Charities and NGOs Week
Week commencing Monday 6th February 2012
What is it?
A week of activities designed to help you find out more about
opportunities in this popular sector including information on routes in and how
to gain valuable work experience.
Do I need to book to attend?
YES! Booking is essential for all activities listed below and is done through your "My Careers Service" account. Students who haven't used this before should read our instructions page before
trying to log in to book anything.
LOCATION DETAILS for each event will be provided when booking.
Please Note: Events are popular and booking for each will close when it is fully booked or, at the latest, 1 working day before the event. We recommend early booking to avoid disappointment.
What's happening?
Careers in NGOs and Charities - An Overview
Monday 6th February: 1pm-2pm
Careers in NGOs and Charities – What They Are – And How To Get Them!
This session will give you an overview of the NGO and Charity sectors and provide a succinct guide to some of the different routes you can take to begin and develop your career. Hear from:
- World Service Enquiry who have been providing expertise to the international development sector for many years.
- Christian Aid - a highly respected international NGO. Chris Mead from Christian Aid will be talking about their work and their prestigious year long paid internship which includes experience in the developing world.
- 2Way Development provide expert advice and arrange a range of international placements that can provide vital developing country experience
- NCVO the largest membership body for the community and voluntary sector in England will be giving an overview of the sector.
and have the chance to put questions to the panel.
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Case Study: So you think you want to be a relief worker?
Wednesday 8th February: 1pm-2pm
A talk by Martin McCann, Chief Executive of RedR
Martin McCann is the Chief Executive of RedR. RedR trains over 3000 Humanitarians a year across 20 countries. It numbers NGOs, multilaterals as well as DFID amongst its clients. Martin McCann will be talking about how Emergency and humanitarian relief is related to but distinct from international development. In the session you will get an overview of the nature of humanitarian relief, the challenges involved in the work and the kinds of people and skills that the sector needs.
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Careers in Charities / NGOs Forum and Networking Event
Thursday 9th February: 5.45pm-8pm
Are you wondering what the career opportunities might be in the not-for -profit sector?
Do you know what you want to do but need some advice as to how to get there?
Would you like inside information to help you boost your application?
The
Careers in Charities / NGOs Forum and Networking Event will help anyone
who wants answers to these questions. The evening consists of a 1 hour
Question and Answer session with a panel of representatives from four
different charities including:
- Catholic Overseas Development Agency (CAFOD)
- Vanilla Ventures (a non-profitmaking social impact business)
- The National Trust
and others followed by a networking session. The Networking event will give the opportunity to network with the above panelists plus representatives from other organisations such as:
- Barnardos
- The British Red Cross
- GOAL
- 2 Way Development
- The Challenge Network
- The UCL Volunteering Network
The panelists will be able to help anyone who is interested in domestic or international charity work, internships or employment and faith or non-faith based not-for-profit institutions.
Other panelists and networkers to be announced...
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Writing a CV for the Charity/ NGO Field
Friday 10th February: 1pm-2pm
With fierce competition for roles in the sector, a good CV is essential. In this workshop led by a UCL Careers Adviser, discover the secrets of how to tailor and personalise your CV for the not-for-profit sector.
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