Head of Education and Community Engagement

APPLICATION PROCESS & BENEFITS

**Applications should be in the form of a tailored CV which clearly addresses the criteria detailed on the Person Specification.**

Diversity and Inclusion

Business in the Community embraces, respects and values the difference in its employees and is committed to creating and maintaining an inclusive environment that consists of fairness, dignity, and caring for everyone, and one that enables every employee to flourish and realise their potential.

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**What are the benefits of working at BITC?**

**What are my hours?**

The standard working day is 09:00-17:00 with an hour for lunch each day. Flexible arrangements are possible. We operate a hybrid approach. For this role, it is currently anticipated that a minimum of 3 days per week will be spent in the office.

**How much holiday do I get?**

Annual leave starts at 25 days per year and after 5 years it goes up 1 day per year until you have 30 days per year.

**Will you help me develop?**

We provide ongoing learning and development for everyone at BITC.

**Are there financial benefits?**

We offer an interest free season ticket loan; we also offer membership to the HMRC cycle hire scheme across the UK.

**Will I be able to save for a pension?**

Yes, we operate a group personal pension scheme. On successful completion of the probation period, BITC will contribute up to 6% of salary and the individual contributes a minimum of 2.5%. We operate this as a salary exchange and BITC also contributes the resulting NI saving into your pension.

**What if something happens to me?**

Payment of four times the annual salary will be paid to the estate of any individual in the event of death while they are employed at BITC.

**On completion of a satisfactory probationary period, we offer staff the following**:
**What about my wellbeing?**

On successful completion of the probation period, we offer membership of Westfield Health with Business in the Community paying Level 1 membership for all employees with the option for staff to upgrade their level.

**Perks**

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**Role**

Head of Education and Community Engagement

**Department**

Education and Community Engagement

**Location**

Bridge House, Belfast

**Reports to**

Managing Director

**Contract**

Permanent / Full-time (part-time hours will be considered)

**Salary**

£42-48K depending on experience

Who we are?

We exist to build healthy communities with successful businesses at their heart. Business in the Community (BITCNI) - the Responsible Business Network in Northern Ireland - is a business-led membership organisation made up of progressive businesses of all sizes who understand that the prosperity of business and society are mutually dependent.

In the spirit of being a responsible business, our members are signed up to:
**Being the best, they can** be in delivering social, environmental and economic sustainability across all areas of their business.

**Join with other businesses** to bring together their collective strength and be a force for good.

What we do

We set a course for responsible business.

We use our CORE responsible business framework to guide members on a journey of continuous improvement, working across the whole responsible business agenda. From community engagement to employment, diversity and the circular economy, we offer expert advice and specialist resources, driving best practice by convening, sharing learning and recognising great performance across our influential Network.

Through participation in Business in the Community’s ground-breaking campaigns and programmes, businesses can collaborate and help to bring about lasting change on a wider scale which benefits both business and society.

Purpose of Job

The Director of Education and Community will lead on the strategic development, management and implementation of our Education and Community Engagement work here in Northern Ireland.

You will in inspire, support and challenge business to engage and impact positively within our local communities and schools, through supporting existing programmes and developing new and innovative interventions and programmes.

As such you will lead a team of 7, currently supporting business engagement in communities and schools across Northern Ireland.

Main Responsibilities / Accountabilities

1. To lead on the development and implementation of Business in the Community’s strategy for Education and Community engagement and to develop appropriate objectives, targets, and goals to maximise business engagement in these work streams.

2. To lead, inspire and manage the Education and Community engagement teams to deliver on each workstream’s strategic goals and KPIs.

3. To oversee and manage existing programmes/workstreams and grow new