Building Resilience Programme Development Officer

This is an exciting opportunity to work alongside communities to strengthen local leadership, tackle racism and misinformation, promote inclusion, and help create lasting social change.

Development Officer – Building Community Resilience

Salary: NJC Scale Points 26–28 (£37,280–£39,152)
Location: Hybrid working (Belfast office, home-based working and travel across Northern Ireland)
Hours: 35 hours per week (some evening and weekend work required)
Contract: Fixed-term for 3 years

About the role

We’re looking for an enthusiastic and motivated Development Officer to join our exciting new Stronger Together: Building Community Resilience programme.

Working alongside communities across Northern Ireland, you’ll help design and deliver initiatives that strengthen community resilience, develop local leadership, tackle racism and misinformation, promote inclusion, and ensure community voices help shape policy and practice. You’ll build trusted relationships with community organisations, partners and stakeholders while supporting workshops, events, advocacy activity and collaborative projects that create lasting social change.

This is a fantastic opportunity for someone with experience in community development, partnership working or programme delivery who is passionate about equality, inclusion and creating positive change.

Why join us?

At the Community Foundation for Northern Ireland, we’re committed to creating a fair and equitable society. We invest in our people through flexible hybrid working, generous annual leave, learning and development opportunities, wellbeing initiatives and a supportive culture built around our values of Ambition, Passion, Integrity and Kindness.

Our commitment to equality, diversity and inclusion

We are committed to building a diverse workforce that reflects the communities we serve and actively encourage applications from people of all backgrounds, identities and lived experiences. We welcome applications regardless of gender, ethnicity, age, disability, sexual orientation, religion or belief.

If you require reasonable adjustments at any stage of the recruitment process, we’ll be pleased to support you.

Application Forms must be completed in full and returned to the following email: nduncan@communityfoundationni.org

CLOSING DATE: Friday 17th July at 12.00 noon.

For full details of the role, responsibilities, person specification and employee benefits, please download the Recruitment Pack below.

Building Resilience Development Officer Application Form

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Recruitment Pack BR Development Officer (1)