Job Description
The Football Foundation is the country’s largest sports charity. It funds the improvement of public sports facilities across the country – especially grassroots football facilities – with investment provided by the Premier League, The FA and the Government. Launched in July 2000, the Foundation has so far supported more than 14,000 grants worth more than £540m towards improving grassroots sport, which it has used to attract additional partnership funding totalling £777m, which means that the Foundation has been responsible for an investment of more than £1.3 billion into the grassroots game over the past 15 years.

A valuable opportunity now awaits you – the Foundation is offering a year-long work placement to two undergraduate students in full-time education within its Communications Team. The successful candidates will experience a unique year-in-industry placement in the exciting world of football and in a friendly environment. You will be working with famous names from sport and politics and deliver high-level public relations (PR) and communications activities each week. This is your chance to build an impressive portfolio and be supported with on-the-job training from experienced colleagues.

Key skills & Attributes:
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills
• Highly creative mind and a keen news-sense
• Planning and organisation; diligence and attention-to-detail
• Strong work ethic, ability to work under pressure and IT literate

    Experience:
• Some experience in media or PR is ideal but not essential
• An interest in football is ideal but not essential

If you are interested in this unique opportunity to kick-off an exciting career in PR, then please e-mail jobs@footballfoundation.org.uk with a completed application form that can be downloaded on the link below as well as:
• Covering letter
• CV
• Examples of your work (e.g. articles and press releases that you have written).

See the reviews of the internship from previous interns at RateMyPlacement.com in the link here.

There are two internship places available and the successful applicants will be students on a suitable sandwich degree course requiring a year-in-industry. Please note that you will only be contacted by the charity should you be invited for interview. Please visit http://www.footballfoundation.org.uk/about-us/jobs/ for more information.

The closing date for applications is 5pm on Friday 4 December 2015. Interviews are scheduled for December 2015.

The Football Foundation is an equal opportunities employer and positively encourages applications from suitably qualified and eligible candidates regardless of sex, race, disability, age, sexual orientation, gender reassignment, religion or belief, marital status, or pregnancy and maternity.

How to apply
Please e-mail jobs@footballfoundation.org.uk with a completed application form that can be downloaded on the link below as well as:

• Covering letter

• CV

• Examples of your work (e.g. articles and press releases that you have written).

Please visit http://www.footballfoundation.org.uk/about-us/jobs/ for more information.