It's that time of year again: the ASI is looking for two new employees, to start in September 2015, and stay for 4-9 months. Our current crop—Sophie and Nick—are not quite finished (they are staying for the Summer before they go to Edinburgh and Cambridge respectively). But we are opening applications nice and early to make it easy for everyone to plan their gap years.
As last year, the crucial requirements are that you:
- Are on a gap year; you must be 18-20
- Are open-minded, inquisitive, friendly, intellectually curious, eager to learn and interested in policy
- Know and have an opinion on the ASI's perspective and what it does
- Have a broadly liberal perspective on the world
Your duties will include:
- Organising lunches and dinners
- Keeping the database up-to-date
- Managing the blog
- Reviewing and editing ASI publications
- Selling ASI merchandise
- Doing secretarial work for the directors
- Logging RSVPs for events
- Meeting a wide range of interesting & important people
- Learning about social & political science
- Socialising with the staff
- Carrying out self-directed research
- Writing blog posts
- Setting up and cleaning up after events
- Mailing out publications to subscribers
Previous interns have gone on to work with the Adam Smith Institute, including the ASI’s current Deputy Director, Sam Bowman, and Head of Digital Policy, Charlotte Bowyer, who was a Gap Year intern in 2009-10.
The role pays the National Minimum Wage. All applicants will interview with President Madsen Pirie and Deputy Director Sam Bowman at the Adam Smith Institute offices in Westminster during the summer.
Please send a CV and cover letter of around 500 words to gapyear@old.adamsmith.org by May 1st 2015.