Assessment Associate

Assessment Associate (Temporary)

A well-established organisation based in Belfast, are currently seeking an experienced Assessment Associate to join their team.

This is a Full-time, Temporary Position – initially for 6-9 months (to start immediately).

Working hours: Mon-Fri 37 hours per week.

With a salary of £43,315 - £45,351 per annum (dependent on experience).

Job Purpose:

You will be responsible for key aspects of the project assessment, accountable department and applicant engagement along with supporting call development and other investment area work of administered funding Programmes. Also ensuring the delivery of an efficient and effective service in the assessment of investment areas, delivering timely reports to higher management and hand over to colleagues for delivery of the projects.

Essential Criteria:

• An Honours degree or equivalent third level qualification
• Demonstrable experience of assessment of projects/proposals/funding applications
• Experience of collating and reviewing of non- financial information (reports etc.) and follow-up action as required
• Experience in working with, understanding, and interpreting financial data
• Ability to demonstrate experience in negotiating and maintaining effective relationships with key contacts internally and externally
• Excellent communication skills, both written and verbal with the ability to communicate with

stakeholders at all levels as well with the ability of negotiation and influencing skills

• Ability to manage and prioritise a busy workload
• Ability to work on your own initiative as well as part of a team
• Access to transport as travelling between sites will be required

Desirable Criteria:

• A minimum of 3 years’ experience at management level
• Experience of European funding programmes, in particular assessing applications

Main Duties and Responsibilities:

• Develop and maintain productive relationships with key stakeholders in assessment process.
• Follow robust and effective procedures and systems for the timely delivery of the assessments.
• Assist in the review of policies and procedures for assessment of projects.
• Provide necessary input into the moderation, finalisation and supporting information needed for the Committee.
• Implement effective project administration and financial control systems.
• Write assessment of project applications and manage economic appraisal process (if required).
• Preparation of business cases for Accountable Departments (if required).
• Ensure that successful projects are consistent with all policy requirements.
• Investigate and resolve problems and queries from the programmes, responding to feedback/complaints without undue delay.
• Draft progress reports as required.
• Assist the Programme Associates or Director in preparing updates on assessment activity as required.
• Agreeing processes / timelines for specific calls and updating call timetable.
• Ensuring audit compliance in line with required standards.
• Delivering policy requirements for the behalf of the organisation such as GDPR.
• Quality assurance of outputs, including peer review of scored assessment reports to ensure consistency of approach.
• Represent the organisation at meetings with Accountable Departments.
• Meetings with potential funding applicants for pre-development support as required.
• Managing all de-briefing processes and review procedures instigated by unsuccessful applicants.
• Contract Management of technical consultants as required.