Policy And Public Affairs Assistant - Northern Ireland

The Architectural Heritage Fund (AHF) is currently seeking a Support Officer for Northern Ireland. Reporting to the Development Manager (Wales) and to the Development Manager (Northern Ireland),you will be responsible for managing a caseload of projects in Northern Ireland, advising and guiding projects with special focus on the earliest stages of a project’s lifecycle, ensuring grants where offered are allocated in accordance with the programme’s criteria and priorities, and liaising with external partners to achieve common objectives as appropriate.

We are looking for a candidate able to demonstrate a breadth and depth of experience across the principal duties of this post. A working knowledge of the heritage, social enterprise and social investment sectors and clear relevant work experience in heritage development, project management, grants management, community development, regeneration, or a similar area. The candidate must be a team player, with excellent interpersonal, influencing, negotiating and communication skills. They should have experience of analysing and evaluating information from a wide variety of sources and presenting it in an appropriate format to a variety of audiences. Candidates must have strong numeric and financial skills, excellent attention to detail and be a confident user of common IT system Office packages. We are looking for someone who stands out, is enthusiastic, target orientated and in particular, committed to achieving beneficial social outcomes through heritage.