Westminster Community Consultancy Programme (WCCP) – Information for Students

Students! Looking for paid work experience? Apply now for the Westminster Communities Consultancy Programme

Work with other students on a real-life consultancy project with a UK business, charity or social enterprise, part of the University of Westminster community.

APPLY HERE by Wednesday 7th December

What is WCCP?

The WCCP gives you the opportunity to work in a team solving a problem faced by charities and social enterprises within the UK. Gain paid experience working with a client whilst receiving support from a University of Westminster super visor. You’ll get started at the launch training session, have pre-arranged client meetings to keep you on track, and then present your findings and recommendations to the client. You’ll be paid £12.47 per hour on-completion of your project.

WCCP is open to all current University of Westminster students:

	Programmes dates	Application deadline	Group Assessment date
Autumn WCCP	Wednesday 19th October – Wednesday 30th November (42 hours/7 weeks = 6 hours per week)	Sunday 2nd October	Wednesday 5th October
Spring WCCP	Wednesday 25th January – Wednesday 15th March (48 hours/8 weeks = 6 hours per week)	Sunday 27th November	Wednesday 7th December

Participants on this programme must have good availability for training, client meetings and teamwork during standard office hours, 9am-5pm Monday – Friday during the programme dates. Please make sure you are eligible and can commit to this time before applying. Reasonable adjustments will be made at each stage of the recruitment process for any candidate with a disability, mental health condition or caring responsibility. If you are successfully shortlisted to group assessment stage, you’ll be given further details about programme timings.

What can you gain from the WCCP?

Experience of working with a client on a real-life consultancy project
Communication and team working skills in a professional context
Opportunity to use your own initiative and creativity to solve problems
Project management, organisation and time management skills.

Hear how WCCP participants benefited from the summer 2022 programme

Will WCCP be on campus or online?

A mixture of both – the training sessions and the team meetings will be on-campus. The client meetings will depend on the preference of your client. The independent team project work time can be on campus or online according to your team preference.

Upon successful completion, WCCP can count towards your Westminster Employability Award.

Autumn WCCP: Apply Here by Sunday 2nd October.

If you have any questions, get in touch with Student Engagement Project Manager, Helen Green at h.green@westminster.ac.uk.