About the Job
The Corrymeela Community
The Corrymeela Community in partnership with Facing History & Ourselves wish to appoint a
Project Co-Ordinator (funded for 3 years)
The Corrymeela Community is a Christian community of reconciliation
which is involved in a wide range of peace building and reconciliation
programmes, primarily in Northern Ireland. Facing History and Ourselves is
an international educational and professional development organization.
The main aim of this project is to provide professional development
and follow-up support for history and citizenship teachers, trainee
teachers and students. The goal is to promote understanding between the
different communities in Northern Ireland and to support educators'
abilities to teach the past, make connections to contemporary issues and
to develop caring, compassionate and active citizens. This project is
funded by the International Fund for Ireland (IFI) and administered
through the Department of Education (DENI).
It is essential that the post holder has:
- Degree or equivalent (Defined as pre-degree qualification + significant level of professional experience)
- Professional qualification or equivalent (Defined as qualified
teacher or qualified youth worker. Equivalence might be someone who has 5
years' or more experience working in youth-work settings)
- Currently able to work in Northern Ireland
- Experience working on issues of reconciliation and conflict resolution in an educational context for at least two years.
Please see application pack for full essential and desirable criteria.
This
post will be based in Belfast at Corrymeela House, but will require
some residential work at our Ballycastle Centre. The project will be
funded until August 2013.
Closing date for application is 12 noon on Monday 2nd August 2010.
Interviews will be held on 9th or 10th August 2010.
For an application pack please contact Anne McDonagh on Belfast 028 9050 8080 or belfast@corrymeela.org or at
Corrymeela House,
8 Upper Crescent,
Belfast,
BT7 1NT
Corrymeela is an Equal Opportunities Employer.

For further information on Facing History and Ourselves, please visit www.facinghistory.org and in particular view the "learn more about us" journey.
Also Corrymeela has a vacancy for a Programme Assistant at our
Ballycastle Centre.
If you are interested in this programme intern volunteering
opportunity please contact Paul
Hutchinson - Centre Director