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INTERNSHIPS
The Foundation works with organisations in industries where Muslims are traditionally underrepresented to deliver paid internship opportunities. These provide a valuable opportunity for British Muslims to develop their skills and gain useful industry experience.
Live Internships
community engagement coordinator | Refugee Action
The Aziz Foundation is partnering with Refugee Action to offer a twelve-month, part-time position with charity's Campaigns and Fundraising teams.
The successful postholder will be coordinating the Speakers Community, delivering talks to schools, universities and groups, as well as supporting others in these activities. They will demonstrate excellent stewardship of grassroots activists who want to campaign for refugee rights, and support the delivery of campaigns events and ad hoc public affairs tasks.
This role is only open to those who identify as having lived experience of forced displacement due to war, invasion, or human rights violations.
Refugee Action will consider UK-based hybrid working options, as well as from any Refugee Action Office (London, Birmingham, Bradford or Manchester). The salary for this post will be £31,022 - £33,699 p.a. The deadline for applications is 8th September.
Please see the Job Description for further details.
Advocacy and campaigns fellow | asylum reform initiative
The Aziz Foundation is partnering with the Asylum Reform Initiative to offer a twelve-month fellowship within the team behind Together With Refugees, the broad-based UK-wide coalition campaigning for deep change in the UK’s approach to refugees.
The role entails organising public campaign activities on a national and local level, helping change the public and media narrative on refugees through media promotion and digital campaigning, and assisting to build the coalition through coordination and action planning.
The postholder will have lived experience of a Muslim background and knowledge of Muslim communities, a commitment for working for social change and justice, and the ability to work in a small indisciplinary team.
This is a hybrid role with at least two working days in the London office with a salary of £25,207 p.a. The application deadline is 4pm Friday 29th August and all shortlisted candidates will be interviewed. The successful candidate will start in September.
Interns
Our previous and current interns and apprentices have had the opportunity to join wonderful organisations and gain experience in areas where they are traditionally underrepresented. In the past, we’ve partnered with the Financial Times, The Independent, Sky News, Evening Standard, Runnymede Trust, Gate Theatre, the Centre for Media Monitoring and the UN’s International Organisation for Migration, among others.
