JOB DESCRIPTION
POST TITLE:
<Area> Intern
DEPARTMENT:
<Department>
SUB-DEPARTMENT:
<Sub-department>
POST RESPONSIBLE TO:
<Line Manager Job Title>
SALARY:
REFERENCE NUMBER:
WUIP16
CLOSING DATE:
Thursday 28th April 2016 at 9am
JOB PURPOSE:
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DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES:
1. <text>
2. Ad-hoc support for any other projects/duties as directed by your Line Manager.
ELIGIBILITY
You must be a current undergraduate student, beginning your final year of study in the
Autumn term 2016. The Warwick Undergraduate Internship Programme is open to students
from all academic departments.
DURATION
This internship will last for 8 weeks from Monday 4th July to Friday 26th August 2016.
APPLICATION PROCESS:
An online application form should be completed. If you are successful in being invited for
interview you may be asked to prepare a document or presentation in advance, or complete
an exercise on the day, dependent on the position for which you have applied. Interview
dates and times will be advised to applicants successful in the first stage at least one week
prior to the date they are scheduled to take place. The closing date for applications for this
position is Thursday 28th April 2016 at 9am.
PERSON SPECIFICATION
POST TITLE:
<Area> Intern
DEPARTMENT:
<Department>
The Person Specification focuses on the knowledge, skills, experience and qualifications
required to undertake the role effectively.
REQUIREMENTS
The postholder must be able to demonstrate:
ESSENTIAL (E)
OR
DESIRABLE (D)
REQUIREMENTS
MEASURED BY:
a) application form
b) Test/Exercise
c) Interview
d) Presentation
A current Warwick undergraduate entering your
final year of study in the Autumn term 2013
E
a
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Good familiarity with MS Office – in particular
Excel and Word
E
a
Experience of working successfully as part of a
team and quickly building strong professional
relationships
E
a,c
Ability to assimilate complex information quickly
E
a,c
Ability to be extremely flexible, resourceful and
independent in your approach to working in a
challenging environment
E
a, c
Strong research skills and academic ability
E
a,c,d
Previous experience of working in an office
environment
D
a
Interest in Higher Education policy
D
a,c
FURTHER PARTICULARS
The Warwick Undergraduate Internship Programme
The University of Warwick is offering an exciting opportunity for current Warwick
undergraduate students to take part in an eight week internship with the University’s
administration as part of the Warwick Undergraduate Internship Programme.
Warwick is one of Britain's leading research universities, with an acknowledged reputation
for excellence in research and teaching, for innovation, and for links to industry and
business. Founded in 1965 on a greenfield site on the boundary line of the city of Coventry
and the county of Warwickshire, Warwick's rapid rise is due in part to a particular style of
entrepreneurial and professional management developed in-house by senior Warwick
administrators and the new Internships will provide students with a taster of what a career in
University administration would entail.
The scheme will:
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Provide students with an internship opportunity within a diverse, professional setting;
Raise awareness of the importance of gaining work experience alongside degree
study to provide first-hand experience of the workplace, to enhance employability skills
and to inform career choices;
Prepare students for work experience by helping them to audit their current
employability skills and setting personal objectives for their placements, and in
preparing them to interact effectively with employers;
Provide students with the experience of a structured interview and selection process;
Post placement, help students reflect upon the skills developed and explore the
learning they have achieved whilst working;
Help students learn to record, reflect and demonstrate this learning clearly to future
employers.
Each Intern will work on a specific project within an area of the University administration.
Each project, whilst being based in one department, will incorporate cross-functional working
so as to provide each Intern with a broad sense of the work of the University.
Each Intern will be allocated a Mentor from Student Careers & Skills, who will act as a first
point of contact for advice and support and will offer feedback, suggestions and face to face
meetings. This support will be in addition to a line manager within the department who will
oversee the work of the Intern.