Internship Programme
Various departments

 

The Opportunity 

Are you looking hands on experience within the UK’s most exciting renewable energy, major infrastructure, regeneration and transport projects?

Counter Context exists in the place where politics meets real life. Sustainable solutions are needed more now than ever, and the clients and projects we support help to build a better tomorrow. Our work helps to bridge the gap between communities and the nationally significant infrastructure projects that will help us to significant changes and shape the UK’s communities.

We are looking for Interns to join our supportive and tight-knit team of communications professionals for up to 12 weeks. Our internship is perfect for someone who wants to enhance their CV or as a gateway into a career in communications at Counter Context.

Shape your career at Counter Context

During the internship, you could be undertaking political research to inform a communications strategy, helping to plan a community event or inputting data as part of a project feedback analysis.

We encourage applicants with backgrounds in politics, communications science, environmental science, planning, sustainability or humanities.

We are looking for positive, hardworking, and enthusiastic people who want to make a difference.

The Role 

Your internship will involve:

  • Research and insight gathering – undertaking research to help the formulation of communications strategies, including political research, local community mapping and research into industry trends.

  • Event planning and support – supporting our Account Executives with planning stakeholder events, public exhibitions and webinars. This may involve organising venues, catering, logistics, producing risk assessments, etc., and providing support at the events.

  • Stakeholder communication management – keeping databases of political, business and community stakeholders accurate and up-to-date, managing returned mail and managing the mail of consultation materials to stakeholders

  • Reporting – using qualitative and quantitative methods to analyse consultation feedback and reporting the results to clients, informing the future of their projects.

The Offer 

We are proud to be part of the Living Wage foundation; we offer participants of our internship program £10.90 per hour.

 Hours of work: Our program hours run Monday to Friday 9pm- 5pm

 Most importantly, we offer you a opportunity to experience working in our growing agency and within a close-knit team who work hard, care for each other and want to make a difference. We have been trading successfully for 26 years. The last three years have been our most successful ever. We’re looking to hear from people with a passion to be part of this and to grow with us.

 Application stage:

 We ask potential candidates to send their please send a CV and cover letter to recruitment@countercontext.com.

Sound interesting? Get in touch. Email us. Pick up the phone. Send us a note. We would love to chat about you and this opportunity. Please send a CV and cover letter below.