Associate Trainers

About Us:

NOW Group is an award-winning social enterprise operating across Belfast and Dublin. We are committed to working with individuals and businesses to unlock potential and create meaningful, lasting change across the island of Ireland. Our work focuses on supporting people who are neurodiverse, autistic, or have a learning disability, helping them to build skills and progress into sustainable, future-focused employment. Through tailored training programmes, inclusive job opportunities, and community-based support, we empower individuals to achieve their goals and thrive in the workplace.

About the Role:

As an Associate Trainer, you will support the design and delivery of high-quality training programmes within your area of expertise. You will provide participants with tailored support and guidance, helping them develop their skills and explore opportunities for progression into employment. You will develop individualised training plans aligned with each participants career goals, while promoting and delivering NOW Groups accredited training and skills programmes.

We are looking for Associate Trainers who are proficient in the following areas across Northern Ireland:
Creative Arts & Digital Technologies Warehousing Hospitality and Catering Retail Animation Sports & Leisure Essential Skills About

The Role Our Values:
At NOW Group, we live by our values, creating a positive and inclusive culture. Candidates are expected to align with our values and behaviors, demonstrating them in their daily work and relationships with participants, colleagues, and stakeholders. Additional Information:
Successful candidates will undergo an Enhanced Access NI check. We are committed to fair recruitment practices and provide policies on safeguarding, recruitment of ex-offenders, and secure handling of information upon request. About The Company At the heart of the NOW Groups mission is its commitment to empowering individuals to gain skills and access meaningful employment. It achieves this through tailored employment academies, which provide participants with industry-specific training and work placements, and through their social enterprise businesses Loaf Catering and Cafes and Loaf Pottery.

One of the best-known contributions from the NOW Group is the JAM (Just A Minute) Card
-a tool that allows people with invisible disabilities to discreetly ask for patience in everyday interactions. Its a very successful initiative with over 182,500 users and 3, 000 global organisations regarded as being JAM Card Friendly. The NOW Groups impact is driven by innovation, dedication, and an unwavering focus on changing lives for the better. Company Culture At NOW Group, our culture is what sets us apart.

Its built on collaboration, compassion, and a shared belief that everyone deserves the opportunity to thrive. Across our integrated team from Training and Employment to Family Service, JAM Card, Loaf Cafés, Catering and Pottery, Social Groups, and vital support services like HR, Communications, Finance and Compliance we are united by one purpose: to support people with learning difficulties, neurodiverse conditions, ADHD and autism into sustainable employment.

We dont just work side by side we work together. Each department brings its own strengths, but our true power lies in our ability to collaborate across teams. Our participants come from all walks of life, and its our culture of teamwork, flexibility, and deep empathy that allows us to meet their varied needs with real impact. In 2024/2025 alone, our culture of care and commitment helped place nearly 400 people into meaningful, sustainable employment across Ireland and supported 2,168 individuals to achieve 1,824 qualifications.

These arent just statistics…