Health And Safety Officer

CORLANN WEST

PERMANENT FULL-TIME HEALTH AND SAFETY OFFICER ROSCOMMON SERVICES

JOB REF: 94199

Role Description:

Corlann provides a wide range of services to people with an intellectual disability and to their families in Galway and Roscommon. This position is within the Health & Safety Department West Region. The Health & Safety Officer, as a member of the Health & Safety team, is a role designed to provide Health and Safety support to Corlann within County Roscommon Services, with a dual focus for the health and safety of employees of Corlann and for the people supported by Corlann.

Reporting To: Health and Safety Manager West Region

Qualifications/Experience:

The successful candidate must hold a Level 8 degree in Occupational Health and Safety.

The successful candidate must have minimum of 3 years’ experience in Health and Safety in an organisation.

Experience working in Healthcare/ Intellectual Disability setting is desirable.

A full clean Driving Licence (Class B) and use of own car is an essential requirement.

Skills:

Candidates must demonstrate the following skills:

Fluency in verbal and written English is an essential requirement of this post.

Excellent communication, administration and organisational skills with accuracy and good attention to detail.

Ability to exercise good judgement, discretion and confidentiality, to communicate effectively in both written and verbal forms and co-operate in a team environment.

A high level of flexibility, willingness and an ability to develop new approaches to our work whilst meeting the changing needs of our service.

Capability to apply technical knowledge and experience to Health and Safety principles and demonstrate a good understanding of Health & Safety systems and legislation.

Ability to produce results, prioritise objectives and schedule work to make best use of time/resources.

Competence in MS Applications and Electronic Information systems.

Working Hours:

35 hours per week based on a 5 day duty roster. Contracted hours of work are liable to change between the hours of 8am and 8pm to meet the requirements of the service. The Corlann 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:

30 days per annum.

Remuneration:

Department of Health Grade VI (Clerical) salary scale (01/08/2025) - €57,325 to €70,034 gross per annum.

The reference salary applying to the grade ranges from a minimum of €57,325 to a maximum of €65,363 gross basic per annum. After three years on the maximum point, a Long Service Increment applies bringing the annual salary to €67,695 gross basic per annum. After a further three years another Long Service Increment applies bring the annual salary to the maximum of €70,034 gross per annum.

Tenure:

This post is permanent, full-time and pensionable.

Location/Travel Base:

Based in Corlann Offices, Lanesborough Street, Roscommon Town, County Roscommon with the requirement of travel to services to meet requirements of job description

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 probationary period may be extended at the Employer’s discretion.

JOB DESCRIPTION - Please see attached

Informal enquiries to Sandra Jennings, Health and Safety Manager on 087-1469148.

Closing date for receipt of applications/CV on-line is 5pm, Tuesday 17th March 2026.

Interviews will be held on Tuesday 31st March 2026.

Corlann West is an equal opportunities employer

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