The MSC has developed an international certification and ecolabelling programme designed to contribute to sustainability of global fisheries resources. The programme is designed to be accessible to all sustainably managed fisheries regardless of size, scale, location or type. The MSC works to develop tools and initiatives to enhance the accessibility of the programme to pre-MSC fisheries.
Information on the role
This exciting internship opportunity is within the NEA (North East Atlantic) Outreach Team, who establish and maintain relationships with supply chain clients of the Marine Stewardship Council including UK and North East Atlantic fisheries, retail, suppliers, restaurants, food outlets and educational institutions.
The internship will focus on work for the MSC’s education programme - Fish and Kids. Fish and Kids is a free education based programme that aims to encourage the provision of MSC certified seafood for school lunches in the UK as well as providing free education resources for teachers and students linked to the national curriculum to increase awareness about marine sustainability.
The successful candidate will assist with a communications research project, reviewing the Fish and Kids engagement strategy and assessing the use of current teaching and engagement resources. From this, the candidate will help to develop ideas for the online engagement of teachers, children and parents through the Fish and Kids website, and assist in the creation of quality online and offline curriculum linked resources.
The successful candidate will also support the team in logistical administrative tasks such as mail outs and will have the opportunity to develop events based skills whilst assisting with the preparation for any key engagement events.
The intern will benefit from undertaking tasks linked to the activities listed below, with guidance provided by the UK Commercial Manager and UK Commercial Officer. There may be additional activities in which the intern could be involved with, depending on the skills and interests of the individual concerned and there being a sufficiently qualified and experienced member of the MSC’s staff available for the intern to shadow:
MSC UK education programme
- Review and creation of learning and engagement resources
- Market and communications research
- Providing logistical and administrative support to team members for engagement activities such as mailings
- Data entry/manipulation on existing education stakeholders
- Supporting other team members with ad hoc research projects
- Attending outreach visits/events
- Assisting with the development of communications assets for the UK comms team
Period of Internship: The internship shall be for a fixed term of 3 months. The programme shall commence on 24 August 2015, and will finish on 13 November 2015, interning for a minimum of 3 days each week. Working hours are 09:00-17:00. These hours may be negotiable and can be discussed with the line manager.
Remuneration: This is a voluntary, unpaid position but the MSC will offer daily lunch expenses of up to £5 a day, and daily travel expenses within London zones 1-4 on provision of receipts.
UK Internship Job description :— PDF document, 231 kB
Application Process
Please email a current CV and cover letter (in English) outlining why you are the ideal candidate to: recruitment@msc.org
Date Posted: 8 Aug 2015
Location: London
Applications closing date: 17 August 2015 (Midnight, GMT )
