Schools’ Co-ordinator Intern

The Trust Youth Schools’ Co-ordinator Intern will be responsible for helping to co-ordinate liaisons with schools. Trust Youth currently works with 15 schools and we aim to double this during academic year 2007/8. Working with the Project Manager, the role can broadly be split into two areas:

1) Responsibility for liaising and building partnerships with current schools, charities and mentors

• Keeping in regular contact with our teacher contacts who are facilitating the project, and our supporters and advisers in each region, answering questions and offering support wherever possible
• Organising the regional celebration events
• Liaising with school teams to ask for articles for the blog
• Liaising with our partner charities
• Advising and supporting mentors from our partner charities
• Updating the database of schools

2) Responsibility for forging links with new schools, charities and partners

• Organising mailings to targeted schools
• Creating links with Local Authorities and other partners who might be able to publicise Trust Youth
• Contacting and liaising with potential partner charities
• Updating the database of schools contacted

This is an excellent opportunity for anyone looking to gain experience in working with schools, young people or charities. You will gain a real understanding of education and charity issues, policy and priorities including social inclusion. There will be (optional) opportunities to visit schools around the country and see the work of the teams at first-hand. The Schools’ Co-ordinator Intern will play a major part in helping to deliver Trust Youth projects to schools, and will have an important role to play in influencing the development of the charity.