Sports Opportunities

Latest opportunities from Sport@VAL

Volunteer for Loughborough Half Marathon
Location: Loughborough

Loughborough Women’s Aid is looking for kind hearted volunteers to ensure the day goes smoothly. Volunteers are needed to act as route marshals, guide runners, and to help set up. Learn more

Lead Football Bucket Shaker Champion
Location: Leicester City
Prostate Cancer UK is seeking bucket shakers to help raise funds and awareness amongst fans at Leicester City Football Ground on Saturday 1 March 2014. The lead shaker will supervise the other volunteers. Learn moreWork Experience Placement
Location: Loughborough
Volleyball England is looking for volunteers to provide administrative support. Volunteers will help with tasks such as supporting the membership renewal process and data entry. Learn more

Sporting Change Volunteer
Location: Huncote
Community Action Partnership is seeking volunteers for a number of sport related tasks for its ‘Sporting Change’ programme. These range from encouraging participants to helping tidy up after sessions finish. Learn more

Youth Netball Volunteers
Location: Loughborough
Young people with an interest in volunteering in Netball are being recruited to join England Netball’s ‘Pass on your Passion’ programme. The programme will provide young volunteers with volunteering placements in local clubs. Learn more

Thailand English Teaching Programme 2014

Do you want to……?

…..have an experience of a lifetime?

…..spend the summer in Thailand?

…..help to develop Thai students’ English?

…..experience Thai culture first hand?

…..develop introductory skills for teaching English?

…..gain valuable international work experience?

…..enhance your employability in the UK and overseas?

If you fit the bill and can commit to spending 2 months in Thailand next  summer, please get in touch.

For further details, please visit: http://www.britishcouncil.or.th/en/teach/our-work

or contact: TET2014@britishcouncil.or.th

Civil Service Analytical Placements

Year-long placements for 2014 to 2015 are available in analytical teams (Operational Research and Statistics) in the Department of Health, Department for Work and Pensions, NHS England and their associated agencies.

We are looking for bright, forward-thinking students from numerate subject areas such as operational research, computer science, statistics, mathematics, engineering, business/management studies, geography and psychology.

Placements are available in Sheffield, Leeds, Newcastle and London. More information can be found at:

http://www.facebook.com/CivilServiceAnalyticalPlacements2014

Times University Student Survey

Want to Earn £75?

We are looking for a team of student representatives from Loughborough University to carry out part-time work on campus as interviewers for The Times Final Year Student Survey 2014.

You must know 25 final year students and be organised and reliable. The work will take approximately 8-10 hours in total for a short time during February.

Places are limited so get in touch ASAP. Closing date for applicants is the 15th January!

To take part and find out more, please contact:

Emily Tonkin

email: e.tonkin-10@student.lboro.ac.uk

Commonwealth Games Invitational

Scottish Gymnastics will be hosting a Commonwealth Games Invitational on the weekend of the 25th to 27th April at 2 different venues for Men’s and Women’s Artistic as well as Rhythmic. This is a unique opportunity to be involved with a significant event in the lead up to the Games and have some direct experience of working with a National Governing Body and within performance sport. If you are able to be self-sufficient with accommodation and travel for the month of April and feel as though a visit to bonnie Scotland will help with your future aspirations of working within this field then please contact Tracy Rea: Head of Performance at Scottish Gymnastics at the following email address: tracy@scottishgymnastics.org

Waterway Recovery Group launches its Canal Camps for 2014!

Waterway Recovery Group (WRG) runs a programme of unique week-long residential volunteering opportunities, known as ‘Canal Camps’ designed to restore the derelict canals of England and Wales to their former glory. Canal Camps give you the chance to do your bit for the environment whilst having a fun holiday.

Waterway Recovery Group have 25 Canal Camps, 2 Clean-up weekends and a Big Dig already planned for 2014 giving volunteers the chance to get involved in various activities such as rebuilding towpaths on the Driffield Navigation and Pocklington Canal in East Yorkshire, lining a section of the Lancaster Canal at Stainton, to lock clearance work on the Cromford Canal in Derbyshire and bricklaying at Ham Mill Lock on the Cotswold Canals.

Click here to view an online version of the brochure.

TECHNOLOGY SPRING INSIGHT PROGRAMME

Aimed at 2016 graduates, Morgan Stanley’s three day-long Technology Spring Insight Programme provides you an overview of their Technology department and the different
areas that comprise the division. Through a mix of lecture-based sessions, projects, shadowing a variety of desks and networking with employees at all levels, you’ll gain a sense of whether a career in Technology at a global Investment Bank is right for you.

Visit the website for more information about the Technology
Spring Insight Programme or email: tech-gradrecteam-eu@morganstanley.com

To learn more about career opportunities at Morgan Stanley, please visit www.morganstanley.com/about/careers

DEADLINE FOR APPLICATIONS:
10 January 2014

The FCA Summer Internship Programme

It Has Never Been A More Exciting Time To Consider A Career In Financial Service Regulation At The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA), And EmployAbility Are Delighted To Offer you Amazing Internship Opportunities with the FCA.

The FCA Summer Internship Programme

“I worked on a project for the Supervision division. It was varied and I went to client meetings regularly. I had no idea my internship would be this good.”

The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) Regulates One Of The Largest Industries In The Country, Ensuring Financial Services Firms Act And Think With Good Conduct Uppermost In Their Minds In Relation To Markets Integrity And Consumers. Their Work Involves, Amongst A Wide Range Of Indications, Looking At Business Models, The Conduct At The Very Top Of Firms And How Customers Are Treated.

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P&G Manufacturing and Logistics Career Academy

Would you like to secure a career with a top consumer goods company before Christmas?

The P&G Manufacturing & Logistics Career Academy (MLCA) is a 4 day intensive learning course open to  final year students studying for an engineering, technical or  supply chain degree. The course offers the opportunity to:

  1. Get a job offer before Christmas 2013.
  2. Experience real business and technical challenges.
  3. Collaborate with other students and P&G employees.
  4. Improve your CV and technical experience.

To apply for a place on the Manufacturing & Logistics Career Academy:

Go to www.uki.experiencepg.com, and apply to the job advert MFG00004067.

Closing date for applications is 10th November 2013.