Shine Night Walk - Corporate Engagement Intern
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Full-time annual salary : £11.95 (£21, 749 full time yearly equivalent)
Contract Length : 12 weeks ( 8 Jan – 29 March)
Hours: 7 hours per day, 4 days per week
Application Deadline: Fri 27 October
Interview dates: Approximately 20 th November – 1 st December
Location: Home based (any home based working needs to be in the UK) OR Hybrid - Stratford, London with home working . May be to travel to some events
Positions: 1
We are now recruiting for our January 202 4 Internship programme!
We are now accepting applications for our January internship intake. We’re really excited to be recruiting interns and we have some great internships available across the charity. We will also be recruiting for our Summer internships next year. To be notified once these applications are live, please visit our website to sign up .
Are you looking for an exciting internship opportunity at one of the UK’s largest health charities?
Why we need you
Cancer Research UK is the world’s largest charity dedicated to beating all types of cancer. We now have an opportunity for you to join us as a Shine Night Walk - Corporate Engagement intern.
What will I be doing?
The Events Delivery team works across the country to deliver large scale outdoor events including Race for Life, Shine Night Walk, and Pretty Muddy, alongside smaller engagement events such as Flame of Hope, Legacy Inspires and Evenings of Music, last year raising over £13 million for CRUK.
Role and Purpose
We’re looking for an intern to focus specifically on enhancing the participant experience for Shine London, and selected regional Shine events, by working with the Acquisition team within SLFEO (Supporter Led Fundraising Engagement & Operations ) to engage with corporates whose premises are on the Shine routes . We’d like to encourage these companies to undertake activation such as cheer points, lighting up their windows, volunteering etc, thereby enhancing the participant experience . Longer term, we’re hoping to increase and develop corporate relationships in these cities by using Shine Night Walk as a hook for collaboration.
Key Responsibilities:
Liaise with Shine Event Managers to familiarise yourself with the Shine Night Walk courses.
Collate a list of organisations with premises on / near route. Find out contact name / email / number etc for the organisation.
Liaise with Acquisition team in SLFEO ( Supporter Led Fundraising Engagement & Operations ) and work with them to prepare pitches for opportunities and benefits for getting involved in Shine Night Walk.
Support Acquisition team and Relationship Managers in making approaches to companies.
In consultation with Events Manager (EM) and Relationship Managers (RMs), work up a series of “Shine Engagement Packages”
Highlight successes to maximise on positive PR for companies and CRUK
Work with RMs to lay foundations to build on these new relationships for Shine 2024 and additional support for CRUK ( eg , Sports Events, SU2C Bake Off, staff fundraising)
What skills are you looking for?
Experience in researching
Confident in making approaches and pitches to individuals and organisations
Experience in providing excellent customer experience / supporter care
Creativity and an ability to spot opportunities
Experience in evaluating events and projects and implementing improvements
Strong organisational skills with the ability to prioritise effectively, work efficiently and juggle competing priorities
We’re always looking for people from a wide range of backgrounds, who can bring different perspectives, so you don’t need to have had previous impacts everyone and we want our workforce to reflect the diversity of the audience we work with.
What will I gain?
This role will add real value to Cancer Research UK so we want to ensure you’re getting a lot out of it too. As an intern you’ll go through a structured development programme with skills training in project management, CV writing and interview skills and you’ll have a buddy to help you settle in. You’ll be eligible for many of our benefits, including paid holiday, and you’ll gain key experience to help you launch your career.
one Internship role.
One of our values at CRUK is Being Human. We want to hear about why you’re
Application Process:
Stage 1: Online application
Complete an online application form – you’ll be asked to answer a motivational competency question and upload your CV.
In our commitment to Equality, Diversity and Inclusion, we operate an anonymised shortlisting process. Please therefore ensure that you have completed the work history section of the application form in full and that you have answered all application questions, as this is the information we will be using to shortlist. CVs be uploaded for all applications, as they will be collected for use later in the process. If you experience any problems submitting an application, please email
Stage 2: Assessment
If your initial application is successful you will then be invited to complete our new situational judgment test. The test poses real life scenarios that a CRUK intern might be met with in their day to day role and asks how you would tackle that scenario. This is un-timed and multiple choice. Please let us know if you think you might require adjustments for this assessment.
Stage 3: Audio Submission
If you are successful in the previous stage, you will be asked to complete an audio submission, answering competency-based questions. The questions will be emailed to you and you will have a few days to submit a response via an audio recording (no video ).
Stage 4: Interviews
If you are successful in the previous
If you would like a copy of our Candidate pack to read more about our benefits and culture please email
The Internship will start on Monday 8 th January.
There’s a place for everyone at Cancer Research UK. Our vision is to create a charity where everyone feels like they belong, benefits from and participates in, the work we do. We're committed to creating an inclusive culture where everyone can be themselves and reach their full potential.
We actively encourage applications from people of all backgrounds and cultures, in particular those from ethnic minority backgrounds who are currently under-represented, and believe that a diverse workforce will help us to beat cancer sooner.
If you’re interested in applying and excited about working with us but are unsure if you have the right skills and experience we’d still love to hear from you. We don’t expect everyone to meet all of the criteria listed.
We want to see every candidate performing at their best throughout the job application process, interview process and whilst at work. We therefore ask you to inform us of any concerns you have or any adjustments you might need to enable this to happen by emailing us at .
Unfortunately, we are unable to recruit anyone below the age of 18, so that we can protect young people from health & safety and safeguarding risks.
Shine Night Walk - Corporate Engagement Intern
Cancer Research UK
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