over 50 Bloomsbury Football coaches who travel around London delivering sessions every day. If you’re looking for the opportunity to join a fast-paced, dynamic team who are passionate about changing the lives of young people in London, then Bloomsbury Football is the place for you.
Bloomsbury Football Foundation is committed to equal opportunities, diversity and inclusion, and freedom of discrimination for all applicants. We encourage persons from any race, ethnicity, nationality, sex, gender, sexual orientation, age, religious or political belief, and disability to apply for our available roles.
We are committed to fostering a culture of inclusion and we encourage individuals with diverse backgrounds and experiences to apply. We are an equal-opportunity employer.
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