Community Development Officer - Peace Impact Programme

The Community Foundation for Northern Ireland is the Managing Agent for the International Fund for Ireland’s Peace Impact Programme. The aim of the programme is ‘To build sustainable peace and prosperity in areas suffering from high levels of economic and social deprivation, where there are low levels of engagement in peace building and where the Peace Process has delivered limited benefits’.

This cutting-edge programme aims to make a real difference in targeted communities where disaffected and alienated groups continue to lack voice or opportunity to positively engage with the ‘peace process’. The issues identified in the Programme Aim are crucial to building a sustainable and inclusive peace process and the follow-on objectives, whilst challenging for areas with this defined profile, are deliverable.

Key Working Relationships:

International Fund for Ireland (North and South) and its associated partners, Chief Executive Community Foundation for Northern Ireland; Impact Director, PIP Team CFNI Staff, Trustees and Community Groups across Northern Ireland; Government and Statutory Agencies.

Key Responsibilities:

• To identify & scope out potential ‘PIP’ areas and develop, with the community, appropriate projects and initiatives that will help to address the issues and needs identified.
• Compile Executive Summaries for the Fund, make recommendations and present them to the Board of the Fund and their designated sub groups.
• Oversee the implementation of funded projects, monitor progress and outcomes, help the groups resolve and overcome barriers to progress and generally provide a challenge function with groups and areas in order to help move people and areas forward in their journey to reconciliation. 

Summary of Main Terms and Conditions

This is a fixed term post ending mid-April 2019.

Working hours are 35 per week, exclusive of meal breaks. Office hours are Monday to Friday 9.00am – 5.00pm inclusive of meal breaks.  The post-holder will be required to be flexible and work unsocial hours, including evenings and weekends, to meet the needs of the post.

Holidays are 25 days annually (plus statutory days).

The post-holder may be eligible for membership of the Foundation's Pension Scheme.

The post is subject to a probationary period of up to 6 months.