Development & Planning Officer

Responsible to: Head of College Planning, Development & Support

Job Purpose: The role will support a number of key college functions; identifying funding opportunities, supporting the College Development Planning process and the needs of the Department and fulfilling a key role in enabling the College to provide mobility and exchange opportunities for staff and students

Location: The post location will be confirmed with successful candidate.

Due to the nature of work within the College, it is anticipated that travel to all campus sites may be required.

Main Duties and Responsibilities:

Development Planning

Supporting the Director of Development & Support and the Head of College Planning, Development & Support, to produce the annual College Development Plan and annual operating plan(s) and review progress with implementation.

To provide written responses and data analysis including summarising content for presentation and dissemination and provide written and oral presentations to support College activity.

To analyse data and produce a range of relevant Socio-Economic reports and conduct primary and secondary research to assist with College strategy and policy development.

Supporting Mobilities and Exchange Initiatives

4. To support Managers and staff to secure, embed and deliver mobility and work placement programmes.

5. Support staff and student selection for mobilities and exchange initiatives.

6. To contribute to developing effective systems for processing, monitoring, and reporting on student mobilities.

7. To undertake administration and co-ordination duties relating to staff/student mobilities

8. To travel abroad, including over weekends, to promote College business.

Funding

9. To identify student/staff mobility funding opportunities from a range of funders across Northern Ireland/ UK and European/ International.

10. To develop project ideas for submission of grant applications and help prepare funding applications for staff and student mobilities.

11. Assist relevant project staff with the planning and delivery of student mobility projects where appropriate, to include progressing the roll out and implementation of new College projects including development of, monitoring target delivery, outcomes and impacts.

12. To provide administrative support for the preparation and presentation of suitable funding applications, business plans and associated documentation, in line with College strategic objectives.

13. To convene internal project and working groups as necessary to facilitate staff/student mobilities and to evaluate on-going implementation issues.

Development and Support

14. To support internal and external audits.

15. To report to management on targets and KPI’s, as required.

16. To support other functions within the Department of Planning Development and Support including Entitlement Framework provision.

17. To liaise with stakeholders and provide administration and co-ordination support for community provision and delivery.

General Duties

The post holder is expected:

• To act as Duty Manager on a rotational basis for nominated Campuses as part of a team.

• To support the Technical Services Manager in the management of delegated functional budgets and resources to ensure targets are met.

• To develop benchmarks for the effective evaluation of the College’s Desktop Services team.

• To participate, as required, in the recruitment and selection of staff for the College in accordance with procedures.

• To abide by the College’s Code of Conduct and seek to promote the College positively at all times.

This job description is intended to indicate the broad range of responsibilities and requirements of the post. It is neither exhaustive nor prescriptive. It is anticipated that the post-holder will assume additional responsibilities as and when new projects and/or areas of focus for the College develop. The College reserves the right, in consultation with the post-holder, to amend the job description to meet the changing needs of the College.

Person Specification

Each aspect of the criteria indicated below should be addressed in full on your application form in the Shortlisting Boxes. You must demonstrate in the essential and desirable criterion boxes how you feel you satisfy each of the criteria. The onus is on you, as the applicant, to fully complete this section. If you do not, the selection panel may have insufficient information to shortlist you. Information you provide elsewhere in your application will only be referred to by the selection panel to clarify what you have provided in the criterion boxes. In demonstrating how you feel you meet the criteria; it is not sufficient to make simple statements such as “Yes” or “Yes I meet this criterion” or to refer the panel to another section of the application form. In the event of an excessive number of applications, the College reserves the right to enhance shortlisting criteria.

Qualifications/ Experience

A minimum of Level 6 qualification in relevant discipline

OR

A minimum of Level 4 qualification in relevant discipline and two years’ experience working in the area of EU / International projects and / or strategic planning

GCSE English and Maths (Grade A-C) or equivalent.

Knowledge/ Skills and Abilities

One years’ experience working in the area of EU / International projects and or strategic planning

Research and data analysis skills & able to produce relevant accurate reports and briefings.

Excellent interpersonal skills with the ability to develop effective working relationships and partnerships with a range of external stakeholders.

General

Have access to a form of transport that enables you to carry out the duties of the post

Terms and Conditions

Salary: Band 5, Points 20 - 25 £31,586 - £35,235 per annum, pro rata

Contract Type: Temporary – Fixed term (1 Year)

Hours of work: 28 hours per week

Location: Our campuses are located in Dungannon, Cookstown, Omagh and Enniskillen. The location of the post holder will be agreed with the successful candidate. Due to the nature of work within the College, it is anticipated that travel to all campus sites may be required.

Holiday Entitlement: 12 public holidays plus 24 days rising to 31 days after 5 years’ continuous service

Terms & Conditions: All terms and conditions of employment for this post are as laid down by the Association of NI College’s nonteaching negotiations committees and are drawn from the conditions of service for NJC for local authorities staff.

Pension: In accordance with NJC terms and conditions, the postholder will automatically be enrolled in the NILGOSC pension scheme which offers a range of benefits commensurate with public sector pension schemes.

Other benefits: Comprehensive Employee Assistance Programme, Staff Wellbeing Programme, Cycle to Work and Tech Schemes; Benenden Healthcare, Occupational maternity, paternity and adoption leave, carers leave, flexible working, hybrid working, training and development.