Hours of work: 30 hours per week
Contract: one week, Monday to Friday, 11 August 2025 – 15 August 2025
Location: Pears Building, Hampstead, London NW3
Summer work experience programme
Closing date: 12 noon, 4 July 2025. Posted: 13 June 2025.
Are you a student aged 16–20, living or studying locally? We’re launching our second summer work experience programme and are looking for 3 to 5 motivated students to join us.
This one-week opportunity will give you hands-on experience in the charity sector. You’ll shadow professionals, build valuable skills and get an inside look at what it’s like to work in an NHS charity.
Each student will be placed in a specific department, offering them exposure to areas such as engagement and communications, fundraising, finance, grants, human resources, volunteering and services, property, operations and our Rec Club and leisure centre.
What you’ll get from the programme
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Five days in a department
Gain a deeper understanding of the charity sector by working directly with a team.
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Learn about our mission and values
Discover how we make an impact, and what makes our culture unique.
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Shadow professionals and work on real projects
Get involved, contribute to meaningful work, and see the day-to-day activities in action.
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Build skills for the future
Whether you’re exploring career paths or preparing for your next step, we’ll help you develop the skills needed for your future opportunities.
The programme will run from 11 August 2025 to 15 August 2025.
You must be available to participate in the full 5 days of the programme (30 hours).
About you
We will help develop your skills and knowledge whilst you bring positive attributes. To make the most out of this work experience programme, you’ll need to be curious, ask questions and be enthusiastic to learn.
Download the job description for details on the role.
About the charity
The Royal Free Charity stands at the threshold of its most important period of development.
Our vision is for everyone served by the Royal Free London NHS Foundation Trust (RFL) to have access to world-leading healthcare, delivered by a thriving workforce, and drivenby medical research that has a global impact. We support the 17,000 staff of the RFL and their two million patients across Barnet, Chase Farm, North Mid and Royal Free hospitals and more than 30 NHS services.
Through the services we provide, and the programmes and equipment we fund, we make a profound and immediate difference to patients’ experiences of care.
Apply for a place
To apply for this post, send to [email protected] a personal statement addressing how you meet the criteria set out in the job description and person specification.
Closing date for applications: Friday 4 July 2025,12 noon.
Interview date: Friday 18 July 2025.
We are happy to consider any reasonable adjustments that candidates may require during the recruitment process. If you require any reasonable adjustments at any stage during this process, please contact [email protected] as soon as possible.
As an equal opportunities’ employer, the Royal Free Charity is committed to the equal treatment of all current and prospective employees and does not condone discrimination on the basis of age, disability, sex, sexual orientation, pregnancy and maternity, race or ethnicity, religion or belief, gender identity, or marriage and civil partnership.
We aspire to have a diverse and inclusive workplace and strongly encourage suitably qualified applicants from a wide range of backgrounds to apply and join the Royal Free Charity and act in line with our values of dedication, innovation, partnership, energy and respect.
Should you require more information regarding this post, please contact our HR team on 07377 460214.