New Communities Coordinator 

Role Purpose/ Description: 

Contribute to the monitoring and coordination of South West Mayo Development Company (SWMDC) social inclusion programmes that support new communities, through the Social Inclusion & Community Activation Programme (SICAP) and other relevant migrant support programmes. 

The workload will include the line management of the new communities’ programme staff, overseeing and managing the annual plan targets and programme key performance indicators to ensure annual programme targets are met, oversee the programme budgets, and participate in various committees and interagency meetings to ensure the annual plans and outcomes relating to new communities are achieved to a high quality. 

Depending on need, the postholder may be required to carry out SICAP development work, contributing to the programme KPIs under Goals 1 and 2. 

Reporting To: Chief Executive Officer 

Key Responsibility 

Areas The role of the New Communities Coordinator will primarily involve the following: 

In pursuance of the Company’s SICAP plans and in collaboration with the Social Inclusion Coordinator: 

• Complete annual planning process for SICAP new communities’ actions with the team, including budgeting in association with the CFO, relevant finance/administration staff, and the CEO. 
• Prepare SICAP tenders, strategic plans, or other such documents. 
• Prepare mid-year and end-of-year SICAP reports and case studies. 
• Monitor new communities’ programme delivery, including financial monitoring, SICAP IT system, and evaluation and research activity. 
• Prepare reports for publication and dissemination of best SICAP new communities actions case studies. 
• To monitor, review and update SICAP literature, forms, and templates to ensure consistency and compliance with SICAP regulations. 
• Authorise SICAP new communities’ expenditure to a limit of €5,000 within programme rules and company procedures. 
• Line manage the SICAP new communities’ team. 
• Report on SICAP new communities’ activity to the SWMDC board and Mayo Local Community Development Committee (LCDC) and/or other contracting bodies as required.

Please see full Job Description attached below.

How to apply 

Please submit your Curriculum Vitae and cover letter by email to jobs@southmayo.com quoting New Communities Coordinator Application_YOUR NAME in the subject line. 

Please save your CV as YOURNAME_CV and your cover letter as YOURNAME_CoverLetter. 

Please make sure that you check your spam and/or junk folders throughout this recruitment campaign, as SWMDC does not take any responsibility for missed communications. 

The closing date for applications is 5pm on Friday 21st February 2025. 

Late applications are not accepted.