Grade III Clerical Officer

Dundalk Institute of Technology (DkIT) is the leading higher education institute in the North Leinster-South Ulster region and has earned an international reputation for first-class teaching and learning and outstanding research and innovation.

DkIT provides learner-centred graduate-focused higher education and craft apprenticeships to approximately 5,200 students across its four Academic Schools of Business & Humanities, Engineering, Health & Science and Informatics & Creative Arts.

DkIT’s state-of-the-art campus is located at the epicentre of the M1 Dublin-Belfast economic corridor, an area marked as having significant importance due to its growing population and strong cross-border economic links. The institute’s core mission is to serve the needs of this region by continuing to drive and inspire globally connected educational, economic, social and cultural development.

The Institute wishes to establish a temporary panel for Grade III Clerical Officer posts, from which, all clerical vacancies arising over a specific period will be filled. All contracts issued from this panel will be temporary and whole-time. No permanent contracts will be offered to candidates who are recommended to this panel.

The appointee may be assigned to any of a very wide range of areas or activities carried out in an Institute, in any of its campuses.

The duties may be of a clerical nature such as the preparation, certification and processing of salaries and wages, the processing and payment of accounts, the processing and examination of various claims and applications for services, the preparation and input of material on computers, the keeping of records and returns, the processing of examination results, student admission and registration. The appointee would be expected to make decisions within limits and clearly defined guidelines and would normally carry out these duties under a reasonable level of supervision.

Alternatively, the grading would be appropriate to jobs involving the provision of secretarial services to a senior officer or to a group of senior officers, including typing and audio-typing and involving access to and processing significant confidential information. The job could involve regular contacts with students, staff, the public and organisations and individuals at all levels where discretion, tact, courtesy and judgement would have to be constantly exercised. The jobholder would be expected to exercise a good degree of initiative and be capable of working under a reasonable level of supervision.

 

All jobs demand a good knowledge and skill in the use of Information and Communication Technologies and appointees will be expected to use new techniques and technologies as they arise. The Institute will provide the necessary training as appropriate. Candidates must have obtained at least Grade D in five subjects in the Leaving Certificate Examination or equivalent.

 

Following appointment the appointee will be assigned to a particular location and post – institutes may operate a number of different locations in addition to the main campus. On assignment to the post, the Institute will provide a detailed list of duties and responsibilities applicable to the post. The appointee will carry out the lawful instructions of the President and comply with the requirements and regulations of the Minister for Education and Skills.

 

PLEASE NOTE A PANEL WILL BE FORMED FROM WHICH ALL CLERICAL VACANCIES ARISING OVER A SPECIFIC PERIOD WILL BE FILLED.

ALL CONTRACTS ISSUED FROM THIS PANEL WILL BE TEMPORARY AND WHOLE-TIME. NO PERMANENT CONTRACTS WILL BE OFFERED TO CANDIDATES WHO ARE RECOMMENDED TO THE PANEL.

Salary Scale: €31,119 - €48,425(17 points)

Please note: All appointees who do not have previous service in the Public Sector will be placed on the first point of the salary scale as per new entrants circular to the Public Sector. The qualifications for appointment and conditions of service for this post are subject to the provisions of the Institutes of Technology Acts, 1992-2006 and as amended.

Candidates will be shortlisted for interview based on information supplied and subject to a Clerical/IT Skills test to be held at the Institute. (date to be confirmed)

All applications should be submitted via the DKIT on-line e-Recruitment system.

https://www.dkit.ie/human-resource/vacancies

No other form of application will be accepted. See also publicjobs.ie and irishJobs.ie

 

The closing date for receipt of completed application forms is 12 noon, on Friday 06 February 2026. Late applications are not accepted.

 

Dundalk Institute of Technology is an Equal Opportunities Employer and is committed to the employment policies, procedures and practices, which do not discriminate on grounds such as gender, civil status, family status, age, disability, race, religious belief, sexual orientation or membership of the travelling community.