Compliance Officer

BACKGROUND

The Finance Department deals with the short and long-term financing of the City Council’s operations, both of a revenue and capital nature. It has a key role in leading and managing an effective and responsive financial service to support service delivery. The City Council’s 2026 revenue budget is €1.69bn and provides for operational activities and is funded through rates, government grants and service charges. In addition, the three year Capital programme 2025 – 2027 amounts to €3.26bn and provides for the delivery of planned infrastructure.

THE ROLE

Dublin City Council operates within an increasingly complex regulatory and governance environment. Reporting to the Head of Finance, the Compliance Officer (Temporary), will be responsible for coordinating compliance, monitoring adherence to statutory and internal requirements and reporting on organisation-wide compliance performance.

THE IDEAL CANDIDATE SHALL

• have significant experience at a management level;

• have a satisfactory knowledge of public service organisation in Ireland;

• have a good knowledge of local government sectoral developments and understand their impact for Dublin City Council;

• have proven experience in policy development, risk management, collaboration, internal control review and reporting to senior management;

• have strong communication, analytical, and cross-functional collaboration skills;

• have excellent organisation skills and possess the drive to deliver the required results;

• have strong judgement and capacity to work autonomously;

• have an ability to operate effectively in an environment with significant complexity and pace;

• have experience of staff supervision and performance management;

• have an ability to work and deliver results within tight deadlines, in a changing and fast moving environment;

• have good knowledge and awareness of Health and Safety Legislation and Regulations, the implications for the organisation and the employee, and their application in the workplace.

QUALIFICATIONS

CHARACTER:

Each candidate shall be of good character.

HEALTH:

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

EDUCATION, EXPERIENCE, ETC.:

Each candidate must, on the latest date for receipt of completed applications:-

(a) be well educated;

(b) have significant experience at an appropriate level in leading teams and managing resources;

(c) possess a high standard of administrative and management experience at an appropriate level

Desirable

• Minimum Level 8 in the National Framework of Qualifications in Business or equivalent;

• Additional qualifications i.e. QFA, IIA or equivalent;

• Minimum of 5 years’ experience in a similar role in compliance or internal audit with exposure to Public Sector Audits and Auditors.

DUTIES

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

• Develop and monitor the implementation of compliance frameworks and a system for compliance reporting.

• Produce and implement an annual compliance monitoring plan with relevant stakeholders.

• Review procedures and systems on a planned basis from the viewpoint of effective compliance and work with departments to develop solutions necessary to ensure compliance.

• Work with relevant departments to identify priorities for the development of compliance management including the monitoring and reporting on compliance with corporate policies and procedures.

• Produce professional high-level reports for Senior Management.

• Carry out investigations and enquiries across the organisation on compliance matters and highlight or escalate areas of concern.

• Contribute to and assist in the development of policies in relation to effective compliance controls within the organisation.

• Collaborate with all departments to develop a culture of compliance across the organisation.

• Review staff training processes to ensure appropriate compliance competencies. Educate employees on not only the regulations, but also the impact on the organisation if these are not complied with.

• Continuously improve the control environment across the organisation and the assessment and reporting of its effectiveness.

• Work with departments and the Risk Management Unit to ensure that compliance risk is identified, managed and mitigated effectively.

• Inform risk register/risk management at local level and identify areas of concern for more detailed examination

• Carry out such other duties as may be assigned from time to time.

The particular duties and responsibilities attached to the post may vary from time to time, without changing the general character of the duties or level of responsibilities entailed. The post holder may therefore be required to perform duties appropriate to the post, other than those detailed above, and to take instructions from and report to, an appropriate Officer or such designated Officer as may be assigned from time to time by the City Council.

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

(a) the local authorities or bodies for which the Chief Executive 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 referred to in sub-paragraph (a) of this paragraph under the general direction and control of the Chief Executive or of such officers as the Chief Executive may from time to time determine, such appropriate computing, technical, management, administrative, executive, supervisory, advisory and ancillary services as may be required by any local authority or body hereinbefore mentioned in the exercise and performance of any of its powers, functions and duties and to exercise such powers, functions and duties as may be delegated to them by the Chief Executive from time to time including the duty of servicing all committees that may be established by any such local authority or body. The holder of the post will, if required, act for an officer of a higher level.

SELECTION PROCESS

• The post of Compliance Officer (Temporary) will be filled from this publicly advertised competition. Selection shall be by means of a competition conducted by or on behalf of Dublin City Council.

• Candidates should note that the information provided by them in their application form and assessment questions will form the basis on which eligibility and short listing is conducted.

• Dublin City Council reserves the right to undertake eligibility and/or shortlist candidates in the manner it deems most appropriate.

• A panel may be formed on the basis of interviews. A candidate whose name is on a panel and who satisfies the Council that they possess the qualifications declared for the post and that they are otherwise suitable for appointment may, within the life of the panel, subject to the appropriate Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage sanction, be appointed as an appropriate vacancy arises.

• The life of the panel shall be for a period of one year from the date of its formation.

• Dublin City Council shall require any person to whom an appointment is offered to take up such appointment within a period of not more than one month and if they fail to take up appointment within such period, or such longer period as the Council in its absolute discretion may determine, the Council shall not appoint them.

SHORTLISTING

Dublin City Council reserves the right to shortlist candidates to proceed to the interview stage of the competition. Shortlisting of candidates will be on the basis of information supplied on the Application Form, in conjunction with the answers given in the assessment question(s). It is therefore in your own interest to provide a detailed and accurate account of your qualifications/experience in your application.

The shortlisting process will provide for the assessment of each applicant’s application form against predetermined criteria that reflect the skills and depth of experience considered to be essential for a position at this level.

INTERVIEW

The interview will be competency based and marks will be awarded under the following competencies;

• Management and Change

• Delivering Results

• Performance through People

• Personal Effectiveness

• Local Authority Knowledge and Experience

SALARY:

The salary scale for the position of Compliance Officer (Temporary) is;

€81,777; €82,506; €85,715; €88,944; €92,179; €95,379; €98,600 (Maximum); €102,252 (1st LSI) (after 3 years satisfactory service on the Maximum); €108,074 (2nd LSI) (after 3 years satisfactory service on the 1st LSI).

Entry point to this scale will be determined in accordance with Circulars issued by the Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage. In accordance with Departmental Circular letter EL 02/2011, a person who is not a serving public service employee on or after 1st January 2011, will enter the scale for the position at the minimum point.

Rate of remuneration may be adjusted from time to time in line with Government Policy.

Under the Public Service Stability Agreement 2013, the working hours for newly appointed/promoted staff are 35 hours per week.

PARTICULARS OF POSITION

The post is temporary (2 years), whole time and pensionable.

Dublin City Council reserves the right to, at any time, assign an employee to any Department now or in the future.

The nature of this employment is fixed term in line with sanction received from the Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage.

CITIZENSHIP

Candidates must, by the date of application 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.

Dublin City Council welcomes all nationalities and ethnic backgrounds to join its diverse workforce and we hereby reserve the sole discretion to vary the above requirements from time to time subject to the business needs and staffing requirements.

IRISH PROFICIENCY

As part of our ongoing commitment to support the Irish language, our leadership on the Gaeilge365 programme and to comply with the Official Languages (Amendment) Act 2021, we are gathering information on candidates’ capacity to speak Irish.

Under this legislation, public bodies are required to ensure that 20% of new recruits are capable of performing their duties through Irish by 2030. While this position is not an Irish language speaking role, we are asking all applicants to indicate their current level of Irish language ability.

This information will be used for workforce planning purposes only and will not form part of the selection process for this competition.