Description

Job Purpose: Coordinate, develop and deliver Live Here Love Here Eco-Schools resources and workshops

Hours of business: Flexible business hours 8am-6pm. Core hours 10am-4pm. Hybrid working policy, 2 days in Belfast office per week

Location: Home / Belfast office

Hours / week: 37.5

Salary: £30,935 per annum

Contract type: 1-year fixed term from July 2026

Application window: Applications will close 9am Monday 15th June. Interviews 24th June, in person, in Belfast

Purpose of role:

The Environmental Education (EE) Coordinator plays a key role in delivery of the Live Here Love Education programme, set out in our 2026-2030 Strategic Plan, through delivery of a range of activities required to deliver the Eco-Schools project.

The post-holder will work closely with the rest of the EE team. They will be responsible for the successful delivery of Eco-Schools in particular selected councils, ensuring the Field Officers meet their EE deliverables, working closely with Field Officer Line Manager to ensure all agreed work is completed effectively and on time. They will be required to develop high quality environmental education resources and deliver a proportion of these directly as well as supporting Field Officer delivery.

Duties and expected outcomes

As well as coordinating resource requirements for a range of organisation-wide projects, the EE Coordinator will be required to support the rest of the EE Team, being agile, organised and solutions focused, whilst being the key point of contact for EE enquiries, including managing the Eco-Schools enquiries mailbox.

Eco-Schools

• Support as EE point of contact with particular Councils, including maintaining delivery against key SLAs and delivery of Eco-Schools Green Flag targets, in particular for your Council areas
• Assessment of Eco-School Green Flag applications, in particular for designated Council areas, and support Field Officer assessments as required
• Development of high-quality, curriculum-linked environmental education resources with clearly defined learning outcomes
• Deliver Environmental Education workshops as required
• Deliver and coordinate delivery of cluster groups, teacher training and clinics, necessary to achieve Green Flag targets and meet other DAERA and privately funded deliverables
• Input into coordination and resourcing of all EE activities /projects (working closely with the Field Officer Line Manager & EE colleagues) to ensure resources are well balanced and allocated to deliver the Eco-Schools work programme
• Responding to Eco School enquiries in a timely and accurate manner, bringing in other colleagues as needed
• Work closely with Live Here Love Here colleagues involved in other environmental education and community engagement programmes.
• Produce targeted emails to schools and support the Communications Team with content for the Eco-Schools newsletter.

Other

• Fulfil other duties for Live Here Love Here as required on occasion