Business in the Community Ireland (BITCI) is a non-profit organisation specialising in advice and guidance to leading companies on corporate responsibility and corporate community involvement. We work with hundreds of companies and schools all over Ireland to create mutually beneficial and lasting partnerships. www.bitc.ie
The purpose of the role is to coordinate existing partnerships between primary and post-primary schools and their partnering companies to deliver one of our suites of education programmes.
JOB SUMMARY
1. Permanent, part-time 18 hours per week (with the potential to grow to 23 hours)Remote - but the candidate must be based in Cork city or County, as the portfolio includes school-business partnerships in Cork city and county.
2. Salary Band 10 (€34,949 -€41,500 FTE) Pro-rata up to 18 hours per week.
3. Requires a minimum of 3 years working in a business or education environment.
4. 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.
5. Some flexibility in spreading the hours across the week will be needed.
Please note that you must hold current eligibility to work in Ireland to be considered for the role.
Benefits offered:
6. Annual leave: 23 days annual leave per year pro rata, rising to 26 days after 1 year,
7. PRSA: Option to join the Company’s PRSA scheme after six months’ service,
8. Remote/Flexible/hybrid working practices,
9. Career growth – We want you to grow with us,
10. Access to our Employee Assistance Programme including virtual GP visits,
11. Cycle to work scheme; including claiming back your millage,
12. TaxSaver commuter scheme,
13. Supports to set-up home office and provision of all necessary IT infrastructure for remote working,
14. Volunteer days – We encourage you to give back to the community,
15. 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.
Primary Responsibilities:
16. Manage school partnerships on our primary and post primary programmes
17. Contribute to the development of the delivery plan for programmes and implement accordingly;
18. 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;
19. Liaise with the school principal, school and company coordinators and facilitate the planning of annual programmes;
20. Measuring impact - ensure schools and companies complete the evaluations in a timely manner and issue an individual evaluation report to each partnership
21. To prepare and implement an annual personal development plan;
22. Recruit businesses and schools and promote all BITCI initiatives and programmes to ensure continuance of programmes in targeted schools and expansion of our programmes;
23. Manage expectations of companies and schools;
24. Attend and/or deliver programme sessions in schools;
25. Utilise existing resources as efficiently as possible to meet programme objectives;
26. 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;
27. 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:
28. To contribute to establishing best practice in the work of the Education Programmes in BITCI;
29. To liaise with BITC staff and to be familiar with BITC programmes and events
30. To research and support new programme developments
31. To be familiar with current developments in the business and education sectors
32. To effectively promote and publicise the work through social media (Twitter)
33. To actively contribute to a healthy, safe, secure and productive working environment
34. 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
35. Minimum of 3 years working in a business or education environment
36. Broad understanding of business operations (Sales and Marketing, Finance, HR, IT)
37. Knowledge of Irish business landscape
38. Highly proficient in MS Office applications.
Experience
39. Experience of managing relationships with senior executives and delivering presentations to a high-level audience
40. Experience of managing conflicting expectations/ facilitating relationships of parties in a partnership scenario
41. Experience of Project Management.
Skills/ Personal Attributes
42. Planning
43. Organisational
44. Interpersonal
45. Communication
46. Leadership
47. Time Management
48. Influencing skills
49. Facilitation skills
50. Presentation skill
Desired Qualifications and Knowledge:
51. CRM Database (MS Dynamics or similar)
52. Train the Trainer qualification/ experience of delivering training
53. Literacy/numeracy enhancement and or reading support for children
54. Experience of programme evaluation and impact assessment
55. Social media experience.
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.