Ubuntu Project Worker Barnardo's

• Reference number: 23810
• Job Title:
  
  Ubuntu Project Worker 2 (FT)
• Location:
  
  Ubuntu
• Contract type:
  Permanent (Fixed term funded post)
• End date: 30th June 2028
• Hours:
  
  37
• Salary: £28,687 – £33,802
• Closing Date: 12 October 2026
• Interview Date: 26th October 2026

• Do you have experience undertaking youth work provision or participation work with children and young people?
• Are you looking for a healthier balance, with more daytime hours and only occasional evening/weekend work?
• Are you looking for a new challenge and want to be a part of developing an exciting new service?

Barnardo’s is seeking to recruit a Project Worker who will support the delivery of the Ubuntu Project across NI.

This role offers the opportunity to draw on individual strengths while supporting activity across all three Ubuntu strands. (Please refer to the linked additional information sheet containing more info)

Although this contract has a permanent status, please be aware that this post is subject to funding currently to 30th June 2028 and therefore should this funding not be extended further, you may be subject to a redundancy consultation or a TUPE arrangement. This contract is due to expire on 30th June 2028.

This role involves delivering direct work across Northern Ireland, and we’re flexible about where you’re based.

While there are occasional evening and weekend commitments, these are scheduled in advance and balanced with opportunities for occasional home working. At its busiest, the role may involve around one Saturday and up to two evenings per month, along with no more than two short residentials a year. However, in practice these commitments can reduce, for example, when schools are off sessions typically move to daytime.

Ubuntu roughly translating to “I am because we are” is an exciting project funded by The National Lottery Community Fund and delivered by Barnardo’s. The Ubuntu Project is focussed on supporting communities and connecting voluntary and statutory organisations working directly with children, young people and families who have arrived into NI seeking sanctuary – this includes those who have arrived as refugees and those who make a claim for asylum after they arrive.

The project has 3 strands,
Ubuntu Youth Voice Network
,
Ubuntu Practitioners Network
and the
Community Development
Strand.

We offer a
Youth Voice Network for young people aged 12‑21 who have arrived seeking sanctuary. The focus of this youth provision is to amplify young people’s voices using a rights‑based, participatory approach that empowers them to influence policy and lead change. Our
Community Development
work can support Community Groups and Statutory Organisations to meet the needs of those seeking sanctuary by providing training, facilitating parenting programmes, programme development, and sharing practical resources that promote integration, wellbeing, and shared learning. Alongside this, the
Ubuntu Practitioners Network
connects agencies regionally to share intelligence, improve systems, and advocate collectively for better outcomes. Together, these three strands create a unified model that champions belonging, builds capacity, and drives meaningful, sustainable change to improve the lives and outcomes for children, young people and their family’s seeking sanctuary.

When completing your application form, please refer to the skills, knowledge and experience required as detailed in the
Person Specification
and the
Essential Criteria
included in this
Additional Information
Sheet, your application will be assessed based on ability to meet these criteria.

Barnardo’s will be holding a waiting list of appointable people, where you may be offered similar jobs of the same grade should they come up within 12 months post interview.

Successful applicants will be required to undertake an enhanced Access NI with Child and Adult Barred list check.