Badminton Ireland Sports Internship

Do you want to gain firsthand experience in an Olympic sport administration? Do you have a passion for sport?

If you are interested, please send us a brief covering letter, with your CV, outlining your experience, why you want to work with us and your dates of availability.

All available roles are announced via our Twitter profile. If interested, please follow us here http://twitter.com/bad_min_ton.

Job Description

With the London 2012 Olympic Games just around the corner Badminton Ireland are delighted to announce a six to twelve month sport internship (unsalaried). This is an exciting opportunity to work within a vibrant sporting organisation with an Olympic focus. Our Internship scheme provides an excellent opportunity for graduates wising to pursue a career within Sporting domain to gain valuable work experience in a challenging and rewarding Olympic sporting environment, providing a great stepping stone!

Badminton Ireland works with its stakeholders across the Country to increase participation, improve the quality of the sporting experience for participants and widen the pool of sporting talent. We provide our partners with advice, expertise, funding and advocacy support to achieve these shared aims.
Our partners include the Branches, local authorities, School Sport Networks, leisure facility providers, FE and HE institutions and sports clubs.

Potential interns will:
Assist in setting up events and activities
Assist in planning logistics of executing activities across all departments
Create an impact across our online and social media platforms (FaceBook, Twitter, YouTube, Blog, etc)
Assist in interviewing/blogging
Take photos and videos
Other duties as assigned

To join the team you will need to be self-motivated and enthusiastic, you will be able to apply yourself to a range of different work areas and produce a high standard of written work. It would be preferable if you had experience in Communications, Web Design, Journalism or related business degrees preferred
Experience or interest in online activities such as web site administration, email campaigns or online advertising.
Experience with MS Office
Experience in CRM, web content management systems, web admin tools, email campaigns
Desire to work collaboratively with colleagues
Excellent written and verbal communication skills
Experience working with sales and marketing

Physical Demands and Work Environment
Ability to lift, move, push and pull equipment or boxes in excess of 10kgs. Ability to work flexible hours to include nights, weekends and holidays is required.

In return you will gain valuable practical experience in a range of different sports administration areas
including, sports administration, media, management of coaches, delivery of sports programmes, organising events and training.

Application Process

The exact dynamic of the sporting internship with Badminton Ireland is unpredictable and unfortunately no estimations can be made as to the number/type of placements, as positions are created in accordance with current business needs and can therefore occur in any department at any time throughout the year.
Whilst completing your please feel free to select the business departments that interest you the most, but please be aware business needs will always take precedence, therefore you are not guaranteed a role in your desired department.

Please enclose:

• Brief cover letter stating why you would like the internship
• CV
• Minimum of 2 reference letters (you may send these separately but they should arrive by the application deadline)

Closing date for applications will be Wednesday 18 January 2012 at 5.30pm.
Interviews in the week commencing Monday 23 January 2012.

This post will be subject to an enhanced Criminal Records Bureau check.

Please email applications to CLOAKING .  Please ensure that you put 'your name' followed by ‘Internship Application' as the title in the subject box.

(All applications will only be kept on file for 6 months and when this period passes your details will automatically be removed from our system.)

Badminton Ireland Sports Internship

Do you want to gain firsthand experience in an Olympic sport administration? Do you have a passion for sport?

If you are interested, please send us a brief covering letter, with your CV, outlining your experience, why you want to work with us and your dates of availability.

All available roles are announced via our Twitter profile. If interested, please follow us here http://twitter.com/bad_min_ton.

Job Description

With the London 2012 Olympic Games just around the corner Badminton Ireland are delighted to announce a six to twelve month sport internship (unsalaried). This is an exciting opportunity to work within a vibrant sporting organisation with an Olympic focus. Our Internship scheme provides an excellent opportunity for graduates wising to pursue a career within Sporting domain to gain valuable work experience in a challenging and rewarding Olympic sporting environment, providing a great stepping stone!

Badminton Ireland works with its stakeholders across the County to increase participation, improve the quality of the sporting experience for participants and widen the pool of sporting talent. We provide our partners with advice, expertise, funding and advocacy support to achieve these shared aims.
Our partners include the Branches, local authorities, School Sport Networks, leisure facility providers, FE and HE institutions and sports clubs.

Potential interns will:
Assist in setting up events and activities
Assist in planning logistics of executing activities across all departments
Create an impact across our online and social media platforms (FaceBook, Twitter, YouTube, Blog, etc)
Assist in interviewing/blogging
Take photos and videos
Other duties as assigned

To join the team you will need to be self-motivated and enthusiastic, you will be able to apply yourself to a range of different work areas and produce a high standard of written work. It would be preferable if you had experience in Communications, Web Design, Journalism or related business degrees preferred
Experience or interest in online activities such as web site administration, email campaigns or online advertising.
Experience with MS Office
Experience in CRM, web content management systems, web admin tools, email campaigns
Desire to work collaboratively with colleagues
Excellent written and verbal communication skills
Experience working with sales and marketing

Physical Demands and Work Environment
Ability to lift, move, push and pull equipment or boxes in excess of 20kgs. Ability to work flexible hours to include nights, weekends and holidays is required.

In return you will gain valuable practical experience in a range of different sports administration areas
including, sports administration, media, management of coaches, delivery of sports programmes, organising events and training.

Application Process

The exact dynamic of the sporting internship with Badminton Ireland is unpredictable and unfortunately no estimations can be made as to the number/type of placements, as positions are created in accordance with current business needs and can therefore occur in any department at any time throughout the year.
Whilst completing your please feel free to select the business departments that interest you the most, but please be aware business needs will always take precedence, therefore you are not guaranteed a role in your desired department.

Please enclose:

• Brief cover letter stating why you would like the internship
• CV
• Minimum of 2 reference letters (you may send these separately but they should arrive by the application deadline)

Closing date for applications will be Wednesday 11 January 2012 at 5.30pm.
Interviews in the week commencing Monday 16 January 2012.

This post will be subject to an enhanced Criminal Records Bureau check.

Please email applications to CLOAKING .  Please ensure that you put 'your name' followed by ‘Internship Application' as the title in the subject box.

(All applications will only be kept on file for 6 months and when this period passes your details will automatically be removed from our system.)