Ethnicity
Ethnicity
Many organisations actively seek applications from ethnic minorities who may be underrepresented in their work force. There are a number of schemes in existence aimed at helping students and graduates gain the experience and skills that employers are looking for.
- Amos Bursary - provide support and mentoring.
- Black Young Professionals Network - empower black professionals around the world to connect with each other and global corporations.
- Equality and Human Rights Commission - news and advice on race issues.
- Sponsors for Educational Opportunity (SEO) London - non-profit organisation providing under represented ethnic minority students summer internships at top financial services firms.
- Civil Service Fast Stream has a diversity internship programme which they recruit for in the autumn. It can lead to a place on the Fast Stream graduate programme.
- #10000 black interns - Offering 10,000 internships over 5 years, across 24 sectors involving more than 700 companies.
- Asian Jobsite - recruitment site advertising vacancies in the public and private sector for ethnic minority students and graduates.
- Diversiying Group - is a diversity and inclusion consultancy that specialises in matching diverse talent to a range of industries and roles, such as marketing and accountancy.
- Blue Print Trust - offers a range of opportunities.
- Diversity Jobsite Official UK BME Recruitment Job Board - vacancies from employers who understand the value of building a diverse workforce.
- Ethnic Jobsite - a recruitment agency dedicated to serving the needs of the Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic community.
- Inclusive Graduates - organise networking events, mentoring, internships, skills development and volunteer opportunities for students and graduates in particular, but not exclusively, for people from minority ethnic backgrounds, women, and those affected by disability, poverty or social and economic circumstance.
- Rare Recruitment - training and development programmes in different sectors in partnership with clients in banking, consulting, law and the public sector. Internship and graduate opportunities with partner organisations available.
- Windsor Fellowship - sponsored undergraduate placements for first year students in national organisations.
Sector Specific Opportunities
- Black Fundraisers UK (BF-UK) - is a Special Interest Group of the Institute of Fundraising (IOF). They connect, support and champion fundraisers from Black, Asian & Minority Ethnic (BAME) Communities across the whole of the UK.
- Charityworks Taster Programme - provides talented BAME (Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic) students and recent graduates experience of working in the non-profit sector.
- Worthwhile - graduate schemes with innovative small charities and social enterprises.
- The Sewport Fashion Design Scholarship - a £2,000 scholarship opportunity for BAME students to contribute to their studies as well as free clothing manufacturing to bring their winning design to life.
- KPMG - Black Heritage Talent Insight Programme - a three day insight programme for final year students or recent graduates. Opportunity to fast-track through recruitment process.
- AllAboutLaw Diversity - employability sessions, feedback and networking.
- Asian Jobsite - recruitment site advertising vacancies in the public and private sector for ethnic minority students and graduates.
- BAME Race for Change law event - Bryan Cave Leighton Paisner offer an annual event in London specifically for aspiring black lawyers.
- Black Solicitors Network
- Freshfields Stephen Lawrence Scholarship - a scholarship aimed at male first year Black African/Black African Caribbean or Mixed Race students interested in a future career in Law or the City.
- Law Society Diversity Access Scheme - provides finance, professional contacts and opportunities to those who have faced obstacles to qualification (NB the eligbility criteria are subject to change). Typically open from February to April each year.
- Pegasus Access and Support Scheme - development programme including mini-pupillage to support aspiring barristers who have not yet started the BPTC. Eligibility based on low socio-economic requirements not BAME, although preference is given to applicants who have participated in certain BAME (and other) programmes.
- Society of Asian Lawyers - includes details of a mentoring scheme.
- Society of Black Lawyers
- National Council for the Training of Journalists (NCTJ) Journalism Diversity Fund - awards bursaries to people from diverse backgrounds who need help funding their NCTJ journalism training.
- Sky TV Diversity Placements offer TV and media training programmes to 18-25 year olds from under-represented groups. (Note, you must not be in full time education, so these will only be open to graduates).
- BAME Network at the Chartered Institute of Physiotherapy - represents the interests of black and minority ethnic CSP members.
- Stuart Ross BAME Communications Internship - an 11 month placement for students or recent graduates. Based in one of the UK's busiest press offices, the placement provides the opportunity to develop essential skills for a career in PR. A bursary to cover London living expenses is also provided.
- Taylor Bennett Foundation - a 10 week programme for graduates interested in a career in public relations or corporate communications.
- Civil Service Early Diversity Intership - a one week, travel expenses paid placement. Individuals are placed in a government department with a mentor.
- Civil Service Summer Diversity Internship - gives people from diverse backgrounds the opportunity to see what a career in the Civil Service is like.
- Government Communication Service (GCS) Internship - a 6-12 week placement within either a government department or public body.
- The Guardian Positive Action Scheme - summer scheme offering insight into the profession, working across the newspaper and the website.
- Harper Collins - 12-month BAME publishing traineeship. Details available around May each year.
- The Scheme - a six-month editorial traineeship at Penguin Random House for candidates from BAME or low socioeconomic backgrounds. It’s a chance to experience life in a publishing house, to find out what editorial work is like and to build the basics to start a career in publishing.
- Association for Black and Minority Ethnic Engineers (AFBE-UK) - volunteering and networking opportunities, free job alerts, mentorship, discounted events and free CV advice. Student memborship is £10 annually.
- Black British Professionals in STEM - a hub for inclusive employers and diverse talent in Science, Technology, Engineering Mathematics and related fields.