Rights Respecting Schools Award - Professional Adviser (Northern Ireland)

The UK Committee for UNICEF (UNICEF UK); United Kingdom; Remote; GBP 42,000; Part time

Job summary

A leading children's organization in the UK is seeking a Professional Adviser to join the Rights Respecting Schools Team. The role, working part-time from home in Northern Ireland, involves implementing child rights education in schools. Candidates should possess excellent knowledge of the CRC and strong ICT skills. The post offers competitive pay and benefits including generous leave and training opportunities.

Benefits

Generous annual leave

Pension contributions

Wellbeing tools

Training and learning opportunities

Qualifications

• Experience with child rights education in school settings.
• Proven ability to lead, support, and develop colleagues.
• Understanding of the education landscape in Northern Ireland.

Responsibilities

• Implement the RRSA in Northern Ireland.
• Deliver the COLOUR project in collaboration with partners.

Skills

Knowledge of the CRC

ICT and communication skills

Personal drive and motivation

Teamwork and positive change commitment

Job description

Rights Respecting Schools Award - Professional Adviser (Northern Ireland)

Circa £42,000 per annum

Temporary (Funded until August 2029 – This post is supported by PEACEPLUS, a programme managed by the Special EU Programmes Body (SEUPB)

Part time: 24.5 hours per week

Working from home in Northern Ireland with regular local travel and, at least quarterly, meetings in London. Access to a car and a clean driving licence are essential requirements.

UNICEF ensures more of the world’s children are vaccinated, educated and protected than any other organisation. We have done more to influence laws and policies to help protect children than anyone else. We get things done. And we’re not going to stop until the world is a safe place for all our children.

This is a great opportunity to join the UK Committee for UNICEF (UNICEF UK) as a member of the Rights Respecting Schools Team.

With knowledge and experience of child rights education in school settings you will play a key role in the implementation of the RRSA in Northern Ireland. You will have a key role in delivering the COLOUR project (Communities of Learning, Openness, and Understanding through Rights) – a cross border collaboration with partners from UNICEF Ireland, Kids’ Own Publishing Partnership, and Ulster University.

The successful applicant will have:

• Excellent knowledge of the CRC, the education landscape in Northern Ireland and the challenges facing school leaders at this time.
• Well developed ICT and communication skills and a clear capacity to lead, support and develop colleagues.
• High levels of personal drive and motivation with a proven commitment to effective teamwork and delivering positive change for children.

Act now and visit our website via the link, to apply online.

Closing date: 5pm Monday 10 November 2025.

In return, we offer

• excellent pay and benefits (including generous annual leave and pension contributions, and wellbeing tools)
• outstanding training and learning opportunities and the support to flourish in your role
• an open culture and workplace with colleagues who share our values, enjoy their work and are motivated to do their utmost for children.
• the opportunity to work in a leading children’s organisation making a difference to children throughout the UK

Our application process:

We a system called "Applied" that anonymises your responses and focuses on your actual skills that are relevant to this role. This benefits you by giving you a greater chance of expressing your skills in this objective selection process.

We particularly welcome applications from black, Asian and minority ethnic candidates, LGBTQ+ candidates, disabled candidates, and from men, because we would like to increase the representation of these groups at this level at UNICEF UK. We want to do this because we know greater diversity will lead to even greater results for children.

UNICEF UK promotes equality, diversity and inclusion in our workplace. We make employment decisions by matching business needs with skills and experience of candidates, irrespective of age, disability (including hidden disabilities), gender, gender identity or gender reassignment, marriage and civil partnership, pregnancy and maternity, race, religion or belief, or sexual orientation.

We welcome a conversation about your flexible working requirements, personal growth, and promoting a workplace where you can be yourself and achieve success based only on your merit.

The successful candidate will be required to apply for an enhanced criminal records check. A criminal record will not necessarily bar you from working with us. This will depend on the nature of the role and the circumstances of your offences.

We only accept online applications as this saves us money, making more funds available for us to help ensure children’s rights.

If you require support in completing the online form or an application form in an alternative format, please contact Supporter Care on 0300 330 5580 during office hours.

If you do not hear from us within 14 days of the closing date, please assume your application has been unsuccessful on this occasion. Please note that we only provide feedback to shortlisted candidates.

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