The Community Empowerment Officer: That’s Powerful will coordinate, develop and deliver That’s Powerful projects across Northern Ireland and the Border Counties as part of The Playhouse’s Making Peaceful Change programme, funded by PEACEPLUS.
That’s Powerful harnesses the power of the arts and creative practice to explore social
issues like migration, disability, the climate crisis, LGBTQIA+ rights, community identity, and mental health through a justice-led approach to engagement. Through workshops and co-designed creative outputs, the programme empowers people of all ages to share lived experiences, nurture dialogue, and make peaceful change.
Salary: £26-29k
Full Time, Fixed Term (2.5 years with possibility of extension)
Project Design, Planning & Delivery
• Coordinate and deliver That’s Powerful projects with community partners across
Northern Ireland and the Border Counties.
• Support the co-design of workshops that enable participants to explore rights-based
topics through creative arts.
• Contract and brief facilitators and artists, ensuring safe, inclusive, and high-quality
delivery.
• Plan and oversee project schedules, budgets, and logistics in collaboration with
the Project Manager, Producing, and Finance Teams.
• Ensure all activities comply with safeguarding, health and safety, and equality
standards.
• Support the coordination of culminating events or creative outcomes, both in-person
and digital.
Partnership & Relationship Building
• Build and maintain strong relationships with community, youth, and cultural
organisations (e.g. community, youth, schools, voluntary & cultural orgs).
• Work closely with facilitators and partner representatives to ensure clear
communication and shared purpose.
• Represent The Playhouse at community and sectoral events, promoting participation
in That’s Powerful.
Finance & Administration
• Support the Project Manager and Finance Team by maintaining accurate
administrative records related to project expenditure and participant expenses.
• Ensure documentation (e.g. receipts, workshop associated admin, facilitator
timesheets) is filed and available to support compliance requirements led by the
Finance Team.
• Assist in tracking budgets and expenditures, ensuring accurate records are shared
with the Project Manager and Finance Team.
Monitoring, Evaluation & Learning
• Collect and collate data and feedback to support internal monitoring and funder
reporting processes led by the Project Manager and Development Team.
• Support reflective learning processes across project partners.
• Contribute to case studies and communications materials that celebrate project
* impact.
TO APPLY
Submit:
• your up-to-date CV, inclusive of two references
• an A4 Cover letter outlining your suitability for the role in particular paying attention to
address the essential and (if applicable) desirable experience, skills and attributes, and
• a monitoring form (see link below)
Send CV and Cover Letter to Shauna Gallagher, to whom you can also send any queries
about the application process. Please note that the deadline for queries is 12 noon on 19th
December 2025 as The Playhouse is closed and not monitoring emails from 20th December
2025 to 05 January 2026
BY E-MAIL: recruitment@derryplayhouse.com
SUBJECT HEADING: ‘Community Empowerment Officer: That’s Powerful’
OR BY POST:
Shauna Gallagher, The Playhouse, 5-7 Artillery St, Derry / Londonderry, BT48 6RG
MONITORING FORM
Please fill in the following monitoring form which is available at this link
LINK: https://forms.gle/8AMsbTmd9dBKH5t78
DEADLINE
Monday 5th January at 12 noon