News

OG Job Vacancy

Youth Work Ireland: Our Generation Administrator (Part-time) (Dublin 1) Ref: YWI 012020 04

(Peace IV Regional – Building Peace through Emotional Resilience)

Title: Our Generation Administration Support p/t (building peace through emotional resilience with young people)
Responsible to: Our Generation Coordinator
Links to: Youth Workers & partner organisations
Timescale: Oct 2021 – Dec 2022
Location: Youth Work Ireland, 20 Lower Dominick Street, Dublin 1
Project: ‘Our Generation’
Funder: SEUPB – Building Positive Relations at the Regional Level: Peace IV
Hours: 21 hours per week
Salary: YWI Administration Grade 1 – Point 1

Description of Project 

‘Our Generation’ is a new, regional cross border, cross community initiative to building peace through emotional resilience across NI and the border regions of Ireland resulting in meaningful, purposeful and sustained contact between children and young from different communities. Our Generation builds a renewed, confident and hopeful society, conveying a light on what is possible as individuals, communities and as a wider society. This initiative is supported by the European Union’s PEACE IV Programme, managed by the Special EU Programmes Body (SEUPB).

 Youth Work Ireland Targets and Deliverables:

Our Generation programme staff includes a team of one coordinator, two youth workers and one part-time administrator who will work together on:

  • Delivery of the Be Well programme to build resilience and address the anxiety issues of young people aged 14 – 25 in a three-year period. Details of Be Well Programme here>>:
  • The delivery of the YES (Youth Empowerment in Sexual Health) to volunteers, youth leaders and young people Details of YES Programme here>>:
  • The delivery of Youth Bank to young people to work together to identify and implement (in 5 groups), social actions projects for change in their community through the Youth Bank Model>>.

Further details and to apply:

Further details of this position and a full job description can be found here>>:

To apply: please send a complete the job application and email it to tmcardle@youthworkireland.ie before 1pm on Wednesday 20/10/21.

Please note interviews for this post will be held on Friday 22/01/21 via Zoom