Summer Internship Programme

Our Business Solutions Team is looking for a confident and energised person to assist us in engaging with a wide range of businesses in the Tees Valley. The opportunity is open to up to 200 hours between July and September working flexibly for a PAID summer internship.

The successful candidate will join an outward facing team responsible for pro-actively engaging with businesses to assess their needs and develop solutions to support their business to grow in the Tees Valley. This includes considering their workforce needs, signposting to national, regional and local support organisations, working with key partners to make sure we are informed of their business support offer whilst influencing further development of their support to address business need. The role also includes working with a wider range of organisation, including contracted suppliers of support and skills training.

A key project for this role is to better understand graduate careers advice and business responses to recruiting graduates in the Tees Valley.

During their time as an intern, the candidate will learn about and support the above functions, as well as lead on their own piece of work. With assistance from the team, they will examine how the Combined Authority Group can better engage with businesses and wider organisation to receive more and better intelligence from them to inform our future support. online developments

Our Finance Team is looking for a hardworking and passionate person to assist us at Tees Valley Combined Authority. The opportunity is a 6-week PAID summer internship between July and September.

The successful candidate will join the fast-paced team and will be involved in many aspects of our accounting and finance processes, working closely with finance, governance and administration officer colleagues to assist with the preparation, analysis and provision of accurate financial information ensuring they are in line with statutory and internal processes.

This role will include supporting processes for grant payments and funding requests, reviewing applications for exciting opportunities in the Tees Valley. Opportunities to build financial models for commercial proposals that come forward for Hartlepool and Middlesbrough town centres. There are also opportunities to get involved with projects outside of – but related to – this specific role, allowing the successful candidate to gain a broad range of skills and experience.

During their time as an intern, the candidate will learn about and support the above functions, as well as lead on their own piece of work. With assistance from the team, they will gain experience and develop key skills from working within a financial environment.

Read on to find out more about the internship, which will pay the Real Living Wage.

Our Investment Development Team is looking for someone who is enthusiastic and enjoys investigating a topic and using the information to think about how things can be done differently, for 100 – 200 hours – between July and September working flexibly for a PAID summer internship.

At a time of unprecedented investment in the Tees Valley, you will join a team responsible for identifying regional investment priorities and opportunities, support the development of projects that will contribute to transforming the region’s economy and, secure investment to deliver them.

You will help to build the economic information we use to make decisions by analysing and interpreting national and local data on key issues, including business, demographics, innovation, unemployment and education and skills performance to inform investment priorities. 

This role will include working collaboratively with all teams across the Combined Authority Group and with partner organisations in both the public and private sectors.

During your time as an intern, you will learn about and support the above functions, as well as lead on your own piece of work. With assistance from the team, you will examine how we can build stronger intelligence on the challenges and opportunities faced by young people in Tees Valley, develop your understanding of these and make policy recommendations to address them so we retain and attract talent in the area.

Read on to find out more about the internship, which will pay the Real Living Wage.

Our Legal and Procurement Team is looking for someone studying a relevant discipline to join the organisation for either 100 hours or 200 hours – between July and September working flexibly for a PAID summer internship.

The successful candidate will join a fast-paced team responsible for managing the legal aspects and procurement projects relating to Teesside International Airport, South Tees Development Corporation, Hartlepool and Middlesbrough Development Corporations, Tees Valley Combined Authority. You will be involved working on projects covering areas such as Transport and Infrastructure, Business & Skills, Remediation & Demolition, Professional Services to name a few.

You will get firsthand experience working with the team, attending meetings with internal stakeholders and will have the opportunity to get to grips with specific procurement systems, and how both the legal and procurement teams link together to support the wider group.

During their time as an intern, the candidate will learn about the upcoming procurement reforms and how the teams are preparing for these changes. You will have the opportunity to play an active role and will be given the opportunity to record and present what you have learned

Our Marketing and Communications Team is looking for a social media-savvy person to join the organisation for either 100 hours or 200 hours – between July and September working flexibly for a PAID summer internship.

The successful candidate will join a fast-paced team responsible for shouting about all the great things happening to transform the region’s economy, plus developments at Teesside Airport, Teesworks and the Hartlepool and Middlesbrough Development Corporations.

This will include working with our local media, potential investors and the general public. These include drafting press releases, social media posts, marketing brochures, websites, graphics and videos which are pushed out across various channels, and also at key industry and stakeholder events.

During their time as an intern, the candidate will learn about and support the above functions, as well as lead on their own piece of work. With assistance from the team, they will examine how the Combined Authority Group can better use online developments – such as AI alongside modern social media platforms like TikTok, Snapchat and others – to better engage a younger audience. This could be by analysing the latest trends, arranging workshops with local young people or through surveys and other interventions – but we welcome any other original ideas from the successful candidate as to how this can be achieved.

Our Net Zero Team is seeking an environmentally and scientifically minded individual to join the organization for either 100 hours or 200 hours – between July and September – working flexibly for a PAID summer internship.

The successful candidate will become part of the team working to create the world’s first fully decarbonized industrial cluster in the Tees Valley by 2040, as well as supporting the work of the North East and Yorkshire Net Zero Hub.

This will involve collaborating with our local industrial partners, local government, innovation organizations, and the wider community to address CO2 emissions in the Tees Valley and drive investment in new green projects and technologies.

During their internship, the candidate will learn about industrial and other decarbonization processes and the associated technologies, as well as how the Authority supports its partners in achieving their net zero goals and collaborates to bring major green projects to the Tees Valley. They will also gain an understanding of the work of the North East and Yorkshire Net Zero Hub and how it supports both central government and local partners in the drive for Net Zero.

Continue reading to discover more about the internship, which will pay the Real Living Wage.

Our Performance Risk and Assurance Team is looking for a motivated and dynamic person to join the organisation for either 100 hours or 200 hours – between July and September working flexibly for a PAID summer internship.

The successful candidate will join a fast-paced team responsible for managing the performance of all TVCA Group projects and programmes in line with the Tees Valley Investment Plan as well as monitoring Risk Management activity across the TVCA Group portfolio.

This will include working with our internal project leads, delivery teams and external stakeholders. Tasks will include the creation and monitoring of risk registers, performance management activity using automated platforms to track adherence to contractual agreements and capturing and streamlining process to allow for a leaner way of working. The candidate will also support with the facilitation of internal audits and assurance activity to ensure TVCA has an effective internal control framework.

During their time as an intern, the candidate will learn about and support the above functions, as well as lead on their own piece of work. With assistance from the team, they will examine how the Combined Authority Group can better use technology to support Performance, Risk and Assurance Activity.