PART-TIME FINANCE AND ADMINISTRATION OFFICER (2.5 days a week)

Job Title: Part Time Finance and Admin Officer (PEACEPLUS Nature Project)

Employer: Lough Neagh Partnership

Duration:Fixed-term contract until July 2029, commencing on 29 June 2026, subject to the satisfactory receipt of all required references.

Salary: NJC Scale Point 22 £33,699 per annum (pro rata)

Location: Lough Neagh Partnership Offices, Unit 3, 135a Shore Road, Ballyronan

BACKGROUND

The Lough Neagh Partnership is a community-based NGO body made up of local businesses, landowners, community groups, elected representatives and other stakeholders with a responsibility to manage and protect Lough Neagh and its wider wetland area. The Partnership is based in Ballyronan but also has premises at Maghery on the southern shores of the Lough.

The Lough Neagh Ramsar, Lough Neagh and Lough Beg SPA, Lough Neagh ASSI and various SAC and ASSI`s (around the Lough) Citation reports highlight the main conservation interests on, or in, Lough Neagh and its surrounding shoreline. The 2019 Lough Neagh Shoreline Management Plan provides a strategic overview for the management of the Lough Neagh shoreline and identifies conservation priorities. Within this document, the Lough Neagh Islands Conservation Management Plan provides a series of recommendations for the management of those islands currently, or previously, used as breeding bird sites. The Partnership also manages a nature reserve on behalf of NIEA and also leases and is responsible for

PEACEPLUS is a cross-border funding programme managed by the Special EU Programmes Body (SEUPB) and supported by the European Union, the Governments of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, the Government of Ireland, and the Northern Ireland Administration.

The PEACEPLUS Nature project is an ambitious €20.8 million programme which is being funded under the PEACEPLUS programme. It brings together nine partners to tackle the decline in priority species and habitats in Northern Ireland, and the border counties of Ireland.

This partnership is being led by RSPB NI. It includes Birdwatch Ireland, Butterfly Conservation, Monaghan County Council, River Blackwater Catchment Trust, Truagh Development Association, Lough Neagh Partnership and Northern Ireland Water.

The programme will be working to restore blanket bog, lowland wet grassland, limestone grassland and priority species including Curlew, Corncrake, Hen harrier, Small Blue butterfly, and Irish Damselfly. It seeks to restore and improve habitat supporting some of Ireland’s most iconic but threatened species.

Lough Neagh Partnership is one of ten partners within this exciting project. The Partnership will deliver for wildlife around the shoreline and islands of the Lough, and this new post will provide administrative and financial management support on behalf of the Lough Neagh Partnership as part of the PEACEPLUS Nature Project.

Main duties

Provide full administrative support to the project
Assist the PEACEPLUS Project Manager with the delivery of the PEACEPLUS Programme
Assist the Finance Manager with the overall financial management of the PEACEPLUS programme
Ensure full compliance with the PEACEPLUS programme guidelines
Input project information into Peace Plus JEMs digital reporting system
To prepare grant claims & associated documentation and liaise with funders
To provide assistance and information to publicise the events and projects arranged in accordance with the requirements of the project funders.
To share results and experiences gained through the Project to enable project partners and others to learn from the Partnership’s experiences.
Answer phone and queries and be “front” and “first call” for the Lough Neagh Partnership
Attend meetings & take minutes
Liaise with other members of the Lough Neagh Partnership Team
Liaise with internal and external departments
Maintain financial records
To process paperwork and files accordingly
Maintain and update databases
Any other duties as required.

Anticipated timetable:

· Job application open 13^th May 2026

· Closing date for job applications 3^rd June 2026

· Shortlisting and notification inviting applications for job interviews 5^thJune 2026

· Job interviews 12^th June 2026

· Starting date 29^th June 2026

Please note that the indicative timetable outlined above is subject to change; however, all applicants will be kept informed of any updates throughout the recruitment process.

Lough Neagh Partnership

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PART-TIME FINANCE AND ADMINISTRATION OFFICER (PEACEPLUS NATURE PROJECT)