Development Officer

Project Management

• ·        Monitoring contract compliance, progress and budget of all ongoing projects.
• ·        Completing reports and requesting grant draw downs.
• ·        Innovation and new project partnership ideas.
• ·        Fundraising through grants and business sponsorship.
• ·        Creation and monitoring of contracts for external tutors / artists / design etc.

Development

• ·        Develop range of activities in new premises.
• ·        Management of Irish language, Gaidhlig language and other outreach activities.
• ·        Relationship building within the sector - Attendance at training, information and networking events.
• ·        Maintaining social media profile, creating monthly newsletters and all other promotion and publicity as required.
• ·        Research and create policies in line with NICVA best practice and comply with legislation to strengthen governance.

Administration

• ·        Management of a fully functional office; responding to incoming emails, social media messages and telephone calls, management of paper and electronic files.
• ·        Recording of incoming and outgoing payments in preparation for submission of annual accounts
• ·        Organisation of registration documents and payments.
• ·        Organisation of instrument loans and payments.
• ·        Documentation for exam registrations.
• ·        Reproduction of music documents / CDs etc.
• ·        Preparing reports for committee meetings

Work arrangements

• ·        The work is currently undertaken on a self-employed contract, with the contractor responsible for their own tax and NI, but a key objective is to secure funding to reconfigurate this as an employed position
• ·        Generally expected to be on the premises during business hours, but must be available for occasional evening and weekend work, and working from home can be agreed.
• ·        Hours worked to be recorded and a timesheet submitted along with monthly invoice, for the hours actually worked in that month; over the course of the year the hours worked should average out at 135 hours per month
• ·        Reports to the Director and, on the educational programme, to the Director of Music; liaises as required with committee officers