EWB-UK PN Bulletin - 26th May - Special Notice


 


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Engineers Without Borders UK Professional Network Bulletin
26th May 2009

EWB-UK Opportunities

We are currently looking for a volunteer for the following positions:

  • Professional Network Coordinator (National Executive)
  • Website Editor (Intern)

Professional Network Co-ordinator

The Engineers Without Borders UK Professional Network (PN) is a community of professionals, academics and practioners who share EWB-UK's aims and can take part in its work. The Professional Network Co-ordinator leads the PN team (local network coordinators) and is responsible for all activities regarding the PN membership.

Professional Network aims:

  • Interact with the EWB-UK students at universities across the country and support its programmes
  • Forge and build links between EWB-UK and companies, engineering institutions and NGOs
  • Act as a forum within which expertise and opportunities can be shared
Role description:
  • Coordinate and support a team of regional PN coordinators
  • Be the main point-of-contact for all professionals interested in personal involvement with EWB-UK
  • Manage regular email bulletins 
  • Maintain and enhance the connection between the PN, student branches and EWB-UK's programmes and teams
  • Establish, develop and monitor relationships with external bodies (institutions, companies, NGOs)
  • Manage PN database, statistics of membership, company points-of-contact, email list, PN webpages
  • Planning and managing PN budget
  • As a member of the EWB-UK National Executive, the co-ordinator will attend regular committee meetings in London.
Requirements:
  • Excellent organisation skills
  • Leadership capability to motivate a team of professionals and support them to lead local PN communities
  • Good communication.  Comfortable making contact with external bodies and delivering presentations
  • Basic IT skills
  • A demonstrated interest in international development and EWB-UK’s work
  • The role is suited to a graduate student or graduate professional
  • The role is anticipated to require a commitment of approximately 3 hours a week plus a monthly meeting 

Benefits:

  • This role provides great experience of how professionals and students can contribute to international development awareness
  • The co-ordinator will develop a variety of transferable skills including team management, development awareness and networking
  • There are many opportunities to meet and develop relationships with a wide variety of individuals in academia, industry, government, NGOs and civil society
  • The co-ordinator will receive internal National Executive training and ongoing guidance and support from the EWB-UK CEO and the Trustee overseeing the Professional Network

Start date: June 29th 2009

If you have questions, please do not hestitate to contact Victoria Hickman, the current PN national coordinator at victoria.hickman@ewb-uk.org

< Apply here >

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Internship - Website Editor

  • 3 month volunteer internship
  • Start date: 22nd June
  • Cambridge based with some UK travel
  • Accommodation and living allowance provided
  • Funding status: tentative

The Engineers Without Borders UK website is a significant bit of kit. It has nearly 4,500 pages and more than 3,000 users. It attracts around 12,000 visits per month. And it is, more than anything else, what defines our organisation to the world. But it's getting a bit old and crusty. We need your help to make it sexy. We need your help to edit the content of the site, improve how it looks and feels and make it easier for people to find what they're looking for. As we introduce a new web-based database over the summer, you will also play a role in seperating off our internal uses of the website to concentrate on its external purpose as an effective communications tool.

You'll be working with John Heelham, EWB-UK's volunteer Communications and Publicity Co-ordinator. You'll be working with the volunteers installing our new database system, the Video Editor intern and - well - nearly everyone in the organisation at some point!

Duties:

  • Edit and improve the content on the website using the Drupal content management system.
  • Develop the knowledge section of the website with support from our programme teams.
  • Use publishing software, graphics packages, basic HTML, PHP and online services.
  • Help to understand what people want from the website and make it easier for them to use - including better integration of membership and email list systems.

< Apply here > - remember to tick the 'Internship - Website Editor' box!

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Engineers Without Borders UK
The Humanitarian Centre, Fenner's Gresham Road, Cambridge, CB1 2ES, UK www.ewb-uk.org
Email: professional_network@ewb-uk.org

Engineers Without Borders UK is registered in England & Wales and is limited by guarantee. Registered Company No.: 4856607. Registered Charity No.:1101849. Registered Address: The Humanitarian Centre, Fenner's, Gresham Road, Cambridge, CB1 2ES, UK

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