Community Link Worker 

Job Posted: 10th February, 2025

 

Employers Details

­­­­­­­­­­­­Company/Organisation Name: South West Mayo Development Company

Contact Person: Lisa Halpin

Phone: 0861285215

Email: lhalpin@southmayo.com

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Job Details

 

Job Title:         Community Link Worker 

The Community Link Worker will do this by using a community development and inclusion approach to address local concerns regarding International Protection Applicants and support communities to develop constructive responses to misinformation and disinformation in this space.

Job Location: SWMDC Offices, IPI Centre, Castlebar, Co. Mayo, F23 V125. 

Responsibilities include:

Community Development & Support 

  • Identify specific geographic areas in County Mayo that require support, and work to engage with residents in the area, to provide relevant supports through community development principles.

 

  • Work with community leaders and structures to scope out local issues and co-create a solutions-focused approach to positive inclusion and integration.
  • Help establish, develop and/or grow relationships between the community and International Protection Applicants, with the support of other relevant stakeholders in the area.

Partnership & Collaboration 

  • Facilitate a collaborative approach and develop a coordinated response with the community and other stakeholders in developing a clear annual plan including:
  • mapping out needs and services of the targeted area with associated resources.
  • putting required supports and structures in place to address any weaknesses and strengthen the capacity of the local community to engage meaningfully with migrant integration efforts.
  • Engage, when required, with other Community Link Workers, the CCP Co-Ordinator and/or the Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth’s (DCEDIY) Community Engagement Team to ensure work is complementing national Community Engagement efforts.
  • Engage, when required, with the Integration Forum and the Local Authority Integration Teams (LAITs) active in Mayo to identify barriers to integration and highlight knowledge and service provision gaps for example.

Communication 

  • Establish and run a system to maintain regular communication channels with the local community, conveying information as it becomes available on the arrival of new community members, counteracting misinformation on immigration.

Reporting and Governance 

  • To ensure that the work plan is inclusive of all communities living in the targeted area and oversee work plan implementation, develop progress reports and flag challenges, delays and possible risk factors as they emerge.
  • To provide progress reports and briefings on developments to DRCDG.

 

  • Provide project activity updates submitted to the Department with the CCP Coordinator in LDCN, with a view to informing ongoing research and policy.

Training and Continuing Professional Development 

  • Complete all training programmes as directed.

The above job description is not intended to be a comprehensive list of all duties involved and consequently, the post holder may be required to perform other duties as appropriate to the post, which may be assigned to them by their Team Lead to contribute to the development of the post.

 

 

 

Criteria:

  • Essential:
  • At least 3 years’ experience of engaging with disadvantaged people at a community/local level.
  • Experience of delivering community development approaches, local needs analysis, planning and addressing social exclusion issues.
  • Experience of communicating complex and frequently developing information in a succinct, easy to understand form.
  • Strong communication and organisational skills, capable of liaising with a wide variety of stakeholders and conveying detailed information to relevant parties in a timely manner.
  • Experience of mediating disputes, working with all parties to develop a mutually agreeable approach to resolving conflict.
  • Understanding and experience of working with statutory and local /community development infrastructure and knowledge of the national/local policy context that they work within.
  • Experience in design and delivery of capacity building supports within the community sector.

 

  • Desirable:

 

Relevant third-level qualification or equivalent in Community Development, Political Science, Sociology and/or Migrant Integration is desirable.

Salary: Salary will be commensurate with qualifications and experience.

Benefits: Following successful completion of probation, the post holder will have the opportunity to opt into the SWMDC company pension scheme. Annual leave is 25 days per annum. The company operates a Time Off In Lieu (TOIL) policy for this work.

Any Other Information:

The successful candidate will:

  • Have experience in project management and delivering projects with a defined timeline and work plan.
  • Be able to demonstrate leadership skills.
  • Have excellent communication, facilitation and report writing skills.
  • Be proficient in MS Office packages including Word, Excel, Outlook, programme databases, and SharePoint for example.
*Closing Date: 5pm on Friday 21st February 2025.

*How to Apply/Contact Details: Please submit your Curriculum Vitae and cover letter by email to jobs@southmayo.com quoting CommunityLinkWorker_Application_YOURNAME in the subject line.

Please save your CV as YOURNAME_CV and your cover letter as YOURNAME_CoverLetter.

 

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