Jobs & Internships

The Humanitarian Centre is committed to offering good quality internships to young people looking for experience in the sector. We also occasionally advertise for paid staff at the Humanitarian Centre or with other Cambridge organisations.

We can also offer short-term and part-time volunteer positions, usually involving work on specific projects. Please visit the volunteering opportunities page for current vacancies.*

 

Job Vacancies and Internships – member organisations

Member organisations can advertise their job vacancies or internships by emailing the details to info@humanitariancentre.org.

 

Below is a recent job vacancy from one of our members.

EWB (Engineers Without Borders) UK: Vacancy for Placements Programme Administrator

Our current ‘placements programme administrator’ in our national HQ, based in Cambridge, has landed a new job and is leaving soon, and we are moving our office to London on September 14th, so we need someone to cover the role until then.  It is a 22.5 hours/week role at ￡17,800 pro-rata, to start as soon as possible.  The hours can be done in three days or spread across more than three days to fit in with other calls on your time.

At this time of year, and without much time for a lengthy induction period, the main activities you will focus on are things like:

• ensuring new enquiries and communications with current international volunteers are appropriately handled;
• keeping up to date records of information required to manage each international volunteer’s placement, including volunteer agreements, medical information, flight details and insurance;
• providing clerical support for finances of the international partnership programmes, ensuring that invoices and expenses payments are processed quickly and in accordance with standard procedures;
• liaising with colleagues to ensure volunteers’ reports are received on time and available for analysis
• and keeping tabs on Internet news about security risks in countries where our volunteers are based.

Engineers Without Borders UK is an international development organisation that removes barriers to development through engineering. Our programmes provide opportunities for young people to learn about technology’s role in tackling poverty. Supported by the EWB-UK community, our members can work on projects around the globe.  For more information about us and the area of work please go to www.ewb-uk.org, especially the pages under Placements in the Programme menu.

To apply please, as soon as possible, send a current CV and an email or covering letter highlighting five reasons why we should appoint you or why your background is a good match with the skills, knowledge and experience we need (refer to the job description to refer to specific skills etc. that you have).  Please also include a short explanation of why the job would be good for you and contact details of two referees.  Closing date for applications is Monday 30th July at 5pm but we may close the process before that time if enough suitable candidates come forward.  The address for emails is  and the postal address is Engineers Without Borders UK, c/o The Humanitarian Centre, Fenner’s, Gresham Road, Cambridge, CB1 2ES, UK.

Please contact  for the standard job description and person specification. You are welcome to contact her for an informal chat but you will have to submit a written application in order for your suitability to be assessed.