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Cancer Grand Challenges Intern

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Cancer Research UK

Apr 18

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  • Internship
    Part-time
    Starts on Jun 30
    Off-cycle Internship
  • Healthcare
  • £23.9K
  • London

Requirements

  • Interest in the area of cancer biology and with a desire to contribute to supporting cancer research worldwide;
  • Ability to form strong, positive collaborative relationships at all levels of seniority;
  • Good communications skills, with strong attention to detail;
  • Interest in learning or previous experience in supporting events, virtually or in person;
  • Ability to present information in written form or verbally, that recognises the needs of the audience and enables effective decision making;
  • Interest in learning or experience of planning, managing and delivering strategic projects; ability to prioritise and manage multiple tasks and to support others to do so, showing adaptability to meet challenging targets and deadlines;

Responsibilities

  • With guidance, support and supervision from the Research Programme Manager, the Intern will, among other responsibilities, support:
  • Develop induction materials for newly recruited future leaders (i.e., drafting a CGC Welcome Pack);
  • Support the organisation of a New Joiners Virtual Event;
  • Support the team organising the in-person CGC Future Leaders Conference 2024, to be held in Barcelona 13-15 November. We expect 120 attendees from all over the world. Information about the 2022 conference here and here;
  • Develop comms materials such as Newsletters, Twitter Threads, etc.;
  • Provide logistical support for the CGC Monthly Seminars Series;
  • Collate information about the Future Leaders community and updating contact details, etc
  • Provide secretariat support on the monthly meetings of the CGC Future Leaders Working Group
  • Support in the preparation of events, strategy, etc.;
  • Assist in preparation for other CGC events (booking travel/accommodation, etc);
  • Supporting other priorities for the CGC initiative as required during the period of the internship.

Application Process

  • Stage 1: Online application:    
  • Complete an online application form – you’ll be asked to answer a motivational competency question and upload your CV.    
  • In our commitment to Equality, Diversity and Inclusion, we operate an anonymised shortlisting process. Please therefore ensure that you have completed the work history section of the application form in full and that you have answered all application questions, as this is the information we will be using to shortlist. CVs are required to be uploaded for all applications, as they will be collected for use later in the process. 
  • Stage 2: Assessment:
  • If your initial application is successful you will then be invited to complete our new situational judgment test. The test poses real life scenarios that a CRUK intern might be met with in their day to day role and asks how you would tackle that scenario. This is un-timed and multiple choice. Please let us know if you think you might require adjustments for this assessment.  
  • Stage 3: Audio Submission: 
  • If you are successful in the previous stage, you will be asked to complete an audio submission, answering competency-based questions. The questions will be emailed to you and you will have a few days to submit a response via an audio recording (no video required).    
  • Stage 4: Interviews:  
  • If you are successful in the previous stage, you will then be invited to a face-to-face interview at our head office with representatives from the team you are applying to.    

Cancer Research UK

Science & Healthcare
Industry
1001-5000
Employees
2002
Founded Year

Mission & Purpose

Cancer Research UK is a renowned charitable organisation dedicated to advancing cancer prevention, diagnosis, treatment, and support. Their overarching goal is to bring about a future where all cancers are cured, ensuring that individuals can lead full and healthy lives. Through funding groundbreaking research, raising awareness, and providing crucial support, Cancer Research UK strives to make a profound impact on cancer outcomes. Their relentless efforts are focused on improving prevention strategies, enhancing early detection methods, and developing effective treatments, with the ultimate aim of saving lives and improving the well-being of those affected by cancer.

Benefits

  • Flexible Working

    We encourage a flexible working culture, including options such as home-working, reduced or flexi-hours, job shares, job-splits, compressed and core hours. We offer a high level of flexibility for the vast majority of our office-based roles, meaning that you’ll only be required to work from a specific location for 1 or 2 days a week on average.

  • Income Protection and Life Assurance

    We provide all staff with free insurance policies, paying 50% of your salary if you are unable to work through illness, and up to 4 times your salary for your beneficiaries should the unthinkable happen and you die while in our employment.

  • Pension

    Our Retirement Plan is worth up to 12% of salary and offers all employees a flexible way to build a pension fund, no matter which stage of your career you’re at. You’ll be given choice, control, financial benefits and valuable protection benefits. It is a defined contribution plan, which means contributions paid into the plan by you and by Cancer Research UK are invested in the funds you choose—you can have as little or as much control over this as you want.

  • Payroll giving

    We offer all employees a way to support any charity of their choice tax-free through their salary. Payroll Giving is a very effective way of supporting causes close to your heart: A £10 monthly donation will only cost you £8 as a standard tax-rate payer and even less, £6 if you are higher tax-rate payer.

  • Annual Leave

    For the majority of our roles we offer 25 days holiday a year plus bank holidays, and an extra day for Christmas Eve. You can choose to use the religious bank holidays flexibly.