Intern – Fundraising

Are you:

• interested in environmental sustainability and looking for an opportunity to expand your
  knowledge?
• looking to gain experience in fundraising, grant management and/or the charity sector?

If so, this could be the opportunity for you!

We offer you a first step into the environmental sustainability sector, gaining unique insights
whilst helping to create a real impact on the world’s oceans.

The MSC’s Ocean Stewardship Fund (OSF) and Development team are involved in supporting exciting
projects across the organization, both identifying opportunities to secure funding and managing
the existing projects supported by our Ocean Stewardship Fund and donors.

As part of the Ocean Stewardship Fund and Development team you would be involved in:

• identifying new fundraising opportunities (statutory, foundations etc.) and the submission
  of funding applications to potential donors.
• undertaking prospect research to identify new fundraising opportunities and create a
  comprehensive record of these that can then be utilised by the OSF and Development team.
• the grant management side, by supporting the migration of data from legacy grants onto a
  new Grants Management System.
• the general administration of the Ocean Stewardship Fund and Development team operations.

You will obtain exposure to fundraising and grant management in a professional, creative and
informal working environment. This role provides the opportunity for those early in their
career to begin to forge a network and make long-lasting connections with passionate
professionals in the sustainability sector.

We are looking for someone who has a strong work ethic, enthusiastic nature and who supports
the MSC’s vision of the world’s oceans teeming with life, and seafood supplies safeguarded for
this and future generations.

To be successful in this role you will need to have excellent written and spoken communication
skills, excellent attention to detail, strong organisational skills and the ability to learn
quickly and take the initiative when appropriate.

If this has inspired you, please apply here! 

We look forward to hearing from you!

We’re an international organisation and our employees all demonstrate a level of cultural
awareness, and value the diverse views and approaches relevant to the MSC program.

The MSC is committed to flexible working. The successful candidate will need to work from
the London office for a minimum of 50% of their working time each month The
remaining time can be worked from home.

Working at the MSC

The MSC’s vision is for the world’s oceans to be teeming with life, and seafood supplies
safeguarded for this and future generations. Through our internationally recognised
certification and ecolabeling program, well-managed sustainable fisheries are recognised and
rewarded in the marketplace, through the leadership of our partners. Over 670 fisheries around
the world, representing 19% of the annual global marine catch, are now engaged in the MSC
program and MSC certified and labelled seafood products are now available in over 66 countries.

The MSC is committed to the principles of equality and fairness and we welcome applications
from all communities. We do not discriminate on the grounds of age, ethnicity, race, colour,
religion or belief, gender or gender identity, sexual orientation or disability. If you
consider yourself to have a disability and need reasonable adjustments made during the
recruitment and selection process, please let us know how we can help you.