European Partnership Officer

Disability Action

189 Airport Road West- Belfast BT3 9ED.

06 Jul 2005

Suzanne O'Hare or Kieran Teague

personnel@disabilityaction.org

028 9029 7880

http://www.disabilityaction.org

Diversity Works is a partnership funded by EQUAL with Disability Action as the lead partner.

Diversity Works aims to develop a diversity management process that fits easily within existing local, national and European quality management excellence models for use in different employment sectors in Northern Ireland. We wish to appoint to the following position:-

EUROPEAN PARTNERSHIP OFFICER(Ref EUPO/105)
(Re-advertisement)

The postholder will provide the secretariat to the EQUAL transnational programme and ensure the delivery of all planned transnational activities. Candidates must have:

1. at least two years practical experience of working in partnership with other organisations
2. experience of providing secretariat support to Committees, Advisory Groups and/or partnerships
3. ability to analyse complex information and legislation and produce quality summary briefing papers for a wide range of audiences
4. a working knowledge and understanding of the issues relating to diversity
5. experience of organising conferences, exchanges, events and seminars.

Location: Belfast
Salary: £15,778 to £20,272 (under review)
Hours: 35 hours per week
Tenure: Fixed until 30 December 2007 (Applications for secondments are welcome).

For an application form please apply in writing, quoting the appropriate reference number, enclosing an A4 sized SAE to the value of 45p to:
Human Resources Assistant, Disability Action, 189 Airport Road West, Belfast BT3 9ED.

Closing date for receipt of completed applications is Wednesday 06 July 2005 at 1pm.

(If you require the application package in an alternative format such as Braille, large print, etc, please contact the Human Resources Office on 028 9029 7880 or on Text phone 028 9029 7882.)

Disability Action is an equal opportunities employer and welcomes applications from all sections of the community. Applications are particularly welcome from people with disabilities. We would also encourage applications from men, members of the Protestant community and members of the black and minority ethnic communities, as they are currently under- represented at this level.