Government Liaison - Volunteer (Open For Student)

✦This is a free and unique volunteer opportunity for students to volunteer with a British Tech Company to build real-world experience and skills toward a career as a Government Liaison.

𝗔𝗯𝗼𝘂𝘁 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗖𝗼𝗺𝗽𝗮𝗻𝘆

At SkilledUp Life, we provide free volunteer opportunities to individuals by pairing them with British Tech Companies. We help them build work experience and improve their career prospects. We currently have over 25,000 volunteers from over 100 countries who have used SkilledUp Life to build work experience and have utilized SkilledUp Life to land their dream job.

You need to have

• A deep interest in continuous education.
• Excellent communication skills.
• Outgoing, personable, at ease meeting new people
• Self-learner and ability to execute tasks without any supervision.
• Ability to maintain the highest level of professionalism.
• Fluency in English – both written and spoken.

Activities

Work with Everyone to:

• Identify government agencies/ regulatory authorities responsible for privacy law in that jurisdiction and appropriate points of contact (PoCs) within them.
• Determine the potential value and cost of partnering with them – and who the decision makers at the law firm are.
• Engage with them on an ongoing basis to understand their evolving perspective – and feed that perspective back to
• Understand the goals of the jurisdiction and identify key talking points on how Epistimis can help them meet their goals.
• Engage with partner law firms on a regular basis to support them and their clients with our offerings.

𝗗𝘂𝗿𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻

– 3 months

– Part-time

– Remote

Acquired Work Experience

This is a wonderful opportunity to begin your career in Privacy.

Acquired Skills

• Learn some about Data Privacy – a growing field – and tech in general
• Learn how to work with government officials
• Learn how to identify liaison opportunities
• Learn how to ‘sell’ an opportunity even if you don’t have deep technical background.
• Learn how handle the problems that inevitably come with partnerships

Endorsements

Once a satisfactory outcome is delivered, we will:

• Provide a testimonial for Linkedin that can also be added to your CV/Resume.
• Provide a testimonial against your profile on SkilledUp Life.

Disclaimer

This is a voluntary position, i.e. there is no direct financial compensation, a promise of future paid work or any taxable benefit in kind.