The College is seeking applications for a GRASP Development Officer for a 4 year position based in our Strand Road campus.
The GRASP Programme Development Officer will be responsible for managing participant recruitment across defined areas and will collaborate with partners as a member of a cross-border team to manage the delivery of programme activities including:
1. the Women into Construction & Labour Activation Green Skills Academies,
2. the Household Carbon Literacy Programme,
3. the Green Skills Schools Outreach Programme.
There is a significant Green Skills deficit in the combined cross-border Construction Sector. This is contributing to considerable underachievement of environmental targets and increased levels of public expenditure. There is an urgent need to accelerate the decarbonisation of residential & public buildings, which in NI, contribute to 16% of local CO2 emissions, the highest in the UK. In Ireland, this figure is 10% & growing. GRASP will address the Green Skills deficit required to enable achievement of Programme area net zero CO2 emission targets (2030 & 2050).
GRASP (Green Accelerator Skills Programme) will enable 8 further education & training (FET) institutions in the Irish Central Border Area Network (ICBAN) area, to collaborate with Construction Sector partners to develop a suite of Green Skills qualifications designed to meet increasing demand. Green Skills are those required to construct/retrofit buildings to near zero energy standards. GRASP will be led by South West College will partner with: Southern Regional College, North West Regional College, Mayo Sligo Leitrim Education & Training Board, Cavan Monaghan Education &Training Board, Donegal Education & Training Board in NI, & MSLETB, CMETB, DETB, ATUL, & FC in Ireland.
GRASP - Green Accelerator Skills Programme is supported by PEACEPLUS, a programme managed by the Special EU Programmes Body (SEUPB).