ICT Systems Administrator (Officer) - Hybrid

The National Biodiversity Data Centre is seeking to appoint an ICT Systems Administrator to work within our Digital Services Team.

The closing date for applications is 5pm on Friday the 9th of May 2025

THE POSITION

Background The National Biodiversity Data Centre is the newest, state-sponsored centre, established to support biodiversity data and information needs to address the Biodiversity Crisis. It was established as a Company Limited by Guarantee in December 2022, following a decision of Government to secure the long-term future of the Centre.

The primary role of the Centre is to contribute to build the knowledge base on biodiversity and track how it is changing in Ireland. It works to ensure that data and information on Ireland’s biodiversity is more freely available and accessible for use in research, conservation management and decision-making. A priority of the Centre is to ensure that data and information is easily accessible to promote a better understanding and appreciation of biodiversity at the local level. The National Biodiversity Data Centre is a predominantly publicly funded entity, rather than a public sector body.

Since its establishment as a Company Limited by Guarantee, the National Biodiversity . Data Centre has undergone a transformative phase with new and improve governance structures, has developed its five-year Strategic Plan, and has almost doubled its staff complement. Consequently, it is now better equipped to make a real and lasting impact on what we know about the state of biodiversity in Ireland, and what evidence-based actions are best to address biodiversity loss The National Biodiversity Data Centre has built and manages an extensive biodiversity digital infrastructure to meet many of the national biodiversity data management needs.

This infrastructure is offered as a shared service to partner organisations to assist their biodiversity data management needs and to facilitate data mobilisation. Underpinning this infrastructure is a national biodiversity database which at the end of 2024 contains almost seven million species occurrence records of almost 19,000 species.

A Digital Services Team has been established to support the work of the Centre and to assist the growing number of staff being recruited. Working closely with Compass Informatics Limited, the National Biodiversity Data Centre’s current Technical Support Partner, the Digital Services team is responsible for the entire suite of digital bioinformatics infrastructure, which is used for the capture, management, reporting and publication of biodiversity data. In addition to this, the team is tasked with establishing a collaborative working environment for staff through the use of Microsoft 365, with a particular focus on Microsoft Outlook, Teams, SharePoint Online, OneDrive, and Forms.

The new ICT Systems Administrator [Microsoft 365 and Cyber Security] role has been created to administer, support, and develop the Microsoft 365 environment and to migrate staff and documentation away from an existing shared folder structure.

The National Biodiversity Data Centre is based at Beechfield House, SETU West Campus, Carriganore, Co. Waterford and operates a hybrid working policy with staff based in Waterford and working remotely. It currently has a staff complement of 21.

To support staff, the ICT Systems Administrator [Microsoft 365 and Cyber Security] will also be charged with establishing a flexible hot-desking environment in Waterford and administering laptops and peripherals in collaboration with the Technical Support Partner (Compass Informatics Limited). In addition to this the Systems Administrator will be responsible for information security management, hands-on Cyber-Security Technical Support, and will work closely with the Head of Digital Services and the Technical Support Partner to ensure the National Biodiversity Data Centre completes its aim of ISO27001 Security compliance.

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