PLEASE NOTE:

The deadline for this post has been extended till midday on Thursday 7th November. Interviews will be held in the afternoon on Wednesday 13th November. 

The School of Politics and IR is pleased to announce a vacancy for a student intern within its Global Europe Centre. The Global Europe Centre (GEC) is a research centre focusing on Europe, its member states, and its place in a changing world. It brings together leading international academics from politics and international relations, economics, law, business, and European culture in order to explore the contemporary policy challenges to Europe and its nation states.

School Research Centre internships are an initiative to support the development of student skills and employability, as well as helping to build capacity within and raise the profile of the School’s Research Centres. The internships are funded by the School and are available exclusively to SPIR students.

The successful student intern will:

• Support the administrative and other work of the Research Centre, under the guidance of the Centre’s Director and other staff
• Develop or work on a Research Centre blog, writing and commissioning content of interest to students, staff and other stakeholders and raising the profile of the Centre
• Use social media (including Twitter and Facebook) to promote the work of the Centre and to raise its profile, and work within the School to engage students in the Centre’s work
• Support the running of Centre events, and propose events and activities to further promote the Centre’s work particularly on campus and amongst students
• Support individual researchers within the Centre on research projects and activities where such work is available
• Undertake any other duties to support the work of the School of Politics and IR, including employability and recruitment / marketing tasks

The successful student intern should:

• Be an undergraduate or postgraduate student from the School of Politics and IR, at Stage 2 or above (including Bi-Diplôme and Joint Honours students)
• Have a strong academic and attendance record. Priority will be given to students with a grade average of a 2:1 (60%) or above, and an attendance average of 70% or above
• Be able to demonstrate an interest in the area of the research centre, either through module choice / academic record or extra-curricular activities
• Be able to work independently on given tasks, and to show initiative and creativity
• Have experience of using social media and writing blog articles or other online content

Applications

This is a paid internship (six hours per week at the relevant student intern rate) and will last until the Spring Term initially, with the possibility of an extension to the end of the academic year. Students should be available to commit six hours per week on average including during some vacations.

Interested students should apply by emailing a CV and cover letter to Ngaio Lanfray at n.v.lanfray@kent.ac.uk

The application deadline is midday on the Thursday 7th November 2019. Interviews will  be held in the afternoon on the 13th November 2019.

Interview feedback can be provided on request.

For more information please contact Ngaio Lanfray on the above email address.

The University’s Careers and Employability Service can provide CV and cover letter advice (www.kent.ac.uk/ces)

The School of Politics and International Relations is delighted to offer an internship opportunity within the School assisting Dr Andrea Den Boer in her role as Co-PI of the WomanStats Project.

WomanStats (http://www.womanstats.org/) is the largest database (with 350 variables for 176 countries) on the situation of women worldwide. One of the primary goals of WomanStats is to develop innovative indices and measures to describe the situation and status of women, which will allow for empirical analysis, assessment, monitoring, and evaluation activities.

The successful intern will collect cross-national data (numerical and laws/policies) regarding violence against women, under the direction of Dr den Boer. The candidate must have good internet search skills and be able to use an excel spreadsheet. The successful intern will ideally be an undergraduate student in the School of Politics and International Relations (or the Faculty of Social Sciences). They will also have an understanding and interest in gender issues in society and politics.

The ‘WomanStats’ data Collection Intern will:

• Gather data from demographic and health surveys, state legislation, policy websites and similar sources
• Create and maintain datasets
• Assist with descriptive analysis of data
• Work as part of a team to code qualitative data
• Meet with Dr. den Boer on a weekly basis to discuss findings

The ‘WomanStats’ Intern should:

• Be an undergraduate student at the University of Kent in Politics and International Relations
• Be able to work over the Autumn and Spring terms during term time
• Have a strong academic and attendance record– preference will be given to students with a grade average of 60% and above
• Have experience/skills in using Microsoft Excel or similar packages
• Have the ability to work independently and meet deadlines
• Have experience of analysing research (desirable)
• Be detail oriented and meticulous in recording bibliographic information
• Have an understanding of gender in politics and society

This is a paid internship for up to 8 hours per week, at the relevant student intern salary. Hours are to be agreed between the successful applicant and the Project Lead – and the work will be undertaken on campus and remotely. This internship is spread across Autumn and Spring terms and will run for approximately 21 weeks.

TO APPLY

Interested students email a CV and covering letter outlining their suitability and how they meet the above criteria to n.v.lanfray@kent.ac.uk.

The deadline for applications is midday on the 30th October 2019.

Interviews for successful candidates will be held on 4th November between 1pm – 4pm. 

All applications will be acknowledged, with interview feedback available on request.

For further information, please email Ngaio Lanfray on the email address above.