Regional Coordinator – Co. Donegal
Business in the Community Ireland (BITCI) is excited to invite candidates to apply for Regional Coordinator positions on BITCI's Education team.
Purpose of the role: To coordinate existing partnerships between primary and post-primary schools and their partnering companies to deliver one of our suites of education programmes.
This is a permanent, part-time, remotely based role requiring occasional travel to BITCI's Dublin office and regular travel to local schools who are engaged in our education programmes.
Job Summary
1. Contract Type: Permanent part-time 14 hours per week.
2. Salary €35-647 -€41,500 FTE – pro rata as per contract hours noted above.
3. Driving licence.
4. Requires a minimum of 3 years working in a business or education environment.
5. The ideal candidate would have knowledge of the Irish business landscape, experience of managing relationships with senior executives and a broad understanding of the education sector in Ireland.
6. Some flexibility in spreading the hours across the week will be needed.
7. Train the Trainer qualification/ experience of delivering training
8. Competent user of MS Excel, Teams, SharePoint and CRM.
9. Knowledge of the Irish education system, particularly the DEIS system would be an advantage
10. Garda vetting will be required, and safeguarding training (which we provide) must be completed for this role.
Please note that you must hold current eligibility to work in Ireland to be considered for the role .
Benefits offered:
11. Annual leave: starts with 23 days annual leave per year, rising to 26 days after 1 year, and up to 30 days on a sliding scale with tenure,
12. Various generous/paid family friendly leave policies to promote work/life balance and positive mental health,
13. PRSA: Option to join the Company's PRSA scheme with 5% employer contribution,
14. Flexible/hybrid working practices,
15. Work from Anywhere in the world for 10 days per year.
16. Career growth – We want you to grow with us,
17. Access to our Employee Assistance Programme including free unlimited virtual GP visits,
18. Cycle to work scheme; including claiming back your millage
19. TaxSaver commuter scheme,
20. Supports to set up home office and provision of all necessary IT infrastructure for remote working,
21. Volunteer leave days – We encourage you to give back to the community,
22. Did we mention great teammates?
Job Description
The role holder will manage school partnerships on our primary and post primary programmes and contribute to the development of the delivery plan for programmes and implement accordingly. The person will provide a professional service by leading and facilitating the existing partnerships and provide a high standard of support to ensure each partnership is of a very high quality. There will be a requirement to liaise with the school principal, school and company coordinators and facilitate the planning of annual programmes. Furthermore, impact measurement will be required to ensure schools and companies complete the evaluations in a timely manner and issue an individual evaluation report to each partnership.
This role involves both managing and coordinating partnerships while delivering education programmes, and also involves some in-school session delivery (with training and materials/resources provided). Please note that this is not a fully desk-based role and involves some travel (for which mileage is paid).
Please note that Garda vetting will be required, and safeguarding training (which we provide) must be completed for this role.
Primary Responsibilities:
23. Manage school partnerships on our primary and post-primary programmes.
24. Contribute to the development of the delivery plan for programmes and implement accordingly.
25. Provide a professional service by leading and facilitating the existing partnerships and provide a high standard of support to ensure each partnership is of a very high quality.
26. Liaise with the school principal, school and company coordinators and facilitate the planning of annual programmes.
27. Attend schools to deliver and support on the delivery of sessions in schools. While company volunteers deliver most of the sessions, this role requires session delivery - typically at programme start and end.
28. Deliver volunteer training to groups of company volunteers who are participating in our programmes.
29. Measuring impact - ensure schools and companies complete the evaluations in a timely manner and issue an individual evaluation report to each partnership.
30. To prepare and implement an annual personal development plan.
31. Recruit businesses and schools and promote all BITCI initiatives and programmes to ensure continuance of programmes in targeted schools and expansion of our programmes.
32. Manage expectations of companies and schools.
33. Utilise existing resources as efficiently as possible to meet programme objectives.
34. Effectively communicate relevant, accurate and timely information to Manager, Programme Coordinators, Head of Education and the wider team as per the team's annual communications plans.
35. Use IT as a cost-effective method of communication, continuously updating and improving your skills. Our programmes are currently operating by virtual delivery and upskilling is required on an ongoing basis.
Secondary Responsibilities:
36. To contribute to establishing best practice in the work of the Education Programmes in BITCI;
37. To liaise with BITC staff and to be familiar with BITC programmes and events
38. To research and support new programme developments
39. To be familiar with current developments in the business and education sectors
40. To effectively promote and publicise the work through social media (typically Twitter and Linked In)
41. To actively contribute to a healthy, safe, secure and productive working environment
42. To actively promote equality of opportunity, anti-discriminatory practice, diversity, individual rights and choice in all aspects of your work.
Person Specification:
Education/ Qualification/ Knowledge:
43. Minimum of 3 years working in a business or education environment
44. Broad understanding of business operations (Sales and Marketing, Finance, HR, IT)
45. Knowledge of Irish business landscape
46. Highly proficient in MS Office applications
Experience:
47. Experience of managing relationships with senior executives and delivering presentations to a high-level audience
48. Experience of managing conflicting expectations/ facilitating relationships of parties in a partnership scenario
49. Experience of Project Management
Skills/ Personal Attributes:
50. Planning
51. Organisational
52. Interpersonal
53. Communication
54. Leadership
55. Time Management
56. Influencing skills
57. Facilitation skills
58. Presentation skill
Desired Qualifications and Knowledge:
59. CRM Database (MS Dynamics or similar)
60. Train the Trainer qualification/ experience of delivering training
61. Literacy/numeracy enhancement and or reading support for children
62. Experience of programme evaluation and impact assessment
63. Social media experience
64. Knowledge of the Irish education system, particularly the DEIS system would be an advantage
The above is not an exhaustive list of duties. Other ad-hoc duties may be assigned from time to time, in line with the overall organisational objectives of BITCI.