Full Time Internship | Edinburgh
Fall 2023: Internship Examples

Their vision is for a world free from mental illness and the stigma attached to it. They aim to fund research and campaigns for infants, children, young people, and their families affected by mental illness. Taking the amount of charitable funding for cancer and a World Health Organization measure for the impact of mental health on young people, the UK should be funding over £100,000,000 of charitably funded research into children and young people’s mental health. Currently, even including government research, it is less than half this. They aim to change this. Intern tasks may include: – Creating meetings and appointments – Attending and presenting at meetings – Creating new content – Recording feedback on new functionality – Making improvements to the website

With a history reaching back to the late 19th century, we are the longest established architectural ironmongers in Edinburgh. The products we sell may have changed considerably over the years, but our attention to detail and commitment to providing the very best customer service remains the same. Intern tasks can include: – Purchasing – learning how to manage stock, pricing, descriptions, discounts, new ranges, discontinuing ranges, etc. – Internal sales – customer services, taking orders, generating orders – External sales – visiting customers, sales process, time management, sales skills – Helping organize marketing activities, i.e. trade day, golf day, etc. – Helping develop the website – Starting at goods in and trade counter – booking stock in, putting stock away, merchandising, serving customers, processing returns – Serving customers, cutting keys, building cylinders, learning about master suites – Processing all types of paper work (credits, debits, returns, discrepancies, purchase orders, invoices, etc.)

Fun, friendship, and adventure. Three simple words. Three basic rights of a child – but it’s not always as simple as that. When you have a disabled child, life is different and you see life differently. You want your child to explore, imagine, be themselves and be safe, but society can make that tricky, and sometimes, impossible. At this organization, they believe in bringing fun, friendship, and adventure into their lives, unlocking new opportunities and a brighter future. This is a Scottish charity, supporting disabled children and young people (aged 0-25), and their families, through adventure play. Since 1986, they have been offering creative and inclusive play experiences in a well-supported environment, alongside wraparound support for the whole family. Their flagship center in Edinburgh was refurbished by BBC’s DIY SOS The Big Build for Children in Need in 2012, followed by the opening of a location in Dundee in 2015 and one in Fife in 2016. Each year, they support over 2,000 families, from early years and family sessions through to respite and transition youth clubs. They also offer specialist sessions for schools, and training for individuals and organizations seeking extra support when it comes to play and disability. Intern tasks may include: – Playing an active role in the set-up, delivery, and development of recreational activities, in line with the values and policies of the organization – Engage children in creative play, both indoors and outside – Managing suitable activities for the different ages and interest of children while maintaining their safety at all times – Developing professional relationships with parents and caretakers ensuring there is always adequate communication to understand and appreciate the child’s needs – Contribute to reflective diary sessions and operate as a reflective practitioner

This company specializes in workforce management solutions for the Hospitality, Leisure, Retail, and Service sectors. Their staff scheduling system will save business as much as 7% of their direct staffing costs. This is a business studies internship which will result in the production of a full business plan for a B2C business. Tasks can include: – Conducting market analysis – Financial planning – New product development discussions – Networking – Research

This law firm is owned and run in partnership by a mother-daughter tandem. The mother is a graduate of Edinburgh University and specializes in Residential and Commercial property as well as using her vast practical and legal experience dealing with Family and Employment Law. While her daughter looks after all of the Private Client work as well as making sure the firm continues to run smoothly and people know about it. She is a graduate of both the University of St. Andrews and Edinburgh University and is a member of the Society of Trust and Estate Practitioners. Intern tasks may include: – Answering the phone, taking messages, arranging appointments, etc. – Indexing deeds – Archiving case files – Setting up client databases and files – Carrying out anti-money laundering checks and client due diligence – Drafting simple legal documents (based on templates) including Wills, Powers of Attorney, and Dispositions – Completing audio transcription – Conducting legal research (if needed) – Updating templates – Scanning deeds to casefiles

This company is driven to protect brands online because they’ve been there themselves. They were born out of the founder’s own fight against counterfeiters and the desire to help protect others in the same situation. Their mission is simple – to safeguard and protect brands of all sizes from online threats and infringements. They are passionate about defending global innovators with a reputation to secure, and customers to keep safe. This company operates powerful technology and expert brand protection specialists that monitor the web to detect and remove the most harmful fakes and infringements. They help clients protect their customers, revenue, and reputation online. Intern tasks can include: – Supporting the marketing activities of the company, working with the small marketing team on the current marketing campaign – Working on the website, digital marketing, social media, and some online events – Working with the Brand Protection Department to protect the reputations of our clients online – Using proprietary software to find infringing products and sellers and subsequently removing them using intellectual property rights to prove originality – Supporting the marketing activities of the sister company – Writing to help refresh the website of the sister company – Planning social media activity for the sister company

This museum is a 5-star visitor attraction and twice winner of the Association of Scottish Visitor Attractions “Best Visitor Experience” Award. They are based at one of the finest surviving examples of a Victorian colliery in Europe, the Lady Victoria Colliery at Newtongrange, just nine miles south of Edinburgh. Visitors to the museum will marvel at the sheer size of the place, be astounded by the engineering brilliance behind all the machinery, and retrace the footsteps and struggles of the thousands of miners and their families before them. Intern tasks can include: – Working with volunteers to carry out an inventory, condition check, review, and research of our collection of items, so we can produce an in-depth document, clearly showing the items historical context and functionality – Maintaining the collections database – Completing research – Providing support to the Education Manager or Events and Marketing Manager on events and workshops as these arise – Working with accession items (officially documenting new objects into the Museum’s collection) to gain a broad understanding of the processes of documentation, object research, packaging and storage. Again, training would be given for this. – Shadowing the Curator and Assistant Curator so as to meet other museum professionals and gain an understanding of multi-organization working across the sector (Industrial Museums Scotland/Volunteer Organizers Network/Lothians Museum Forum or others as appropriate) – Supporting the work of organizing and accessioning our maps/plans collection. Training will be given.

A warm welcome awaits you at this museum. Extensively researched and curated, their welcoming museum is run by a team of volunteer historians. The exhibitions tell the story of the history of the club via graphics, historic objects, and video. Visitors are encouraged to come and spend some time in the museum and talk to historians; entry is free, with an opportunity to donate to the upkeep of this unique attraction at the stadium. Intern tasks can include: – Assessment of historic paper records – Inspecting condition of paper records – Recommending treatment(s) of records – Updating CMS with Condition / Conservation details – Working with onsite objects in storage (labelling items) – Classifying objects in CMS – Inputting new or update existing objects – Recording attributes against objects as appropriate