Work For PAPYRUS

Thank you for your interest in working with PAPYRUS Prevention of Young Suicide.

PAPYRUS is committed to the principle of equal opportunity in employment and its employment policies for recruitment are designed to ensure that no job applicant or employee receives less favourable treatment on the grounds of age, disability, gender re-assignment, marriage and civil partnership, pregnancy and maternity, race, religion or belief, sex or sexual orientation.

PAPYRUS is committed to safeguarding all children, young people and adults at risk that interact with the organisation. The organisation recognises its responsibility to safeguard the welfare of these vulnerable groups by a commitment to procedures to protect them. The group expects all staff and volunteers to fully support and promote these commitments.

Please read the Privacy Notice for all job applicants

To apply for any position advertised you must complete both parts of the application form – CV’s will not be accepted.

The application form is designed in two parts, part one will be used for short listing purposes. The personal information in part two will be removed and used by Human Resources only for pre-employment checks and statistical analysis purposes.

Please send your completed application forms to HR@papyrus-uk.org.

All applications must be received by the closing date stated on the advert for the job role.

Pre-employment checks

All offers of employment are conditional upon the satisfactory completion of the following pre-employment checks.

Right to work in the UK – Applicants will be required to provide evidence of their right to work in the UK at the interview stage.

Employment references – Applicants will be required to provide details of two employment referees which should include their current/most recent employer. References will be requested once a conditional offer of employment is accepted.

Disclosure Barring Service (DBS) checks – Where required, applicants will be asked to provide ID required for a DBS check. This will be requested at interview stage. Once a conditional offer of employment is accepted the successful candidate will be registered on to the online DBS system to begin the checking process. Please refer to the job description to see if a DBS check is required for the position you are applying for.

An unconditional offer will only be made upon satisfactory completion of all relevant pre-employment checks.

For information on current vacancies at please see below.

• Community Development Officer - Northern Ireland

  Please read through the JOB DESCRIPTION and PERSON SPECIFICATION fully before applying. Once completed please send both APPLICATION FORM 1 and APPLICATION FORM 2 to HR@papyrus-uk.org Please do not send your CV as this will not be considered as part of your application.

  PAPYRUS is committed to the principle of equal opportunity in employment and its employment policies for recruitment are designed to ensure that no job applicant or employee receives less favourable treatment on the grounds of age, disability, gender re-assignment, marriage and civil partnership, pregnancy and maternity, race, religion or belief, sex or sexual orientation.

  PAPYRUS is committed to safeguarding all children, young people and adults at risk that interact with the organisation. The organisation recognises its responsibility to safeguard the welfare of these vulnerable groups by a commitment to procedures to protect them. The group expects all staff and volunteers to fully support and promote these commitments.

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  Job Role: Community Development Officer – Northern Ireland

  We are looking to recruit a Community Development Officer to engage key partners and stakeholders in the region tailoring support, training and education to create suicide safer communities.

  To be successful in this role you will have:

  • A degree or professional qualification in Education, Counselling, Training, Psychology, Community Development or Youth Work
  • Experience of leading and working on community-based projects
  • A proven track record of delivering training and/or learning workshops/educational activities
  • Previous successful experience of interagency working and networking with stakeholders
  • Ability to communicate effectively and deliver presentations and training to varied audiences on suicide prevention and/or self-harm and/or mental health related issues
  • Experienced ASIST Trainer or willingness to gain the qualification and experience

  Salary: NJC Scale SCP 18 – 23 (£24,982 – £27,741 per annum)

  Location: Belfast

  Hours: 36 hours per week. Due to the nature of the role, some evening, weekend and bank holiday working may be required.

  Closing date: midnight on 5th December 2021

  PAPYRUS is committed to the principle of equal opportunity in employment and its employment policies for recruitment are designed to ensure that no job applicant or employee receives less favourable treatment on the grounds of age, disability, gender re-assignment, marriage and civil partnership, pregnancy and maternity, race, religion or belief, sex or sexual orientation.

  Please email BOTH completed applications to HR@papyrus-uk.org. Please do not send your CV as this will not be considered as part of your application.

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  JOB DESCRIPTION and PERSON SPECIFICATION
  APPLICATION FORM 1
  APPLICATION FORM 2