Field Officer - 2 posts

Job Description Reports To

Funding and Assurance Officer

The monitoring and moderation of the community and voluntary sector in the delivery of specific outcomes in line with programme and funding expectations.

To provide assurances of the quality of delivery and reporting of the community and voluntary sector within the designated area based on policy.

• Prepare a schedule of monitoring visits to the community and voluntary sector within the designated area.
• Ensuring all relevant information is available pre and post monitoring visit to the community and voluntary sector management committee.
• Prepare a schedule of moderation visits to the community and voluntary sector within the designated area.
• Ensuring all relevant information is available pre and post monitoring visit to the community and voluntary sector management committee.
• To complete written records ad summary reports on the monitoring and moderation of the community and voluntary sector ensuring that these are recorded within the relevant EA reporting systems.
• To complete a quarterly report on the quality of safeguarding within the community and voluntary sector.
• To complete a quarterly report on the outcomes of monitoring and moderation, highlighting risks and good practice.
• To support the funding and assurance officers in the completion of reports as necessary including external funders for example the executive office, SEUPB.
• Liaise and work co-operatively with colleagues in other sections of the Strategic Services and Planning Unit to ensure consistent and coherent approaches towards collaborative areas of work.
• Cooperate with the Education Training Inspectorate (ETi) during general, focussed, and self-assessment inspections, and assist youth workers to devise developmental plans in response to recommendations.

• Comply with EA policies and procedures in relation to the duties and responsibilities of the post.
• The post-holder will be required to work a minimum of one session in the evenings and weekends.
• Any such other duties that the EA may from time to time require, commensurate with the level of responsibility of the post.

This job description will be subject to review in light of changing circumstances and is not intended to be rigid and inflexible but should be regarded as providing guidelines within which the individual works. Other duties of a similar nature and appropriate to the grade may be assigned from time to time.

In accordance with Section 75 of the Northern Ireland Act (1998), the post-holder is expected to promote good relations, equality of opportunity and pay due regard for equality legislation at all times.

• You must clearly demonstrate on your application form under each question, how, and to what extent you meet the required criteria as failure to do so may result in you not being shortlisted. You should clearly demonstrate this for both the essential and desirable criteria, where relevant.
• You must demonstrate how you meet the criteria by the closing date for applications, unless the criteria state otherwise.
• The stage in the process when the criteria will be measured is outlined in the table below.
• Shortlisting will be carried out on the basis of the essential criteria set out in Section 1 below, using the information provided by you on your application form.
• Please note that the Selection Panel reserves the right to shortlist only those applicants that it believes most strongly meet the criteria for the role.
• In the event of an excessive number of applications, the Selection Panel also reserves the right to apply any desirable criteria as outlined in Section 3 at shortlisting, in which case these will be applied in the order listed. It is important therefore that you also clearly demonstrate on your application form on how you meet any desirable criteria.

Factor Essential Criteria Method Of Assessment Qualifications

Be a qualified Youth Worker in accordance with the JNC Report for Youth Workers, Paragraph 5.

Shortlisting by Application Form

Have a minimum of three years’ post qualifying experience…