Pambazuka Press seeks Oxford-based volunteer

Pambazuka Press, the imprint of Fahamu, is a small Pan-African publisher based in Oxford.

We are able to offer three months' unpaid work experience to a part-time, Oxford-based volunteer who would like to gain experience of working in a small, hard-working publishing team, mainly on marketing and promotions:

· Helping to get our new contacts database running smoothly (inputting and correcting data, spotting and correcting errors)
· Identifying, preparing for and organising marketing opportunities
· Obtaining and collating reviews of books in academic and other media
· Disseminating marketing materials
· Occasionally staffing bookstalls at events

For a candidate with the right skills we could also offer limited editorial work, such as proofreading.

Person specification

· Methodical and logical
· Accurate with detail
· Competent with standard office software – we use Macs
· Good at written English
· Commited to the values of Fahamu
· Team worker

Times

7-14 hours per week, in days or half-days, on any day except Tuesday.

Apply to

[email][email protected] with a CV of no more than two pages and a covering letter of no more than 400 words.

Deadline
Monday 2 April 2012

For more on information on Pambazuka Press and the type of books we publish, please see our website: www.pambazukapress.org