Project Specialist

Belfast (Hybrid)

Posted on
December 18, 2025

CES wishes to recruit an experienced Project Specialist to its staff team. This is a unique opportunity for an experienced practitioner to contribute his or her skills to a policy and practice environment where creative thinking and innovation is required.

The successful candidate will be able to apply research in a cross-disciplinary context, making the connection between evidence, implementation and practice. They should have a demonstrated ability to connect practitioners to evidence and support its implementation in real world settings.

The position is offered on a full-time basis, for a contract duration of 3 years. The successful candidate will benefit from a competitive package which includes a range of options for flexible working, access to a focussed wellbeing programme (EAP) and exceptional training and development opportunities.

Equal Opportunities

We are an equal opportunity employer and value diversity at CES. Should you require accommodations or assistance during our recruitment process due to a disability, please contact recruitment@effectiveservices.org for support.

For more details on our recruitment process, please see CES recruitment policy here.

Diversity and Inclusion

In an effort to promote equal opportunities and reinforce hiring practices at our organisation we have included below an optional Diversity and Inclusion survey. Your responses, or your choice not to respond, is entirely anonymous and will not be associated with your application.

Diversity & Inclusion form

Data Protection

The personal data that we collect as part of this recruitment competition will be processed, stored and retained in line with data protection legislation and CES’ Data Protection and Privacy Policies. You will find details on how we process your data in our Privacy Statement here.

For further queries on data protection, please contact us on dataprotection@effectiveservices.org

Details

Role Profile
here.

Location

Belfast (Hybrid)

Contract Length

3 year fixed-term contract

Team / Area

Applications

To apply, please forward your CV with cover letter to recruitment@effectiveservices.org

(kindly include “Application – Project Specialist” in the subject line).

Your cover letter should detail what attracts you to the role and to CES and how your experience meets the essential and desirable criteria.

To be considered for this role, candidates must be legally eligible to work in Northern Ireland.

Any queries can be addressed in confidence to recruitment@effectiveservices.org

Application Deadline

4:00 pm
on
Friday, January 9, 2026

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