Internships
Catalyst serves the social business sector, offering research, investment and consultancy services to a variety of social, ethical, and environmental businesses. Our work draws on our team’s experience in the worlds of investment banking, social entrepreneurship, international development, venture capital and the voluntary sector. Our role is to provide the information, advice, networks and, in the case of our fund management activities, capital to drive the growth of these businesses and the sector as a whole. We are often looking for enthusiastic and business-literate interns to help us with our various projects.
Available Internships
At the moment we are looking for two interns: a Business Planning Intern and a Research and Fundraising hero. Please read the details below and then contact Julia if you think you have what it takes.
Business Planning Intern:
Start date: As soon as possible
Duration: 6 weeks
Days per week: 3-5 days a week
Application deadline: 10th September, 4pm
Catalyst has a great opportunity for a new intern to join the team and
get involved in the growing field of social business.
The position will offer the suitable candidate the opportunity to help
plan the direction of a new business venture.
We are looking for a bright and ambitious intern to work directly with
our CEO, helping him to develop and write up the plan for a new,
social business venture.
The internship would be ideally suited to someone who:
- Is interested in social business
- Would like to develop their business planning skills
- Would benefit from seeing a social business at its inception,
- Wants to gain access to the rapidly growing social business sector,
- Is competent in excel and creative in powerpoint presentations.
To apply for this role, please email Julia Meek with your covering
letter and CV attached at julia@catfund.com.
Application deadline: 4pm 10th September.
Successful applicants will be contacted an invited to interview.
Yours sincerely,
Julia Meek
Research/fundraising hero:
Start date: As soon as possible
Duration: 6 weeks
Application deadline: Rolling programme
Tasks
- Fundraising for www.socialinvestments.com. This will be your priority while you are working with us.
- Researching companies and news stories for www.socialinvestments.com.
Candidate Description
We are looking for people who fulfil the following criteria:
Essential
- You demonstrate good communication skills in order to fundraise for the organisation.
- You are professional in your attitude to fundraising in order to succeed in this challenging task.
- You are passionate about the social business sector.
- It is vital that you have good written English.
Desirable
- We would like you to demonstrate that you have carried out high quality financial research.
- We would appreciate it if our interns were accomplished at using Microsoft Office.
- It will be beneficial if you have experience of working with the internet.
- You should be an independent worker who is able to come up with ideas for our organisation.
We like to recruit people who are intellectually curious, diligent and thorough- or at least strive to be these things!
Hours and pay
Internships are mutually beneficial and are intended to be a fair deal: all interns should have the capacity to produce quality work that adds to Catalyst’s offering. In return we provide exposure to the social business sector, our way of working, and to our clients.
This role would be ideal for someone studying for a related undergraduate or postgraduate degree and we are willing to discuss making this role a more formal ‘placement’ as part of your studies.
The internship is unpaid and we will reimburse interns for travel and lunch expenses.
All internships are for a minimum of 6 weeks over the summer, working 3-5 days a week.
Background and experience
We are looking for candidates with the following qualities:
- Interest in the issues involved in the social business sector
- Business literate
- Fluent English – clear written English is particularly important
- Good university degree
- Proven competence with office software
- Motivated – can-do attitude
- Ability to work under pressure
- Good teamwork and communication skills
How to apply
Interested applicants are asked to submit the following to Julia Meek (at julia@catfund.com):
- Covering letter (stating your availability, goals for the internship, and where you heard about Catalyst)
- CV
- Short writing sample
We look forward to hearing from you.
Catalyst Fund Management & Research Ltd is regulated by The FSA.