Who We Are

Irish Hospice Foundation (IHF) is a national charity that addresses dying, death and bereavement in Ireland. Our vision is an Ireland where people facing end of life or bereavement, and those who care for them, are provided with the care and support that they need. 

Through advocacy and education, and the provision of services such as Nurses for Night Care and the Bereavement Support Line and our national programmes such as Hospice Friendly Hospitals, Dying Well at Home and Caru – Supporting Care & Compassion at End of Life in Nursing Homes, Adult Bereavement Programme and Irish Childhood Bereavement Network, IHF works to ensure that every person in Ireland can die and grieve well, whatever their age and wherever the place.  

1. We work towards better end-of-life and bereavement care for all. We recruit experienced and compassionate staff who are driven to help us deliver on our vision and mission.
2. We value all staff, and will treat them with fairness, respect and dignity at all times. We aim to be a preferred workplace through our staff policies, benefits and employee initiatives.
3. Our staff are valued for their knowledge, skills, talents, flexibility, commitment and the creativity they bring to the organisation.
4. We aim to develop and maintain an environment that promotes a cohesive, inclusive and diverse
   organisation, affirming the inherent worth of all individuals and underscoring the importance of teamwork, trust and open communications.

About the Role

Job Purpose:  To maximise the reach of public and workplace engagement programmes at IHF by overseeing the development and maintenance of a panel of facilitators, to include quality assurance and support 

As demand for IHF public engagement, grief in the workplace and other programmes increases, IHF has decided to expand reach using facilitators. The facilitators will convene groups and run IHF training associated with ongoing programmes on conversations about dying, end of life care and grief and bereavement. 

The facilitator model works in two ways – embedded facilitators training and running sessions within their own organisations, with their organisation’s full support; and a smaller panel of core IHF facilitators who will operate as external trainers/ facilitators.  The role of Facilitator Panel Coordinator will develop and oversee the ongoing implementation of this initiative which will include the establishment of a Train the Trainer programme. 

Salary: €45,101 - €53,060 depending on experience

Contract Type: Three years fixed term contract – 37 hours a week. 

Job Location: Our offices are based on Nassau St., Dublin 2. We have a hybrid work model in place (a minimum requirement of 2 days a week in the office). 

Reporting to: Director of Bereavement and Education in the first instance

Responsibilities:

• Devise a three-year project plan including deliverables for roll out of a facilitation panel model at Irish Hospice Foundation.
• Coordinate the set up and ongoing operation of the panels 
• Liaise with external organisation representatives to develop partnerships for hosting facilitators/training champions of IHF programmes ‘Think Ahead’ and ‘Developing compassionate workplaces: grief in the workplace’. 
• Establish memoranda of understanding for organisations where embedded facilitators will train and support colleagues using IHF end of life and grief initiatives
• Set up and manage an organisational procedure for embedding pairs of facilitators in selected national organisations (recruit, select, train, supervise)
• Set up (eligibility criteria, recruitment, selection, training, supervision) and manage a freelance panel of facilitators for ‘Developing compassionate workplaces: grief in the workplace training’ and ‘Think Ahead’
• Develop a quality assurance protocol, tracking and reporting mechanism for the facilitation panel
• Liaise with relevant programme leads in the design and delivery of training and the production of training materials/manuals 
• Liaise with Metrics and Evaluation staff at IHF in defining, collecting and reporting core impact data 
• At times, directly provide training to organisations/ cohorts, with reference to programme leads
• Oversee and support the work of an administrative assistant
• Routine input to organisational and team activities
•  Any other tasks as may be assigned by the manager or designated person

Qualifications and Experience

IHF is open to applications from candidates who have experience in most but not all of the following areas. The successful candidate will be supported through their induction to increase their knowledge and ability to deliver on the responsibilities outlined here. Further training and ongoing support will be available.

Essential:

• Excellent project management skills 
• Third level qualification or relevant work experience (3- 5 years) 
• A qualification in training and/or education/ adult education
• Awareness of and interest in working in the field of death/grief education
• Excellent communication skills
• Excellent interpersonal skills
• A demonstrated ability to develop and implement quality assurance systems
• Excellent written skills
• Proficient use of IT 
• Experience working with organisations/ developing processes

Desirable:

• A track record in evaluation and monitoring
• Worked in voluntary sector
• Experience of running train-the-trainers programmes or panel systems in another location

The above Job Specification is not intended to be a comprehensive list of all duties involved, and, consequently, the post holder may be required to perform other duties as appropriate to the post that may be assigned to them from time to time and to contribute to the development of the post while in office.

Benefits Include: