Reporting to:

• Grangegorman Senior Specialist 
• Assistant Director of the Early Learning Initiative 

Key Relationships:

• Community Families Coordinator
• Grangegorman Senior Specialist
• Community Families Home Visitors
• Assistant Director/Director of the Early Learning Initiative
• Early Learning Initiative team
• ABC Grangegorman staff
• ABC Grangegorman Consortium members
• Organisations implementing ABC programmes in Grangegorman
• National College of Ireland
• Stakeholders in the local community, including parents, children and practitioners
• National College of Ireland
• National Community Families lead agency staff

Key Responsibilities:

The Community Families Coordinator plays a key role in planning, coordinating and delivering the Community Families Programme in Grangegorman.Central to this role is building strong relationships, promoting community engagement and ensuring the programme meets the diverse needs of families.

Programme Development and Delivery:

• To recruit, hire, train and induct new Home Visiting Practitioners
• Supervising and supporting Home Visiting Practitioners
• Mentoring and coaching new and existing Home Visiting Practitioners.
• To plan and deliver ongoing Home Visitor training.
• Undertake home visits for own programme families (caseload of 1-2 families).
• To order stock and organise deliveries of books and toys.
• To recruit, interview and select families to participate in the programme.

Administration and Reporting:

• Prepare and maintain records, reports and/or test data on the programme and participating children.
• Participate in research activities.
• To assist with the management of the Community Families budget and accounts.

Community Engagement, Partnerships and Networking:

• Participate in local networks, interagency meetings and community events and liaise with a range of stakeholders including PHN, Tusla, Maternity Hospitals, PCHP, CES, Pobal and other statutory and voluntary bodies around the development of the Community Families [JC1] Programme and opportunities for shared learning and collaboration.
• Use an interagency approach to address challenges faced by families, attend and lead Meitheals for programme families in addition to attending case conferences where required
• Organise and implement events for the programme families in conjunction with other Home Visiting and Parent Support team members.
• To organise, plan and post on ELI’s social media platforms.
• Any other duties as assigned by the Grangegorman Senior Specialist, ELI Director or Assistant Director.

Skills and Experience Required: 

Essential: 

• Relevant 3rd level qualification e.g. Early Years Education, Education, Social Care, Psychology etc.
• Minimum of 2 years’ experience of working with children, young people, families and statutory agencies.
• Experience supervising staff, facilitating meetings and delivering training.
• Excellent communication skills including active listening, modelling and non-verbal cues.
• Reflective practitioner.
• Ability to work with marginalised families and have an understanding of the issues of marginalisation
• Excellent administrative and organisational skills
• Excellent IT skills in Ms Excel, Ms Word, CRM systems and other relevant research packages etc.
• Professional interest in early years education and family-based learning.
• Ability to deal effectively with a wide variety of college personnel, statutory, community and corporate stakeholders and other outside individuals/organisations
• Flexible approach to work as evening and weekend work may be required
• Ability to operate as a team player in a cross disciplinary, integrated team, sharing roles and responsibilities
• An energetic, confident and pro-active individual with strong interpersonal and communication skills
• Good time management skills with the ability to produce results to deadlines. 

Contract:  

Permanent, 12 month fixed term contract (subject to funding)

Salary: 

Administration Salary Band (€31,058  - €44,354) depending on experience.

Hours: 

Part - time 17.5 hours per week

Annual Leave: 

24 days per annum (pro rata based on hours worked)

Location:

There is flexibility in relation to where the person is based subject to the person being able to visit sites and attend meetings in person on a regular basis.  

National College of Ireland’s mission is to widen participation in higher education and unlock each student's potential. The College offers students the opportunity to acquire the skills and self-confidence to change their lives, contribute to a knowledge based economy and become responsible, active citizens. 

Application Process:

To apply please e-mail your cover letter and CV both in PDF format ONLY, quoting reference number: NCI 1036 to: recruitment-cdolan@ncirl.ie by 5:00 pm, 17th of October.

Note: The functions and responsibilities assigned to this position, are based on the current stated role and objective of the College. These functions and responsibilities may alter in line with any change in the role and objectives of the NCI. 

The successful applicant will be subject to Garda Vetting and must not have any convictions under the Sex Offenders Act 2001.

National College of Ireland is an equal opportunities employer.

The Importance of Confidentiality

We would like to assure you that protecting confidentiality is our number one priority. You can expect that all enquires, applications and all aspects of the proceedings are treated as strictly confidential and are not disclosed to anyone, outside those directly involved in that aspect of the process. 

Candidates' Obligations

In submitting a completed Curriculum Vitae and supporting documentation, candidates are declaring:

• That all the particulars furnished in their application are true and correct without omission and that they are aware of the qualifications and particulars for this position.
• That to the best of their knowledge that there is nothing in relation to their conduct, character or personal background of any nature that would adversely affect the position of trust in which they would be placed by virtue of this appointment.
• Their irrevocable consent to NCI making such enquiries as deemed necessary in respect of their suitability for the post in respect of which their application is made.
• Their acceptance and confirmation of the entitlement of NCI, as appropriate to, reject their application, or to terminate their employment (in the event of a contract of employment having been entered into on foot of this competition) if they have omitted to furnish NCI with any information relevant to their application or their continued employment or where they have made any false statement or misrepresentation relevant to this application or their continuing employment with the College. #

Candidates should note that they may be required to submit documentary evidence in support of any particulars given by them in their application for the post.

Data Protection Acts 1988 to 2018 and the Freedom of Information Acts 1997 to 2014 as amended

Data collected for the purposes of recruitment activities

NCI conducts recruitment processes to fill vacancies within the college. When applying for these competitions applicants are asked to submit a range of documents, e.g., a completed application form, CV and/or a personal statement or cover letter. For the purposes of recruitment activities, we will not collect any personal data that we do not need to assess your candidature for a role with us.

Legal Basis for Processing

NCI ’s legal basis for the processing of this data is a combination of individual consent, contractual necessity and legal obligations.

Withdrawal of Consent

Applicants can withdraw their consent for the processing of their personal data at any time by notifying the College. It is important to note that withdrawal of consent prior to the completion of the process will be considered as a withdrawal of the application.

What we do with your data

People who are directly employed by NCI and are based in Ireland process all the personal data collected for both recruitment and HR purposes.

Shortlisting

HR draft up the shortlisting documents and provide the initial screening to determine if a person meets the essential criteria of the competition. A shortlisting panel is generally made up of two senior grade staff members from the relevant department for which the role is being recruited.

Sharing of your data

Where you have been successfully shortlisted for a post, each interview panel member will be furnished with a copy of the relevant information of those who will be attending interview in order that they can review applications in advance of the interview process. All such information will be returned to NCI and shredded following the competition process. Some of the interview panel will be external interviewers, who are not employees of NCI but are engaged for the purpose and are strictly subject to the rules and policies of the College.

Access

Applicants can request and receive access to their data at any time and can request and receive a copy of this data, in electronic/transferable format.

Erasure

Applicants can request the data held be erased. In this case, the application for a position is considered withdrawn.

Rectification

Applicants can have any incorrect information corrected.

Objection / Withdraw

Applications can object to this information being processed and/or can request to withdraw from the application process

Complain

Applicants can make a complaint to our internal Information Governance and Data Protection Officer

NCI Information Governance and Data Protection Officer

National College of Ireland, Mayor Street, IFSC, Dublin 1

Tel (Direct): + 353 1 4498 523 ; Tel (Reception): + 353 1 4498 500

And/or make a complaint to the relevant authority

Data Protection Commission, 21 Fitzwilliam Square South, Dublin 2, D02 RD28

Tel: +353 (0) 761 104 800

National College of Ireland is an equal opportunities employer and is a Member of the Athena SWAN Charter. NCI is committed to serving our diverse community and welcomes applications from underrepresented groups.