PostTitle: Project Support Officer (CMAP - Coastal Monitoring & Adaptation Planning Project) Employer: CausewayCoast and GlensHeritageTrust Responsibleto: Marine,CoastalandAONBProjectsManager Reportingto: Marine,CoastalandAONBProjectsManager,CMAPLocal Action Co-ordination Group Responsiblefor: Administrative support for the delivery of the CMAP project and CCGHT marine, coastal & AONB projects and activities, includingfinancialandprojectprogressmonitoring,recording andreporting,grantclaimmanagement,eventorganisingand meeting support BasedAt: OfficesofCCGHT,Armoy,CoAntrimwithflexibilityforremote and home working Startdate As soon as possible following appointment OverallPurposeofthe job: To support the delivery of the CMAP project (50%) and CCGHTs marine, coastal & AONB projects and activities by providing administrative support including financial and project progress monitoring, recording and reporting, grant claim management, event organising and meeting support.The CMAP activities requiring administrative support will include: the delivery of a programme of engagement with local communities to increase their awareness of marine and coastal change and climate change-related impacts; working with these communities to co-design tools and develop and implement action plans to respond and adapt to these impacts (see Appendix 1 for further details); supportforCCGHTsroleastheCMAPLocalAction Workpackage(WP3)lead; co-ordination of Local Action activities by CMAP partners across the (cross-border) project area comprising a range of initiative to engage communities and citizens in local actions related to coastal and climate change. Administrative support for CCGHTs marine, coastal and AONB projects and activities will include project and financial monitoring, recording and reporting, and administrative support for meetings, forums, and event organisation and delivery. KEY DUTIES To provide administrative support for the delivery of community and stakeholder capacity building and co-learning activities in partnership with CMAP partners (CMAP deliverables D 3.1.1 and 3.1.6) ToprovideadministrativesupportforCCGHTsengagementwithlocalcommunitiestoco-designand deliver adaptation and management plans and toolkits in partnership with CMAP partners (CMAP deliverables D 3.2.1 and 3.2.5) To provide administrative support for co-ordination and experience exchange of community and citizenLocalActionsthroughtheCCGHT-ledLocalActionCo-ordinationGroupandprogrammeofbest practice sharing events ToestablishandmaintainsystemstorecordandmonitorCMAPprojectprogressandfinancialspend and to prepare grant claims and reports as required by the Special EU Programmes Body (SEUPB) funding the project from the EU PeacePlus programme To provide administrative support for CCGHTs marine, coastal and AONB-related work and activities including project and financial monitoring, recording and reporting, and administrative support for meetings, forums, and event organisation and delivery Section3: ESSENTIAL CRITERIA (To be met by applicants shortlisted for interview and tested at interview) At least two years experience of working in an administrative project support role involving the keeping and presentation of project monitoring and financial data Experience of supporting an organisation and servicing of meetings, forums, and events involving external organisations and stakeholders Good written and verbal communication skills and the ability to work well in a team and establish good working relationships with CCGHT colleagues and external stakeholders Good organisational skills and 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 (Tobeusedtofurthershortlist candidatesifthenumberof applicantsmeeting theessential criteria exceeds what can be reasonably and practically accommodated by the interview process.Also to be tested at interview) At least two years experience of working on the administration of large environmental projects in partnership with other organisations Experience of reporting progress in delivering project objectives and financial spend CONDITIONS OF APPOINTMENT Salary: NJC Scale - Range 8 - 11 (£25,992 - £27,269) per annum pro rata (50% of time to be spent on CMAP). Newappointeesareexpectedtocommenceemploymentatthebottomofthe scale. Asalarysacrificepensionschemeisinplaceinwhichstaffmustcontributeatleast3%.CCGHTwill contribute 6%. CCGHToffersHealthInsurancewithVitalityandLife InsurancewithAIG. The post will be for 44 months with the possibility of extension subject to satisfactory performance and available funding. Thenormalfull-timeworkingweekis37hoursandwillinvolvesomeeveningandweekendworktomeet 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 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 Key CMAP Activities & Deliverables for CCGHT KeyCMAPActivities&DeliverablesforCCGHT Activity3.1-Educationandawareness-raising Activity 3.1 will comprise a programme of activities to increase awareness of and develop skills in responding to marine and coastal changes and their impacts, in locations across the Programme Area and through publicly accessible and online channels. The programme will include the following activity delivered by The National Trust, Climate NI, UCC (University College Cork - MaREI), University of Galway, and CCGHT in the locations indicated below - i) 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 Co. Sligo 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, National Trust and other key coastallandholderstoworktogetherwithdecisionmakersandcommunitiestomakebetterdecisionsaroundour 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 coastsandto develop capacity incitizenmonitoring.Three eventswillbe held: one ineachofthe sites being monitoring by GSNI (Mussenden, Cushendun and Kearney). Activity3.2-Co-design&DeliveryofAdaptationandManagementToolkitsandPlans Thiswillcomprisetheco-designandco-deliveryofthefollowingcoastaladaptationandmanagementtoolkitsand plans - a coastal adaptation planning toolkit and community action programme will be co-designed with the local communities in Cushendun, Dundrum and Strandhill with the intention of expansions to other sites intheProgrammeArea-deliveredbyNIEL,NT,UCC(UniofCork-MaREI),UG(UniofGalway)andCCGHT 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 Monitoringtoolkitforsaltmarshresiliencetosealevelrise-ledbyTCD JointIslandBiosecurityActionPlan-ledbyRSPB All Island Tern Forum and Joint tern action and adaptation plan Deliverables D.3.2.1-CoastalCommunityClimateToolkit The programme will work with communities in Cushendun, Dundrum and Strandhill to co-design a Coastal Community Climate Toolkit. We will build on best practice e.g. the Climate Adaptation Partnership Framework, developedthroughtheTALXproject,andtheNIAdaptsAdaptationPlanningToolkit.Thetoolkitwillbesuitablefor climate adaptation planning by all coastal communities 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,DundrumandStrandhill),utilisingdataandevidencegatheredinWP1&WP2onclimatechangerisks 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,andexchangeofgoodpracticefromtherangeofLocal Actions involving local communities and citizens supported by CMAP across the Programme Area, under Activity 3.3, mechanisms will be put in place to enable delivery partners to review progress, adapt to emerging circumstancesandopportunities,androlloutanddisseminatebestpracticeinpromotinglocalcommunity/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(NIEnvironmentLink-ClimateNI),MaREI/UCC-UniversityCollegeCork,UW-UlsterWildlife,UG-University ofGalway,TCD-TrinityCollegeDublin,RSPB(RoyalSocietyfortheProtectionofBirds),LCC-LouthCountyCouncil, NMDDC - Newry, Mourne & Down Council, UU - University of Ulster).This group will meet quarterly to review progress,ensureeffectiveco-ordinationofengagementacrosstheProgrammeArea,andidentifyopportunitiesto disseminate best practice within and beyond the Programme Area including through workshops and events. ProgrammeofEventstoShareBestPractice-TheorganisationofannualLocalActionWorkshopsandofalarge- 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 ProgrammeofEvents toShareBestPractice -Organisationof4 annual LocalActionworkshopevents and one large-scale conference to share and disseminate best practice and learning CoastalCommunityAdaptationAdvisoryGroup - 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