Communications, IT and Social Media Support Intern for Claiming Our Future Event Position

Published: Tuesday, July 27, 2010

This is a full time (35 hours per week) for 6 months based at 9 Cavendish Row, Dublin 1. Reporting to Claiming Our Future Initiative Coordinator, the Communications, IT and Social Media Support Intern will carry out the following tasks

• - Manage content on the website
• - Manage social networking tools
• - Liaise with the conference steering group and IT and Communications coordinating group
• - Assisting with the preparation of materials
• - Providing support in the organisation of the 'Claiming Our Future' event
• - Provide IT support i.e. uploading material from local coordinating groups and meetings
• - Assisting with follow up actions

Requirements
We are seeking a person who has experience with Social Media tools, excellent IT and website management skills, excellent communication skills, capacity to be flexible, ability to work as part of a team and on own initiative. Receipted expenses will be provided.

Claiming Our Future
The Claiming Our Future event seeks to bring all sectors of civil society together to discuss and advance a new future for a more equal, inclusive and sustainable Ireland. Local meetings and events will take place around the country in September and October to mobilise people and develop the agenda for the event.

The Claiming our Future event will take place on 30th October in the RDS. It will seek to bring together 1000 people from all sectors of civil society to debate and deliberate on shared values, the policy choices we could organise together behind and the means of achieving greater cooperation and coordination across civil society for a more equal, inclusive and sustainable Ireland. It is hoped that the event will set in train a range of activities to further develop this social movement and to advance an alternative agenda for Irish society.

Contact
Apply by forwarding cover letter and CV to siobhan@mrci.ie by 5pm Friday 6th August