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Job Opportunity - Education Officer
30 June 2026
The Ulster-Scots Agency are looking for an Education Officer to join the team.
We are looking for a highly motivated and innovative individual to support the development, management, and implementation of learning programmes in relation to Ulster-Scots culture, heritage, and language in a range of settings and curricular areas (e.g. music, art, STEM, history, etc).
You will work in partnership with schools, partner organisations, and local communities to ensure good practice in learning and evaluation and ensure compliance in key areas such as safeguarding.
A full job description is available in the Candidate Information Pack.
For further information about our Agency and the work we do, please visit our website at Ulster-Scots Agency - About Us or the Discover Ulster-Scots website.
To request an application pack and/or obtain further information about the role, please contact Paula Knowles at pknowles@ulsterscotsagency.org.uk or via telephone 028 9023 1113.
Please note we do not accept applications via Recruitment Agencies. As an organisation that fully supports and promotes equality, diversity and inclusion, we would encourage and welcome applications from groups currently under-represented at the Agency.
Closing date for receipt of applications is midnight on Sunday 26th July 2026.
Please note we reserve the right to close this competition early should we receive an unexpectedly high number of applications.
About Us
Our vision here at the Ulster-Scots Agency is that Ulster-Scots should flourish as a rich, vibrant, and growing culture with a global legacy that is recognised at home and abroad.
Our mission is to inspire, educate, and empower people to understand and enjoy their Ulster-Scots identity, to foster kinship with those beyond Ulster that share our identity, and to enhance friendship across Ulster with those whose primary identity is not Ulster-Scots; and all this while working to continuously improve our governance, financial performance and customer focus.
At the Ulster-Scots Agency our people at the heart of everything we do. As a valued colleague within our small team, you will become part of a vibrant organisational culture which has a strong focus on learning and development, having achieved and retained Investors in People status for a number of years.
We offer an excellent employment package that includes:
- Great terms & conditions
- Pension scheme
- Hybrid & flexible working opportunities
- Family-friendly initiatives
- Career development opportunities
- Support for health & mental wellbeing
- Generous holiday entitlement - 25 days annual leave (rising to 30 days upon completion of 5 years' service), plus 12 public holidays.
As Corporate Programme Manager, you will be joining a highly passionate and dedicated team who will make you feel very welcome from day one and will offer you the best support to enable you to achieve your full potential here.
Requirements
You will be able to demonstrate:
- Experience of the full cycle of design and delivery of a varied content of material in a wide range of settings
- A strong understanding of the importance of continual improvement through evaluation of the impact of learning content and delivery methods
- Capacity to adapt your communication and presentation style to suit the audience.
It would also be advantageous, but not essential, if you have:
- A working knowledge of curriculum delivery in NI or ROI
- A working knowledge of Ulster-Scots language.
If you demonstrate experience in the areas mentioned above and can satisfy the eligibility criteria below, you could be the perfect new addition to our team.
To be eligible to apply you must:
- Be able to demonstrate the Right to Work in the UK (we do not offer sponsorship)
- Be educated to degree level or equivalent work experience
- Be able to demonstrate competency through your application form of the NICS Competency Framework at level 3.
Location
The Corn Exchange, 31 Gordon Street, Belfast, BT1 2LG.