Marine & Coastal Engagement Officer (CMAP - Coastal Monitoring & Adaptation Planning Project) Employer: CausewayCoast and GlensHeritageTrust Responsibleto: Marine,CoastalandAONBProjectsManager Reportingto: Marine,CoastalandAONBProjectsManager,CMAPLocalActionCo- ordination Group Responsiblefor: Communityengagementtoincreaseawarenessofmarineandcoastal change and climate change impacts, and to develop capacity, tools, and actions to respond and adapt to these BasedAt: OfficesofCCGHT,Armoy,CoAntrimwithflexibilityforremoteand home working Startdate As soon as possible following appointment OverallPurposeofthe job: To support the delivery of the CMAP project and the aims of CCGHT by delivering (along with CMAP project partners) a programme of engagement with local communities to increase their awareness of marine and coastal change and climate change-related impacts; develop their capacity to respond to these by co-designing tools, and developing and implementing action plans to respond and adapt to these impacts. (See Appendix 1 for details of relevant CMAP deliverables) In addition, the role will also support CCGHTs role as the CMAP Local Action Workpackage (WP3) lead and co-ordinator of Local Action activities by CMAP partners across the (cross-border) project area comprising a range of initiatives to engage communities and citizens in local actions related to coastal and climate change. KEY DUTIES To deliver community and stakeholder capacity building and co-learning activities in partnership with CMAP partners (CMAP deliverables D 3.1.1 and 3.1.6) To engage with local communities to co-design and deliver adaptation and management plans and toolkits in partnership with CMAP partners (CMAP deliverables D 3.2.1 and 3.2.5) To support co-ordination and experience exchange of community and citizen Local Actions through the CCGHT-led Local Action Co-ordination Group and programme of best practice sharing events To support CCGHTs marine and coastal work and engagement activities Section 3: ESSENTIAL CRITERIA (Tobemetbyapplicantsshortlistedforinterview andtestedatinterview) Educated to degree level in a subject relevant to the marine environment, climate change, environmental management and/or sustainability At leastthree yearsexperience of workingon marine,climate change,environmentalorsustainabilityrelated issues Atleastthreeyearsexperienceofdirectengagementwithlocalcommunitiesandindividualstobuild their knowledge and capacity and directly involve them in environment-related activities and action Strong face to face, written, and online communication skills and experience in public speaking and developingpositive working relationshipswith local communitiesand members of thepublic aswell as other organisations Experienceof organisingmeetings, workshops,and/ortrainingsessionsorevents Competent in the use of MS office packages and online applications such as Teams and Zoom for meetings and online events, as well as social media (e.g. Facebook, Instagram) for external communications. DESIRABLE CRITERIA (To be used to further shortlist candidates if the number of applicants meeting the essential criteria exceeds what can be reasonably and practically accommodated by the interview process. Also to be tested at interview) Educatedtopostgraduatelevelinrelevanttothemarineenvironment,climatechangeand/or sustainability Atleastthreeyearsexperienceofworkingonlargeenvironmentalprojectsinpartnershipwithother organisations Experienceof reportingprogressindeliveringprojectobjectivesandfinancialspend CONDITIONS OF APPOINTMENT Salary: NJC Scale - Range 19 - 25 (£31067 - £35235) per annum under review. Newappointeesareexpectedtocommence employmentatthebottomofthe scale. Asalarysacrificepensionschemeisinplaceinwhich staffmustcontributeat least 3%.CCGHTwill contribute 6%. HealthInsurancewithVitality Life Insurance with AIG Thepostwillbefor44monthswiththepossibilityofextensionsubjecttosatisfactoryperformanceand available funding. Thenormalfull-timeworkingweekis37hoursand willinvolvesomeeveningandweekendworkto meet the needs of the post. WORKING ARRANGEMENTS The post holder will often be required to work with minimum supervision and will on occasions be required to work in a countryside setting and/ or alone in remote locations. The post will be based at CCGHT Offices, which are currently in Armoy, with flexibility to also work from home some of the time. The successful candidate will also be expected to travel to locations throughout the CMAP project area when required. Appendix1 KeyCMAPActivities&DeliverablesforCCGHT Key CMAP Activities & Deliverables for CCGHT Activity 3.1 - Education and awareness-raising Activity 3.1 will comprise a programme of activities to increase awareness of, and develop skills in respondingtomarineandcoastalchangesandtheirimpacts,inlocationsacrosstheProgrammeAreaand through publicly accessible and online channels.The programme will include the following activity deliveredbyTheNationalTrust,ClimateNI,UCC(UniversityCollegeCork-MaREI),UniversityofGalway, and CCGHT in the locations indicated below - Community & Stakeholder Capacity Building - around Future Coastal Management, climate change, habitat and species recovery, risk mapping and adaptation planning. Locations: i) Throughout Programme Area. Coastal adaptation planning - Cushendun, Dundrum, Strandhill Deliverables D.3.1.1-Community&StakeholderCapacityBuilding Co-developed coastal capacity building for decision makers and communities supporting the Coastal Forum workplan.This will be developed through workshops including theory and practical sessions at and/or near each of the three selected sites.This will in turn support Central and Local Government, NationalTrustandotherkeycoastallandholderstoworktogetherwithdecisionmakersandcommunities to make better decisions around our future coast. D.3.1.6-Communityco-learningandcapacitybuildingforrockycoastmonitoring Co-learning training sessions for local communities and stakeholders to raise awareness of the issues association with rocky coasts and to develop capacity in citizen monitoring. Three events will be held: one in each of the sites being monitoring by GSNI (Mussenden, Cushendun and Kearney). Activity3.2-Co-design&DeliveryofAdaptationandManagementToolkitsandPlans This will comprise the co-design and co-delivery of the following coastal adaptation and management toolkits and plans - acoastaladaptationplanningtoolkitandcommunityactionprogrammewillbeco-designedwith thelocalcommunitiesinCushendun,DundrumandStrandhillwiththeintentionofexpansionsto othersitesintheProgrammeArea-deliveredbyNIEL,NT,UCC(UniofCork-MaREI),UG(Uniof Galway) and CCGHT Coastal Community Adaptation Plans will be co-developed and implemented with the above communities building on the capacity building under Activity 1 and the development of the Coastal Adaptation Planning Toolkit above Monitoring toolkit for saltmarsh resilience to sea level rise - led by TCD Joint Island Biosecurity Action Plan- led by RSPB AllIsland TernForumandJointtern action andadaptationplan Deliverables D.3.2.1-CoastalCommunityClimateToolkit TheprogrammewillworkwithcommunitiesinCushendun,DundrumandStrandhilltoco-designaCoastal Community Climate Toolkit. We will build on best practice e.g. the Climate Adaptation Partnership Framework, developed through the TALX project, and the NIAdapts Adaptation Planning Toolkit. The toolkit willbe suitablefor climate adaptation planningbyallcoastalcommunities in NI &ROI, facilitated through the cross-border Coastal Community Adaptation Advisory Group. D.3.2.5-CoastalCommunityClimateAdaptationPlans&CommunityActionProgramme The programme will co-design and co-develop Coastal Community Adaptation Plans in target communities (Cushendun, Dundrum and Strandhill), utilising data and evidence gathered in WP1 & WP2 on climate change risks to the coastal communities. Inclusive cross-sectoral stakeholder engagement workshops with both NI and ROI representatives will be facilitated. The project will support NI/ROI-wide Coastal Community Climate Adaptation action plan implementation resourced by community-directed budgets Activity3.3-Co-ordinationandExperienceExchangeofCommunityandCitizenLocalActions Inordertoensurethemaximumpossibleimpact,learning,andexchangeofgoodpracticefromtherange ofLocalActionsinvolvinglocalcommunitiesandcitizenssupportedbyCMAPacrosstheProgrammeArea, underActivity3.3,mechanismswillbeput inplacetoenabledeliverypartnerstoreviewprogress,adapt to emerging circumstances and opportunities, and roll out and disseminate best practice in promoting local community/citizen action for coastal and marine adaptation.These will comprise the following - Local Action Co-ordination Group - The establishment of a Local Action Co-ordination Group bringing together all of the Local Action delivery partners (ie CCGHT - Causeway Coast & Glen Heritage Trust, NT - National Trust, NIEL (NI Environment Link - Climate NI), MaREI/UCC - University College Cork, UW - Ulster Wildlife, UG - University of Galway, TCD - Trinity College Dublin, RSPB (Royal Society for the Protection of Birds), LCC - Louth County Council, NMDDC - Newry, Mourne & Down Council, UU - University of Ulster). This group will meet quarterly to review progress, ensure effective co-ordination of engagement across the Programme Area, and identify opportunities to disseminate best practice within and beyond the Programme Area including through workshops and events. Programme of Events to Share Best Practice - The organisation of annual Local Action Workshops and of a large-scale conference for the partnership consortia delivering CMAP and the other projects funded under PeacePlus investment Area 5.2 to share and disseminate best practice and learning Deliverables Local Action Co-ordination Group - Establishment of Local Action Co-ordination Group meeting quarterly throughout the project period to co-ordinate and support best practice dissemination and exchange Programme of Events to Share Best Practice -Organisationof4annualLocalActionworkshop events and one large-scale conference to share and disseminate best practice and learning Coastal Community Adaptation Advisory Group - An inclusive and collaborative community of practice sharing good practice to build knowledge, action and resilience for coastal communities and seas, including community leaders and practitioners within and beyond the PeacePlus Area boundaries to support the co-development of community adaptation plans and a framework to ensure lessons learnt are relevant within the Peaceplus area and across the Island and Ireland