Join Our Team! We Are Hiring: Activate Programme Spring Interns (Event Assistant) — 2 positions

Young Social Innovators is looking for two Event Assistant interns to join our Activate Programme team, supporting our Speak Out Tour, YSI Den, and the YSI Awards.

About Young Social Innovators
Young Social Innovators (YSI) is a non-profit organisation that empowers young people to use their talents, insights, passion and creativity to come up with innovative solutions to social challenges. For over 25 years, our fun and engaging programmes have supported students to create team-based action-projects on issues they care about, putting their innovative ideas into action to bring about positive social change for the benefit of people, communities and the environment.

Activate is YSI's flagship programme, mainly for Transition Year students. Working in teams, students explore issues of concern to them locally, nationally or globally, engage with the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), and take creative, collaborative action on the social issue they're passionate about. Around 5,000 young people take part in Activate each year.

Duration: End January – end May (flexible)

Hours: 3 days per week, hybrid — based at our office in the National College of Ireland, IFSC, Dublin 1, with flexibility required to travel to Speak Out events across Ireland in March

Compensation: This is an unpaid internship; travel, accommodation and expenses are covered by YSI for out-of-town events. Placement-credit internships can be facilitated — just let us know your college requirements when applying. Interns will need to use their own laptop for the office-based aspects of this role. 

What you'll be doing
You'll provide on-the-ground event support at our Speak Out Tour events around the country, the YSI Awards and online events such as the YSI Den. This will include event-day logistics, registration and guest support, backstage coordination, and helping keep things running smoothly.

Our in-person events, which are the most important dates that you would need to be available for, are included below.

Speak Out Tour dates (March):

• Dublin — 2 March

• Cork — 5 March*

• Drogheda — 9 March

• Kilkenny — 10/11 March*

• Limerick — 16 March*

• Sligo — 18 March*

YSI Awards date:

• Dublin — 10 and 11 May 

*may involve an overnight stay and event setup the evening before. All travel, accommodation and expenses are covered by YSI for these out-of-town events. 

What we're looking for

• Reliability and attention to detail
• Comfort with travel to venues around the country
• Flexibility for a demanding, compressed schedule (six locations across three weeks in March)
• An interest in events and/or youth work

What you'll gain
Hands-on event planning and delivery experience across Ireland, both in-person and online events.

How to apply
Email your CV and a cover letter (no more than one page) describing why you're interested and your relevant experience to careers@youngsocialinnovators.ie. Please include your availability for the dates outlined above.

Application deadline: Tuesday 13 October
Interviews: Thursday 22 October, via Zoom