Role DescriptionESP/CCG/GL02

Project: Connswater Community Greenway

Role Title: Environmental Leader

Location: EastSidePartnership (and CCG locations)

Reports to: CCG Community Engagement and Volunteer Manager

Terms and conditions

Salary:Hourly Rate £8 per hour

Contract:This is a contract for casual work and is dependent on funding, currently secured untilSeptember 2017. Leaders will be required to undergo training.

Work hours: Working hours will be on an ad hoc basis to meet the needs of the various CCG events, programmes or activities. Some of the specified hours will be at unsocial times. Weekly hours may increase or decreasedepending on the time of year.

EastSide Partnership is only able to accept applications from those individuals who are currently eligible to work in the UK. We may only interview those applicants who appear, from the information provided, to be the most suitable in terms of the person specification.

Main Purpose of Role

To support the positive use of the Connswater Community Greenway (CCG)through the delivery of education programmes, activities and events.

To promote environmental opportunities along the Connswater Community Greenway (CCG).

Summary of responsibilities and personal duties

  1. To provide a high standard of customer service to all users of the CCG and associated facilities
  1. To engage with the public on a face to face basis; greeting, signposting and assisting users, taking on board ideas and suggestions were relevant
  1. To have the ‘Greenway Knowledge’ and be able to answer relevant questions from the public or guide groups and visitors
  1. To have the knowledge of the CCG as an environmental project raising awareness of the nature and species relevant to the space
  1. To develop and sustain relationships with education partners, volunteers and user groups such as The National Trust, RSPB and Ulster Wildlife Trust
  1. To work with schools and groups to engage with and deliver environmental education programmes e.g. Primary and Secondary School Resources ‘Moving the Knock River’ (Key Stage 1-4) and ‘Connswater MudflatsFoul is Fair’ (Key Stage 1-3), Victoria Park Ecotrail and other relevant trails
  1. To support local people and stakeholders to make use of the CCG as an environmental space utilising specific sites such as Victoria Park, Cregagh Glen, Orangefield Park Pond Dipping Area and Avoniel Community Garden
  1. To assist in the Community Garden and support CCG campaigns, events and activities to raise awareness of environmental issues
  1. To gather information, monitor use and record as required feeding back relevant information to the CCG team
  1. To support and work with CCG volunteers
  1. To identify risks in the course of duty and take the necessary remedial action
  1. To assist in the supervision of schools, groups or community visits
  1. To ensure all work is carried out in accordance with Health and Safety at Work legislation and Belfast City Council regulations, including the wearing of appropriate uniform, clothing and PPE as required. To assist with first aid incidents by recording accident/ incident details filling out reports to management to the appropriate channels
  1. To assist in on-the-job coaching and training, for example, new leaders, work placements and volunteers
  1. To undertake the duties of the post to enhance and protect the reputation and profile of the CCG including the CCG Trust, EastSide Partnership and Belfast City Council
  1. To undertake any other duties as may be required from time to time by the CCG Community Engagement and Volunteer Manager

Person SpecificationESP/CCG/GL02

Please note that all successful applicants will complete the Greenway Leader Training Programme to attain the mandatory skills required for the role to be carried out.

Essential Criteria:

Experience: A minimum of six months’work experience of delivering environmental programmes, activities and events.

Sector Knowledge: Knowledge and understanding of the Connswater Community Greenway project as well as the knowledge and awareness of relevant environmental programmes and CCG related environmental resources.

Planning and Organisation: Excellent organisational skills, including the ability to work without direct supervision, using own initiative to prioritise work and manage workloads. Ability to plan, organise and oversee activities/ events.

Relationship Management: Evidence of success in building and maintaining excellent working relationships and partnerships with a broad range of stakeholders, individuals and organisations to achieve common goals.

Communication: Well developed communication skills including oral, written and presentation skills for a variety of audiences.

Information Technology: Agood level of computer literacy including the use of Word, Excel, PowerPoint and the use of the internet and social media.

Communication: Well- developed communication skills including oral, written and presentation skills for a variety of audiences. Enthusiastic and confident, ability to gain the support and cooperation of others

Good basic handwriting and comprehension skills with the ability to complete standard forms clearly.

Customer Service: Welcoming, approachable and helpful. Effective customer service skills and commitment to quality standards.

Teamwork: The ability to work with others as part of a team.

Hours of Work: Willingness and ability to work outside normal working hours.

Equality of Opportunity: Understanding of, and commitment to, equal opportunities in employment and service delivery.

Security check: A willingness to undergo an AccessNI check. (This is a requirement as the successful candidate may be in contact with vulnerable adults and children).

Application ProcessESP/CCG/GL02

Application

  • An application pack can be downloaded from
  • Completed applications must arrive by3pm on Tuesday 24th May 2016.
  • Applications will only be accepted by email to nd will be acknowledged by email. If not acknowledged please contact Clare on 028 90467925
  • Application MUST be by application form.Only information contained in the application form will be taken into account.
  • To be accepted the application must include the monitoring form.
  • Only information contained in the accompanying application form will be taken into account, so please ensure that you include all relevant information.
  • We may only interview those applicants who appear, from the information provided, to be the most suitable in terms of the person specification.

Equal Opportunities

  • EastSide Partnership is an equal opportunities employer. EastSide Partnership does not permit unlawful discrimination of any kind against any person on grounds which include gender, sexual orientation, marital status, religious belief or political opinion, race or disability. Unlawful discrimination is defined as treating a person less favourably than others are, or would be treated in the same or similar circumstances.

Canvassing

  • Canvassing in any form will, if proved to the satisfaction of EastSidePartnership, disqualify a candidate for the appointment

Shortlisting

  • You will be informed by email or telephone whether or not you are to be called for interview, and at what time.

Job Description

  • The duties outlined in the Job Description serve as a guide to the current and major responsibilities of the post. These will inevitably vary as the role develops and the Job Description will be reviewed on a regular basis. Changes will be subject to consultation with the post holder

Further Information

  • Further information on Connswater Community Greenway can be viewed on our website EastSide Partnership on

Supplementary InformationESP/CCG/GL02

Connswater Community Greenway Map

The Connswater Community Greenway (CCG) will create a 9km linear park through east Belfast, following the course of the Connswater, Knock and Loop Rivers, connecting the open and green spaces and remediating the Connswater River itself. The Greenway will reconnect the communities of east Belfast and restore the rivers as community assets. It will create vibrant, attractive, safe and accessible parkland for leisure, recreation and community events and activities.

It will provide immediate benefit to the 40,000 people living in the wards adjacent to the river. Specifically, the Connswater Community Greenway will directly improve the living environment, reinstating a valuable amenity for local people and provide opportunities for improving health and well-being. The CCG will act as a catalyst for physical and economic development and improve access and connections for local communities to open spaces.

There are a number of open spaces along the course of the rivers which are underused because they are inaccessible, unsafe and unconnected to the communities in their hinterland. The people have turned their back on the river which is currently dirty and inhibits positive use. The CCG will deliver benefits from the Castlereagh Hills to Belfast Lough and beyond, turning a seriously underused, and at intervals, blight on the landscape into a community asset that will become an immediate living landmark.

The vision is to develop a safe, accessible, sustainable greenway which is an inspirational living landmark that improves the quality of life for the people of east Belfast, now and for future generations.

Connswater Community Greenway is a £40m project, funded byBig Lottery Fund’s Living Landmarks programme, Belfast City Council, Department for Social Development and Rivers Agency / Department of Agriculture and Rural Development.

Phase 1 of the project has been delivered in Orangefield and Victoria and Parks. Phase 2 works are underway and Farrans Construction is the appointed Main Contractor for the project. Phase 2 construction will be completed late 2016.

Further information is available from the project website

Equal Opportunities Monitoring FormESP/CCG/GL02

Ref No: ESP/CCG/GL02Private & Confidential

We are an Equal Opportunity Employer. We do not discriminate on grounds of religious belief or political opinion. We practice equality of Opportunity in employment and select the best person for the job.

To demonstrate our commitment to equality of opportunity in employment we need to monitor the community background of our applicants and employees, as required by the Fair Employment and Treatment (NI) Order 1998.

Regardless of whether we practice religion, most of us in Northern Ireland are seen as Catholic or Protestant. We are therefore asking you to indicate your community background by ticking the appropriate box below.

I am a member of the Protestant community

I am a member of the Roman Catholic community

I am a member of neither the Protestant nor Roman

Catholic community

Please indicate whether you are:Female

Male

If you do not complete this questionnaire, we are encouraged to use the “residuary” method, which means that we can make a determination on the basis of personal information on file/application form.

Note: It is a criminal offence under the legislation for a person to “give false information in connection with the preparation of the monitoring return”.