WorldWise Global Schools (WWGS) Education Officer – North East

Job ID:93152

Job Title: WorldWise Global Schools (WWGS) Education Officer – North East

Company: Self Help Africa

Department:  WorldWise Global Schools

Location: Northeast Region (Dublin/flexible)  Remote and/or hybrid working      arrangements available.

Contract: Full Time, Permanent

Salary: €51,468

Reports to: Programme Director, WorldWise Global Schools

About WWGS:

WorldWise Global Schools (WWGS) is the national programme for Global Citizenship Education (GCE) at post-primary level. Global Citizenship Education (GCE) is an approach to teaching and learning that links global and local justice issues. GCE explores the root causes of these issues and equips learners and educators to think critically, build empathy, challenge unjust global systems and take meaningful action towards a kinder, fairer and more sustainable world.

WWGS offers a Global Passport framework for post-primary GCE, teacher training, grant funding, curriculum resources and guidanceto support and encourage post-primary settings to engage in Global Citizenship Education.

WWGS is an Irish Aid funded programme implemented through a consortium comprising Self Help Africa, Concern Worldwide, the City of Dublin Education and Training Board (CDETB), the Ubuntu Network, the National Association of Principals & Deputy Principals (NAPD), the Association of Secondary Teachers in Ireland (ASTI) and the Teachers Union of Ireland (TUI).

Job Purpose:

The WWGS Education Officer (EO) will have responsibility for supporting WWGS schools in the North-East Region to engage in and deepen their understanding of Global Citizenship Education at post-primary. They will play a key role in supporting schools to effectively utilise all available WWGS supports and in monitoring the progress of schools and their GCE programme. The Education Officer will have responsibility for supporting schools to engage with the programme through the WWGS Global Passport, a framework for educators to understand Global Citizenship Education and how it fits both within the post-primary curriculum and beyond the curriculum.

The EO will provide Continuous Professional Development (CPD) opportunities for schools, through design and delivery, ensuring that schools are equipped to engage in quality GCE through various WWGS supports and interventions (one-to-one teacher support, tailored staff inputs and whole-staff training, both in-person and online) along with national/regional CPD. The EO will assist in monitoring the progress of the WWGS programme towards meeting its overall strategic aim and objectives and contribute towards annual reporting requirements to Irish Aid. The capturing and sharing of data to track the level of GCE engagement at post-primary level is of central importance for this role.

The role requires using own initiative and requires excellent facilitation, communication, organisational and interpersonal skills to work with a wide range of schools and stakeholders, and to collaborate effectively with other members of the WWGS team.

Key Responsibilities:

The key areas of responsibility are:

1. GCE Capacity Building & Support

• Provision of support directly to approximately 70 post-primary education settings to build their capacity to adopt a whole school approach to GCE through the framework of the WWGS Global Passport and the WWGS guiding principles of GCE.
• Prepare, implement and follow-up on online and/or in-person support visits/meetings with schools.
• Provision of support directly to approx. 3 or more WWGS School Clusters, which are schools collaborating on joint GCE projects.
• Design and delivery of in-school Global Citizenship Education (GCE) support and Continuous Professional Development (CPD) for teachers.
• Contribute to preparing for and delivering on annual regional and national teacher CPD events, including design and delivery.
• Maintaining database of all engagements with and support to schools.
• On-going communication and support with assigned post-primary settings.

2.WWGS Global Passport:

• Support the provision of webinars and resources in relation to the Global Passport.
• Recruit new post-primary settings to engage with WWGS and GCE through Global Passport Applications in line with annual programme targets.
• Retain a high level of participation by existing post-primary settings with the WWGS programme as part of a deeper and whole school approach to GCE.
• Support post-primary settings through the online application process for the Global Passport.
• Promote the WWGS Global Passport through various relevant channels.
• Appraise Global Passport applications received annually from post-primary settings.
• Ensure WWGS Global Passport post-primary settings are compliant with WWGS funding obligations.

3. WWGS Events:

• Collaborate with the team to develop a plan for relevant programme events
• Secure the participation of experts/facilitators/MC and others who will input into events.
• Research and secure venues (where relevant) at which to hold events adhering to relevant procurement guidelines.
• Promote events through preparing and disseminating information to all interested parties.
• Coordinate pre-eventactivities with responsibilities including overseeing the event implementation, creating detailed tailored running orders, engaging stakeholders, coordinating volunteers and liaising with venue.
• Following the event, seek feedback from participants to inform future events and reflect on lessons learned.

Monitoring/Reporting/Promoting:

• Support the WWGS Resource & Curriculum Officers in identifying and generating good practice case studies that demonstrate GCE impact at post-primary.
• Support Deputy Director with data requirements for annual reporting to Irish Aid.
• Maintain the WWGS Salesforce WAND database monthly to ensure a clear and up to date statistical overview of GCE engagement in post-primary settings.
• Support the WWGS team by providing up-to-date information on school engagements on request.
• Support the development of promotional and communications material for the programme.
• Collaborate with relevant stakeholders in the sector and represent WWGS as requested in various sectoral engagements.

General:

• Provide general administrative support to the programme team.
• To keep up to date time records, calendar and WAND records.
• Undertake any other duties arising as commensurate with the role.

Key Relationships:

Internal

• WWGS Management
• WWGS Regional Education Officers
• WWGS Team

External

• Post-Primary Settings (educators and school leadership involved with the WWGS Programme).
• Key Post-Primary and GCE Stakeholders.
• WWGS/SHA Communications Team.

Knowledge and Experience:

Essential:

• Minimum 2 years working in the area of Global Citizenship Education – demonstrating a strong critical and analytical approach to facilitating learning about and taking action on global justice issues
• Demonstrable experience in facilitation and capacity building
• Demonstrable knowledge/experience of the post-primary education sector and the post primary curriculum
• Experience in event management
• Experience of creating, developing and maintaining effective working relationships with key stakeholders in the post-primary sector
• Strong IT proficiency particularly in the use of Salesforce (or a similar CRM)
• Excellent written and oral English language
• Evidence of strong planning/organisational skills
• Excellent interpersonal skills
• Excellent writing/presentation skills

Desirable

• Experience in curriculum design, pedagogy, or the development of classroom-based Instructional materials
• Knowledge of the post-primary ROI and NI Curriculum
• Excellent database management skills

How to Apply:

Full Job Description here.

Please complete the application form and upload your CV and Cover Letter outlining your suitability for the role Here.

The closing date for applications is Friday 20th March 2026.

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