Job Details: Irish Association for Counselling & Psychotherapy: Accreditation Officer


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Irish Association for Counselling & Psychotherapy: Accreditation Officer
JOB TITLE: ACCREDITATION OFFICER

REPORTING TO: Accreditation Supervisor

LIAISING WITH: IACP Sub-Committees

CONTRACT TERM: Permanent

JOB SUMMARY:

Responsible for the coordination, administration and certification of
Professional Accreditation memberships (Therapist, Supervisor & Course
categories), applications and maintenance of individual membership
records. The Accreditation Officer works to ensure that the IACP?s
strategic goals in the area of Professional Accreditation are met.
Accreditation Officer liaises with IACP Sub-committees.

DUTIES & RESPONSIBILITIES:

* Provide helpful, accurate and prompt advice and guidance to
existing & potential members on membership issues
* Provide helpful, accurate and prompt advice and guidance to
potential supervisors on supervision membership issues and to ensure
that membership procedures are correctly followed and updated as
necessary in order to meet requirements
* Provide helpful, accurate and prompt advice and guidance to course
providers on course accreditation membership issues and to ensure that
accreditation procedures are correctly followed and updated as
necessary in order to meet requirements
* Clearing relevant applications for accreditation
* Coordinating relevant paperwork for presentation to IACP
Sub-Committees and minute taking
* Verifying Supervisor Report Forms
* Confirming applicant?s eligibility for membership
* Liaising with the Accreditation Supervisor on the day-to-day
handling of accreditation / supervision enquiries
* Ensure that membership procedures are correctly followed and
updated as necessary in order to meet requirements
* Contribute, as directed, to developing new membership initiatives
* Assist with enquiries about professional categories of membership
and manage the related correspondence and administration as applicants
proceed through the membership and accreditation process
* Maintain accurate member details on the database and make
necessary changes to member contacts details and qualifications both
on the database and on the website (where necessary)
* Attendance at staff meetings
* Other duties as assigned by Line Manager

PERSON SPECIFICATION

ESSENTIAL REQUIREMENTS:

* A third level qualification
* Minimum of 3 years? experience in an administrative / regulatory
role
* Knowledge of and/or interest in education and training delivery
* Excellent timekeeping and pattern of attendance
* Excellent written and verbal communication skills
* Excellent computer skills, demonstrating extensive experience of
Microsoft Word, PowerPoint, Excel and Outlook
* A completer-finisher
* Highly-motivated self-starter with initiative to make things
happen
* Have a calm confident and helpful telephone manner
* Creative and lateral thinker
* Excellent organisational skills, and ability to effectively
prioritise time and work
* Ability to build and maintain mutually beneficial relationships
with other organisations and individuals.
* Flexible
* Able to work on your own initiative
* Very organised
* Full, clean driving licence

DESIRABLE REQUIREMENTS:

* Knowledge of and interest in Counselling and Psychotherapy / mental
health
* Experience of working in the voluntary sector in some capacity or
other
* Experience working with ?Salesforce? or another CRM system

Remuneration and conditions:

The person will report to the Accreditation Supervisor and will be
based in IACP?s Head Office in Dun Laoghaire, although initially
will be required to work remotely. Starting salary will be between
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travel may be required to attend events and meetings.

APPLICATION DETAILS:

Please send a current Curriculum Vitae and Cover Letter outlining why
you meet the needs of this role and send it by email by 3.**Apply on
the website** pm on March **Apply on the website**th **Apply on the
website** for the attention of the IACP Operations Manager to: **Apply
on the website**

Interview dates: **Apply on the website**nd March ? round 1; **Apply
on the website**th March ? round 2;

IN ORDER TO ELIMINATE CONFLICTS OF INTEREST THE PERSON APPOINTED
SHOULD NOT HAVE ANY CURRENT OR RECENT (LAST 2 YEARS) INVOLVEMENT IN
ANY COUNSELLING, PSYCHOTHERAPY OR SUPERVISION TRAINING COURSE.

_IACP IS AN EQUAL OPPORTUNITIES EMPLOYER._
JOB TITLE: ACCREDITATION OFFICER

REPORTING TO: Accreditation Supervisor

LIAISING WITH: IACP Sub-Committees

CONTRACT TERM: Permanent

JOB SUMMARY:

Responsible for the coordination, administration and certification of
Professional Accreditation memberships (Therapist, Supervisor & Course
categories), applications and maintenance of individual membership
records. The Accreditation Officer works to ensure that the IACP?s
strategic goals in the area of Professional Accreditation are met.
Accreditation Officer liaises with IACP Sub-committees.

DUTIES & RESPONSIBILITIES:

* Provide helpful, accurate and prompt advice and guidance to
existing & potential members on membership issues
* Provide helpful, accurate and prompt advice and guidance to
potential supervisors on supervision membership issues and to ensure
that membership procedures are correctly followed and updated as
necessary in order to meet requirements
* Provide helpful, accurate and prompt advice and guidance to course
providers on course accreditation membership issues and to ensure that
accreditation procedures are correctly followed and updated as
necessary in order to meet requirements
* Clearing relevant applications for accreditation
* Coordinating relevant paperwork for presentation to IACP
Sub-Committees and minute taking
* Verifying Supervisor Report Forms
* Confirming applicant?s eligibility for membership
* Liaising with the Accreditation Supervisor on the day-to-day
handling of accreditation / supervision enquiries
* Ensure that membership procedures are correctly followed and
updated as necessary in order to meet requirements
* Contribute, as directed, to developing new membership initiatives
* Assist with enquiries about professional categories of membership
and manage the related correspondence and administration as applicants
proceed through the membership and accreditation process
* Maintain accurate member details on the database and make
necessary changes to member contacts details and qualifications both
on the database and on the website (where necessary)
* Attendance at staff meetings
* Other duties as assigned by Line Manager

PERSON SPECIFICATION

ESSENTIAL REQUIREMENTS:

* A third level qualification
* Minimum of 3 years? experience in an administrative / regulatory
role
* Knowledge of and/or interest in education and training delivery
* Excellent timekeeping and pattern of attendance
* Excellent written and verbal communication skills
* Excellent computer skills, demonstrating extensive experience of
Microsoft Word, PowerPoint, Excel and Outlook
* A completer-finisher
* Highly-motivated self-starter with initiative to make things
happen
* Have a calm confident and helpful telephone manner
* Creative and lateral thinker
* Excellent organisational skills, and ability to effectively
prioritise time and work
* Ability to build and maintain mutually beneficial relationships
with other organisations and individuals.
* Flexible
* Able to work on your own initiative
* Very organised
* Full, clean driving licence

DESIRABLE REQUIREMENTS:

* Knowledge of and interest in Counselling and Psychotherapy / mental
health
* Experience of working in the voluntary sector in some capacity or
other
* Experience working with ?Salesforce? or another CRM system

Remuneration and conditions:

The person will report to the Accreditation Supervisor and will be
based in IACP?s Head Office in Dun Laoghaire, although initially
will be required to work remotely. Starting salary will be between
?**Apply on the website**,**Apply on the website**-?**Apply on the
website**,**Apply on the website** depending on experience. Some
travel may be required to attend events and meetings.

APPLICATION DETAILS:

Please send a current Curriculum Vitae and Cover Letter outlining why
you meet the needs of this role and send it by email by 3.**Apply on
the website** pm on March **Apply on the website**th **Apply on the
website** for the attention of the IACP Operations Manager to: **Apply
on the website**

Interview dates: **Apply on the website**nd March ? round 1; **Apply
on the website**th March ? round 2;

IN ORDER TO ELIMINATE CONFLICTS OF INTEREST THE PERSON APPOINTED
SHOULD NOT HAVE ANY CURRENT OR RECENT (LAST 2 YEARS) INVOLVEMENT IN
ANY COUNSELLING, PSYCHOTHERAPY OR SUPERVISION TRAINING COURSE.

_IACP IS AN EQUAL OPPORTUNITIES EMPLOYER._


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