Graduate Internship

Location: Combination of home and office working in one of our office hubs (London, Manchester, Nottingham, Newcastle) with occasional travel to the London office (if living outside of London, travel will be expensed)

Frontline is England’s largest social work charity. Our mission is to create social change for children who do not have a safe or stable home, by developing excellent social work practice, leadership and innovation. We are recruiting 3 talented and enthusiastic graduates to join our Selection Team and help recruit the next generation of social workers to go on and support children and families across the UK.

A little bit about the role

The Recruitment team is an award-winning team responsible for selecting and hiring diverse individuals who have the potential to become excellent social workers on the Frontline programme.our qualifying programme for social workers. It is split into three areas, Attraction, Selection and Admissions.

The internship offers the opportunity to take on a crucial role for the Selection Team as a Selection Coordinator. You will work with the Selection Manager and Selection Officer to ensure the delivery of a highly effective and efficient recruitment process and to ensure the candidate experience is positive throughout. The Graduate Internship is also a great chance to begin your career in the charity sector and join a fast-moving organisations with great opportunities for networking and progression.

Some of the key responsibilities of the role include:

• Facilitate at Frontline assessment centres, supporting assessors and sharing responsibility for ensuring days run smoothly and consistently.
• Support the Selection team to update and prepare assessment centre materials ahead of assessment centres, using careful attention to detail
• Attend attraction events (e.g., on university campuses or webinars) to represent Frontline and to promote the Frontline programme​
• Contribute to wider recruitment projects as and when required (e.g., developing training for Brand Managers, supporting with the allocation of Frontline participants to local authorities

A little bit about you

You will be an enthusiastic graduate with excellent verbal and written communication skills and a passion for social change. The role is dynamic and the best fit will be someone who is an effective problem-solver, and can adapt especially when in pressurised situations.

We have a fast-moving culture within the team and organisation, so we’re looking for someone who is who is well organised, details-focused and can use their initiative to do what works. You will have excellent communication skills, be able to build relationships with people and be willing to learn. There are lots of opportunities for growth and development in this role – and for the right candidate to make the role their own.

If you feel you have the skills to make a real impact and contribute to creating lasting social change for children and families, we would love to hear from you!

We have increased the diversity of Frontline’s workforce in the last 12 months, but we need to do more to have greater racialised minority representation. We know the value racialised minority voices bring and therefore, we are strongly encouraging applicants from these backgrounds to apply. We are also a disability confident employer and welcome applicants with disabilities.

We only accept applications through our non-biased recruitment website, PinPoint.

Job Types: Full-time, Fixed term contract
Contract length: 6 months

Salary: £21,814.00-£25,087.00 per year

Benefits:

• Casual dress
• Company pension
• Cycle to work scheme
• Sick pay
• Work from home

Schedule:

• Monday to Friday

Work Location: Hybrid remote in London

Reference ID: Graduate Internship