Description

We speak up for all who cycle to make sure it’s a safe and easy choice for everyone to travel, explore and have fun. We are almost two years into our ambitious organisational strategy, and this is an exciting moment to join Cycling UK as our Northern Ireland Advocacy and Development Lead.

As our Advocacy and Development Lead you will be Cycling UK’s representative in Northern Ireland. You will be responsibility for exploring and developing opportunities for delivery work in Northern Ireland with support from colleagues from the Behaviour Change, Business Development and Commercial teams. The scope of the Northern Ireland advocacy and development lead’s role is wide ranging, touching on campaigns, policy, public affairs and business and programme development. Meaning you will seek out, establish and nurture relevant relationships and partnerships with support from colleagues across the charity. You will be the face and voice of Cycling UK in Northern Ireland, helping raise our profile, improve our reputation, increase our influence and help deliver a broad range of the charity’s strategic objectives

We are an inclusive organisation and would particularly welcome applications from candidates from a broad range of backgrounds. We strongly believe that diversity strengthens our work. If you are already passionate about cycling, that’s great, many of us are too! But if you are simply really excellent at what you do, no matter what your background, that is what matters most to us.

Explore the job description for full details on this exciting opportunity here. Complete the application form expressing why you are the right candidate for this opening. Focus on gearing your supporting statement to exemplify how your skills and experience match the requirements of the role, directly referring to the person specification. This enables the selection panel to assess your relative strengths against the specified criteria.

The role is home based and you must be predominantly based in Northern Ireland, there will be regular meetings in Belfast and occasional travel to other parts of the UK as required.