Full/part-time internships are available at the Dialogue Society, Oxford Branch. Interested candidates should apply to

The Dialogue Society is currently offering volunteering placement opportunities for candidates from all backgrounds and interests. We provide a unique, dynamic and stimulating work experience where volunteers are encouraged to plan, build and deliver their own projects whilst contributing to other ongoing projects and tasks.

We take particular care to provide work experience that helps develop:

• Interpersonal skills
• Communication skills
• Organisational skills
• Team working skills
• Research skills
• Drafting skills

And enables volunteers to:

• Network with other
• Build self-confidence and self-esteem
• Develop CV's
• Gain good references and support
• Improve job prospect and employability
• Understand and learn about other faiths and cultures in Britain

Interested candidates should apply to

Testimonials

I finished my degree in Modern Languages in Oxford in 2008, and applied for an internship with the Dialogue Society because of my interest in the complex issues and debates surrounding interfaith relations in London, the UK and abroad. As a Catholic, I also wanted to deepen my understanding of the Muslim faith, partly because of the urgent importance of good relations between Muslim and non-Muslim communities on the world stage.

My internship lasted for two months, during which I was principally responsible for a variety of research tasks and document drafting. This included drafting anything from emails to local institutions to encourage them to support our work, to helping to prepare policy recommendations for the UK government, to a speech for Ozcan, our Director, to present to policemen in Hull about engaging with the Muslim community.

As well as writing and research, I helped plan and prepare for the weekly seminars held on the Dialogue Society premises, which involved everything from publicity to preparing food.

I have learnt a huge amount from this internship – about networking at the local and national level, about some of the strategies for promoting interfaith relations, about Islam and the Fetullah Gulen movement, and about Turkey. The Dialogue Society team includes people of all sorts of professions and backgrounds, which makes work fun and varied. I’d recommend this internship to anyone with enthusiasm for the promotion of community and faith integration and large doses of curiosity.

~ Daisy Bland, 2008