Adult School Warden

QUALIFICATIONS

1.               CHARACTER

Candidates shall be of good character.

2.               HEALTH

Candidates shall be in a state of health such as would indicate a reasonable prospect of ability to render regular and efficient service.

3.               EDUCATION, TRAINING, EXPERIENCE, ETC.

Each candidate must have obtained such a standard of education as would enable the candidate to effectively carry out the duties of the position.

Preferably the successful candidate will demonstrate and will be required as part of their duties to possess: -

· Excellent communication and interpersonal skills

· Punctuality at all times

· Flexibility in terms of working hours and availability to work

· Capability of assimilating the training, which shall be necessary for the performance of their duty

· Ability to use initiative and judgement

· Satisfactory knowledge of Health and Safety matters

4.               GARDA VETTING

The successful candidate will be required to co-operate with a Garda vetting procedure and must have Garda clearance.

5.               CITIZENSHIP

Candidates must, by the date of any job offer, be:

(a)    A citizen of the European Economic Area (EEA). The EEA consists of the Member States of the European Union, Iceland, Liechtenstein and Norway; or

(b)    A citizen of the United Kingdom (UK); or

(c)     A citizen of Switzerland pursuant to the agreement between the EU and Switzerland on the free movement of persons; or

(d)    A non-EEA citizen who is a spouse or child of an EEA or UK or Swiss citizen and has a stamp 4 visa; or

(e)    A person awarded international protection under the International Protection Act 2015 or any family member entitled to remain in the State as a result of family reunification and has a stamp 4 visa or

(f)      A non-EEA citizen who is a parent of a dependent child who is a citizen of, and resident in, an EEA member state or the UK or Switzerland and has a stamp 4 visa.

PERSON PROFILE

DUTIES:

The duties of the post are to give to the local authority

(a) such other local authorities or bodies for which the Chief Executive, for the purposes of the City and County Management Acts, is Chief Executive, and

(b) to any other local authority or body with which an agreement has been made by the local authority or by any of the authorities or bodies mentioned in sub-paragraph (a) of this paragraph,

under the direction and supervision of the appropriate Director of Services or any other officer designated by him/her, such services as may be required by any local authority or body herein before mentioned in the exercise and performance of any of its powers, functions and duties.

The duties of the post will include, but are not limited to, the following:

· The duty of the Warden is to safeguard children enroute to and from school when crossing the road at the appointed place, and for that purpose to act in accordance with the instructions which will accompany notice of appointment.

· The Warden must attend at the crossing-place to which he/she is assigned regularly and punctually; in the event of inability to attend due to illness or any other cause, it is essential that the Administrative Officer, Roads Section, Wexford County Council Offices, Carricklawn, Wexford, be informed of the fact.

· The hours of attendance will be the minimum of hours prescribed in the guidelines regulating the appointment of School Wardens, adapted to meet the needs of the school(s) concerned and conditions at the location in question, as more particularly set out in the notice of appointment and revised from time to time.

· The duties of the employment are performable at the location to which the person appointed is assigned or at any other location as may be required.

SELECTION PROCESS

Applications will only be accepted on the official Wexford County Council application form as advertised with the post.

Four completed application forms (Original form plus 3 copies) must be forwarded to The Human Resources Officer, Wexford County Council, Carricklawn, Wexford, no later than the closing date and time of: 5.00 pm on Thursday, 7th August, 2025.

Please do not include a CV, additional information may be submitted on a separate sheet if necessary. Do not forward any certificates or references with this form, unless requested to do so.

Application forms received after closing time and date will not be considered.

The selection process may include any or all of the following: -

• The number of persons seeking admission to a competition generally exceeds that required to fill the available posts and while candidates may meet eligibility it is not practical to interview everyone. In those cases, the Local Authority may employ a shortlisting procedure. The number of candidates to be invited for interview shall be determined by the local authority. The shortlisting will be carried out by or on behalf of the Local Authority against criteria specified for the position and only on the basis of the information contained in the candidates application form;

• Completion of an online questionnaire or any other tests or exercises deemed appropriate by the Local Authority;

• A competitive preliminary and/or final interview, conducted by or on behalf of the Local Authority, this may include interviews being held remotely;

• The Local Authority may create a panel from which future temporary and permanent vacancies

at the specified grade may be filled.

Any attempt by a candidate, or by any person(s) acting at the candidate’s instigation, directly or indirectly, by means of written communication or otherwise to influence in the candidate’s favour, any member of the staff of the County Council or person nominated by the County Council to interview or examine applicants, will automatically disqualify the candidate from the position being sought.

Wexford County Council will not be responsible for any expense a candidate may incur in attending for interview.

The Local Authority shall require a person to whom an appointment is offered to take up such appointment within a period of not more than one month and if he/she fails to take up the appointment within such period or such longer period as the Local Authority in its absolute discretion may determine, the Local Authority shall not appoint him/her.

You will receive an acknowledgement of your application. Should you not receive an acknowledgement, please email recruitment@wexfordcoco.ie.

CONDITIONS OF SERVICE

1. Tenure:

The post is permanent, part-time and pensionable.

Persons who become pensionable employees of a Local Authority who are liable to pay the Class A rate of PRSI contribution will be required in respect of their superannuation to contribute to the Local Authority at the rate of 1.5% of their pensionable remuneration plus 3.5% of net pensionable remuneration (i.e. pensionable remuneration less twice the annual rate of social insurance old age contributory pension payable at the maximum rate to a person with no adult dependent or qualified children).

All persons who become pensionable employees of a Local Authority will be required in respect of the Local Government (Spouses and Children’s Contributory Pension) Scheme to contribute to the Local Authority at the rate of 1.5% of their net pensionable remuneration (i.e. pensionable remuneration less twice the annual rate of social insurance old age contributory pension payable at the maximum rate to a person with no adult dependent or qualified children) in accordance with the terms of the Scheme.

For new entrants under the Single Public Service Pension Schemeeffective from 01/01/2013, superannuation contributions are 3.5% of net pensionable remuneration and 3% of pensionable remuneration.

2. Probation:

Where a person who is not already a permanent employee of Wexford County Council is appointed, the following provisions shall apply:

(a) there shall be a period after such appointment takes effect during which such person shall hold such employment on probation;

(b) such period shall be 6 months, but the Chief Executive may, at his discretion, extend such period;

(c) such person shall cease to hold such employment at the end of the period of probation, unless during such period the Chief Executive has certified that the service of such person is satisfactory.

3. Hourly Remuneration:

The hourly rate of pay is €19.28.

The rate of remuneration may be adjusted from time to time in line with Government pay policy.

4. Before taking up duty the Warden will be required to undergo training and for that purpose may be required to attend at the Garda Station.

5. Employment is for every school day, normally five days (Monday to Friday) of each week (approximately 35 minutes in the morning and approximately 1 hour 20 minutes in the afternoon), excluding school holidays.

6. The person appointed will be entitled to paid sick leave, in accordance with the Council’s policy on sick leave for Employees.

7. The annual leave entitlement will be 8% of hours worked for each school year, payable in July.

8. The person appointed shall work under the general direction of the appropriate Director of Services, or any employee designated by the appropriate Director of Services.

9. The person appointed shall undergo such training as may be decided by the Local Authority from time to time.

10. The person appointed shall wear the uniform and clothing provided by the Council at all times while on duty.

11. Health:

For the purpose of satisfying the requirement as to health, it will be necessary for successful candidates, before being appointed, to undergo at their expense, a medical examination by a qualified medical practitioner to be nominated by the local authority. Defects reported as a result of this examination must be remedied before appointment. On taking up appointment, the expense of the medical examination will be refunded to the candidate.

12. Retirement/Superannuation:

Single Public Service Pension Scheme:

Effective from 1st January 2013, The Single Public Service Schemeapplies to all first-time new entrants to the public service, as well as to former public servants returning to the public service after a break of more than 26 weeks.

All new entrants to pensionable public service employment on or after 1 January 2013 are, in general, members of the Single Scheme.

Pension Age: Minimum pension age of 66 years (rising to 67 and 68 in line with State Pension age changes). Scheme Members must retire at the age of 70 years.

New entrants to the public service appointed on or after 1st April, 2004.

Retirement Age will be determined by the terms of the Public Service Superannuation (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act, 2004. The Act introduces new retirement provisions for new entrants to the public service appointed on or after 1st April, 2004. For new entrants there is no compulsory retirement age and 65 is the earliest age at which retirement benefits can be paid.

In all other cases, 60 years is the minimum retirement age, with 70 years being the maximum retirement age.

13. Residence:

The holder of the post shall reside in the district in which his or her duties are to be performed, or within a reasonable distance thereof.