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Name of Organisation:<\/strong>\u00a0Devon County Council<\/p>\n

Description of Organisation and Role:<\/strong>\u00a0Devon County Council is the county council administering services across Devon. The members are elected every four years to reflect the electorate of each county division. Most being nominated by the large national political parties.<\/p>\n

The main purpose of the internship was to support the Democratic process of Devon County Council to assist in ensuring those processes are carried out in accordance with statutory requirements and the Council\u2019s Constitution and procedures and also with the promotion and encouragement of public involvement and participation through, for example, webcasting and social media.<\/p>\n

Name of Employer:<\/strong> Karen Strahan<\/p>\n

Job Title:<\/strong>\u00a0Head of Democratic Services<\/p>\n

Internship\u00a0Scheme\u00a0used<\/strong>:\u00a0\u00a0GBP<\/p>\n

Graduate Business Partnership (GBP) – Employment Services – University of Exeter<\/a><\/p>\n

Feedback:<\/strong><\/p>\n

We recruited an intern to work as\u00a0a Democratic and Scrutiny Support Officer. He worked on a task group which researched air quality and congestion in Devon. This included producing a report with innovative recommendations targeted at improving air quality and congestion. The report attracted media attention with the Chair undertaking a radio interview, based on the work done by our brilliant intern. Our student became a very important part of our team.<\/p>\n

I believe quite passionately about giving young people the opportunity to start their careers and give them a platform to move onwards and upwards. At present there was no vacant full-time position to offer so I made the decision to go through the intern process for a second time.<\/p>\n

As a newly appointed manager, I was keen to explore the opportunities offered by the GBP. The fact that I am about to undertake a second placement is testament to the GBP and the calibre of candidates that apply for the positions. The experience was very positive, support from the University of Exeter is excellent and also a fresh face joining the team is always good to shake things up and look at how we do things differently. I recommend hiring an intern, ours was timely and smart and made a positive contribution to our organisation.<\/p>\n

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