Administrator

BROTHERS OF CHARITY SERVICES IRELAND - WEST REGION

PERMANENT FULL-TIME ADMINISTRATOR (GRADE IV)

CHILDREN’S DISABILITY NETWORK TEAM 6/CHILDREN’S SERVICES

Job Ref: 89799

A panel may be formed from this competition from which future Administrator (Grade IV) vacancies in the Children’s Disability Network Team 6 may be filled over the next 6 months.

Introduction:

The Brothers of Charity Services Ireland is the lead agency for our Children’s Disability Network Team 6. This team provides a community-based, person-centred service focusing on the needs and abilities of children and adults with intellectual disabilities. The vision of the service is to support people with intellectual disabilities to achieve a full and valued life in their community, in line with best practice both nationally and internationally. Working in partnership with each person supported by services, and their family and communities, we aim to create opportunities for people supported by services to have ordinary life experiences and to be closely connected to family and friends. We are committed to supporting people to live a life of their choosing, and the provision of quality services to meet the needs of the people we support.

Location and Role:

The successful candidate will work with all members of the team to ensure safe, quality and personalised service. The post holder will be required to have an understanding and respect for working in accordance with the mission and ethos of the Brothers of Charity Services Ireland. This requires a personal commitment to the vision expressed both in words and in style of working. The successful candidate will also be expected to respond to all queries for service provision and forward them on to the relevant staff member as appropriate.

The initial appointment of the role will be based in Newcastle, Galway with potential for relocation to Renmore, Galway over the course of time.

Reporting/Responsible To:

Children’s Disability Network 6 Manager or delegate.

Qualifications/Experience/Skills:

· A recognised qualification in secretarial/administration/ECDL or equivalent and proficiency in IT packages is essential.

· Proficiency and Fluency in English both spoken and written and verbal.

· 3-5 years administrative experience working a busy office environment, managing multi- con-current pieces of work, whilst using computer technology effectively.

· IT literate with excellent working knowledge of MS Office.

· Experience of working in a clinical community setting (such as CDNT, GP Practice etc).

· Organisational skills with accuracy and attention to detail.

· Maintaining confidentiality is a fundamental requirement.

· Ability to exercise good judgement discretion and confidentiality.

Working Hours:

70 hours per fortnight rostered on a 5-day Monday to Friday basis. Flexibility in relation to your hours of work will be required in order to meet service needs. Contracted hours of work may change between the hours of 8 a.m. and 8 p.m. over 7 days as future service needs require. Flexibility may be required in order to meet Service demands.

The Brothers of Charity model of service is based on Personal Outcome Measures requiring employees to be flexible in their working hours to provide a quality service delivery for each individual.

Annual Leave:

26 days per annum.

Remuneration:

Department of Health Grade IV (Clerical) salary scale (1/8/25) - € 35,609 x 9 increments - 51,718 (Max) per annum.

LSI 1 € 53,296 per annum is payable after 3 years on the maximum of the scale.

LSI 2 € 54,914 per annum is payable after a further 3 years.

Tenure:

This post is permanent full-time and pensionable.

Probation:

A probationary period of nine months from the date of appointment applies to the post. The employment may be terminated at any time during the probationary period should the employer find that the appointee is unsuitable to continue employment. The probation period may be extended at the Employer’s discretion.

Full Job Description Attached Below

Closing Date, Friday December 12th at 5:00pm

Informal enquires for this post to

Gillian Raftery, Children’s Disability Network Manager

on 091 721400

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