Job Role: Development
Salary: NJC Scale SO1 pts: 23-25 (£28,226 – £30,095)
Hours per week: 35.00
Closing date: Monday 14 October 2024 at 2:00pm
PlayBoard is the leading agency for the promotion, development and delivery of play in Northern Ireland. This vibrant organisation is at the forefront of shaping the future of children and young people’s play opportunities and experiences.
- Do you have the drive and passion to support children and young people?
- Do you want to help children and young people reach their full potential?
Then this is the job for you!
Main purpose
The Play Participation Officer will be responsible for delivering key training and play development activities as part of the Spaces to Be Project.
Spaces To Be (S2B) – Funded by the National Lottery Community Fund, this exciting new project aims to advocate for the child’s right to play as a means of supporting children’s mental health and resilience whilst positively addressing difference at an individual, family and community level.
S2B utilises play-based methodologies to address the negative impact of ill mental health and wellbeing (IMHWB), building resilience, enhancing community understanding and supporting the development of a society of diverse and inclusive thinkers.
The Play Participation Officer (PPO) will work across Northern Ireland as required to deliver PlayBoard’s Spaces to Be Community Development training with practitioners and deliver participative play sessions with children, young people, parents/carers and practitioners.
Essential requirements
The successful candidate will have:
- Have attained a level 3 qualification in a relevant discipline i.e. playwork, youthwork, childcare or community development e.g. NVQ Level 3 Playwork.
- Experience in planning and organising training sessions or events for children and young people as well as practitioners.
- A minimum of 2 years’ fulltime experience of face-to-face delivery with children and young people as well as practitioners, within a playwork, youthwork, childcare or education setting.
- Experience in facilitating sessions with children and young people as well as practitioners.
- Experience of writing progress reports.
- Experience in working to a monitoring and evaluation framework.
- Demonstrate your knowledge and understanding of the importance of play for children and young people.
- Contribute fully to the team effort to meet agreed objectives.
Benefits working with PlayBoard
- Flexible working
- Competitive salary
- Pension package with Standard Life
- Occupational sick pay subject to service
- 24 days’ holiday per year plus 11 bank holidays
- Committed management team giving continuous support
The contract for this post will be up to 30 September 2028 subject to funding.
If you are a proactive person with the required skill set, want a job that makes a real difference to children & young people, takes pride and ownership in your contribution, have excellent attention to detail, tenacious and outgoing, we’re interested to hear from you.
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Closing date: Monday 14 October 2024 at 2:00pm
For enquiries please contact Jimmy Gillen, Director of Corporate Services & Finance – T: 028 9080 3380 or E: jimmy.gillen@playboard.co.uk
