JOB DESCRIPTION

Job title:Programme Officer

Area:Communities (Ireland)

Line manager:Roger Warnock (Programme Lead Ireland)

Introduction

The Young Foundation is a research and action based institute with a formidable track record of confronting inequalities. We work across the UK and internationally to create insight and innovations which put people at the heart of social change

Purpose of role

Working at the core of a programme of work in Ireland to understand how people experience inequality, to identify key themes around which action can be taken to reduce inequality and to build a movement of people in putting the solutions they identify into practice.

Duties of the role

  1. Developing and sustaining positive relationships with a range of local people, including council officers, community leaders and residents, as well as a range of local groups and organisations;
  2. Supporting the Project Team deliver innovative community engagement activities in all three communities alongside colleagues and local trained volunteers;
  3. Recruiting local people to become trained volunteers and ensuring those volunteers remain engaged and involved;
  4. Undertaking analysis and collation of ethnographic and action research across the range of programmes being delivered in Ireland;
  5. Recruiting local people to participate in a range of community activities and research;
  6. Recruiting social innovators to take part in the programme’s co-creation and accelerator processes and supporting their involvement in these activities including by providing coaching and mentoring;
  7. Publicising the project through flyers, posters, social media and networking with local groups and organisations;
  8. Supporting face-to-face, online, and print communication and marketing activities;
  9. Organising events that draw in and involve local residents and partners; and
  10. Any other duties are required by the line manager in line with the grade of the post.

Person Specification – Knowledge, skills and attributes.

Essential Requirements

  • Share our commitment to tackling inequality by supporting the team in developing practical initiatives in local communities.
  • Experience in delivering or assisting in the successful delivery of participatory projects.
  • Experience of facilitating and leading engaging workshops.
  • Strong communication skills including presenting, facilitation and relationship building.
  • Ability to produce excellent deliverables for a range of audiences, including presentations and reports.
  • Evidence of project and programme management skills with an understanding of relevant methodologies.
  • Evidence of abilities to build effective community-based collaborations and partnerships.
  • Comfortable working with open-ended projects and processes.
  • Have experience of using online and traditional marketing and communications tools and techniques.
  • Have administration and office management experience.