Local Advocacy and Research Intern

3 weeks ago


London, United Kingdom Depaul UK Full time

**Location**: London, Greater London, United Kingdom
- **Earnings**: £12.69 Per Hour

**About the role and the team**

Depaul International (DPI) is the parent body of a global group of charities (subsidiaries) responding to global homelessness, together serving 23,500 people each year.

In this role, you will assist the Famvin Homeless Alliance (FHA) team to develop a local advocacy toolkit, which will be shared with partner organisations as a helpful resource for raising awareness of homelessness and influencing local homelessness policy.

You will also carry out desk-based research into existing local advocacy toolkits, relevant resources and examples of local advocacy efforts, covering a variety of languages and media formats.

**About you**:
You will have excellent communication skills and be committed to the values and ethos of Depaul UK.
- A high level of written English and good written communication skills
- A proven ability to conduct independent research (e.g. academic work)
- An ability to review and synthesise complex sources of information, and present it in a user-friendly way
- A knowledge of homelessness, especially in an international context and/or local advocacy (e.g. through academic studies, volunteering or work experience)

**Benefits**:

- Free cover for your Partner living with you and your children under 18
- Dental cover - including cosmetic dentistry
- Optical cover - including glasses and contact lenses
- International Accident Cover
- Scans, Practitioner treatments, vaccinations and much more

**Discounts and Vouchers**:

- Grocery shopping
- Cinema tickets
- Discounted Gym Memberships
- Days out
- Over 300 benefits to use and benefit from

**Employee Assistance Program**
- 24/7 GP advice line with prescription service
- 24/7 Counselling support - with face to face counselling included
- Legal Advice line

**About Depaul International (DPI)**

Depaul International is the parent charity of the Depaul Group, a group of charities that works across the world with a mission to end homelessness and change the lives of those affected by it.

Established in 1989, Depaul subsidiaries currently include the UK, Ireland, Slovakia, Ukraine, the USA, France and Croatia. DPI leads and manages the governance and strategy of the global group, as well as co-ordinating work on standards, outcomes and quality and providing ongoing capacity building support to our subsidiary charities.

In addition, we work to support subsidiaries in national and global fundraising initiatives, carry out data collection and analysis, and provide communications support. We also have an ongoing process for supporting the development of new subsidiaries. The DPI team is small and is complemented by some central support services provided by Depaul UK.

We're dedicated to putting our values into action to achieve a society where everyone has a place to call home and a stake in their community.

**An enhanced DBS disclosure may be a requirement for this post. **Our recruitment checks, induction and ongoing support and supervision reflect our commitment to safeguarding our clients.

**Applications**:
**Please note**:
Applications submitted without a supporting statement and/or after the closing date and time stated will not be put forward for shortlisting

**We kindly request no contact from unsolicited recruitment or media agencies**.



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