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THE JOB The Administrative Officer is a management position within Dublin City Council and is assigned responsibility for the administration and management of one or more sections within a Department, which handles an area of the Council’s activities, including the management of staff. The post holder is responsible for the day-to-day operations of the section(s) and is a contributor to the strategic and policy-making decisions of the local authority. They will be expected to contribute to the development and implementation of forward-thinking strategies and to work closely with the elected Councillors and senior management in delivering services to the highest standard. The Administrative Officer is expected to carry out their duties with an understanding of the political context of local government and in such a manner that enhances public trust and confidence and ensures impartial decision making. The post holder may represent the local authority on committees and at meetings and may be asked to report on progress in their respective sections at Area Committee meetings, Strategic Policy Committee meetings, etc. THE IDEAL CANDIDATE SHALL • Be able to work within, and where necessary lead, multi-disciplined teams and have the ability to motivate, empower, and encourage employees to achieve maximum performance. • Be capable of working closely with the elected Councillors to deliver the full range of quality services and implement policy decisions. • Demonstrate relevant administrative experience at a sufficiently high level. • Have a satisfactory knowledge of public service organisation in Ireland. • Be capable of working in close co-operation with the City Council, the Strategic Policy and Area Committees and other City Council Departments while being able to seek co-operation and consensus from a wide range of bodies and representative groups. • Have a career record that demonstrates a high level of competence in the management of staff. • Have strong interpersonal and communication skills. • Be flexible and innovative. • Have the ability to manage financial resources within a budgetary control framework. • Have good knowledge and awareness of Health and Safety Legislation and Regulations, their implications for the organisation and the employee, and their application in the workplace. • Have an understanding of the role and duties of managers in safety management in the workplace. • Be able to deputise at a senior level. • Have experience of implementing change initiated in the work environment. 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.: Panel A (Confined to Employees of the Sector) Panel B (Open Competition) Panel C (Confined to Employees of Dublin City Council) Open Competition – Panel B Each candidate must, on the latest date for receipt of completed applications: (i) (a) Have obtained at least a Grade D (or a Pass), in Higher or Ordinary Level, in five subjects (or four subjects if Irish is included) from the approved list of subjects in the Department of Education Established Leaving Certificate Examination or Leaving Certificate Vocational Programme including Irish and/or English and one of the following: Mathematics, Accounting, Business Organisation or Economics, and (b) Have obtained at least Grade C (or Honours) in higher level (or Honours) papers in three subjects in that examination (or two subjects if Irish and/or one of the following is included: Mathematics, Accounting, Business Organisation or Economics), or (ii) Have obtained a comparable standard in an equivalent examination, or (iii) Hold a third level qualification of at least degree standard, and (iv) Have satisfactory experience in administrative procedures, including adequate practical experience in work of an executive nature, office organisation, and control of staff. Candidates eligible under Category – Panel B (educational requirements above) are required to upload documentation for the qualification they are claiming eligibility under with their online application. The onus is on the candidate to ensure that the correct documentation is uploaded along with their application form. Non-Irish qualifications must be accompanied by a determination/comparability statement from Quality and Qualifications Ireland (QQI) to establish their comparability against the Irish National Framework of Qualifications. Overseas qualifications must also be accompanied by a translation document. Candidates who do not submit the required eligibility documentation by closing date/time will be deemed as having an incomplete application and no further consideration will be given to their application. Confined Competition (Panels A & C) (v) (a) Be a serving employee in a local authority or a regional assembly and have not less than two years’ satisfactory experience in a post of Clerical Officer or analogous post, and (b) Have satisfactory experience in administrative procedures, including adequate practical experience in work of an executive nature, office organisation and control of staff. DUTIES The duties of the post include, but are not limited to, the following: a) To manage and supervise staff up to the position/grade of Senior Staff Officer or analogous grades and to ensure the training and development of such staff. b) To implement agreed Council strategies and deliver on its corporate and operational plans to meet and to expand/improve the range, quantity/quality of existing Council services. c) To identify and agree work programmes, targets and deadlines and ensure their subsequent implementation. d) To identify opportunities for improvements in service delivery, value for money, and other efficiencies within the relevant areas of responsibility and to use performance indicators effectively as appropriate. e) To build effective teams, develop motivation and commitment and maintain sound employee relations and morale as relevant, in accordance with good employment practice and relevant legislation. f) To communicate and liaise effectively with employees, managers, customers, elected representatives, and other stakeholders in relation to operational matters. g) To research, analyse, and communicate information on specific issues and policies as appropriate, including compiling, preparing, and presenting reports, presentations, correspondence, etc. h) To represent the Council on committees and at meetings and to report on progress in their respective sections or department as required. i) To provide support and administrative assistance in the delivery of projects as required. j) To communicate, implement, and manage change management initiatives within the relevant area of responsibility. k) To develop and maintain productive working relationships with internal and external stakeholders, in accordance with policy and to ensure the agreements to co-ordinate work programmes are implemented. l) To deputise for the senior officer/line manager as required. m) To implement the systems necessary and co-ordinate the resources to support the service. This includes systems to manage finance and budgets and ensure value for money, to provide information on the pattern of demand and activity to schedule work programmes, preparation of budgets, and maximising funding opportunities where appropriate. n) To ensure that department or section operations are in compliance with all Council policies, procedures, practices, and standards and in compliance with the principles of good governance, legislative requirements, and Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage circulars and guidance. o) To participate in corporate management activities and responsibilities appropriate to the grade. p) To comply with Health and Safety legislative requirements, policies, and procedures and safe systems of work. q) To deliver change programmes aligned to organisational objectives. r) To undertake any other such duties of a similar level and responsibilities as may be required 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. SELECTION PROCESS • Posts of Administrative Officer 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 shortlisting is conducted. • Dublin City Council reserves the right to undertake eligibility and/or shortlist candidates in the manner it deems most appropriate. • 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. PANEL FORMATION Panels may be formed on the basis of interviews to fill vacancies that may arise. Recruitment to Clerical Administrative Grades IV to VII will now be on the following basis: A. 50% confined to employees of the sector* B. 30% open C. 20% confined to employees of Dublin City Council *The sector includes all Local Authorities and Regional Assemblies (where applicable). Staff who are not existing employees of these local authorities or regional assemblies (where applicable) are not eligible to apply for competitions confined to the sector or to the local authorities (i.e. Dublin City Council). Panel A (Confined to the Local Authority Sector) will comprise successful applicants, in order of merit, from within the Local Authority Sector only, i.e. candidates serving in a Local Authority or Regional Assembly (where applicable). Panel B (Open Competition) will comprise all successful applicants in order of merit and may include candidates serving in a Local Authority, Regional Assembly, and external candidates. Panel C (Confined to Dublin City Council) will comprise successful applicants, in order of merit, from within Dublin City Council only. An employee of an individual local authority or regional assembly may be on all three panels (Panel A, B, C). An employee of the sector (all local authorities and the regional assemblies) may be on two of the three panels (Panel A, B). An applicant who is not employed in the sector may be on one panel (Panel B). The order of candidates placed on each of the three panels is determined by where they were placed on the overall order of merit. SHORTLISTING Dublin City Council reserves the right to shortlist candidates, in the manner it deems most appropriate, to proceed to the interview stage of the competition. Shortlisting will be on the basis of information supplied on the application form, in conjunction with the examples given to the assessment questions. It is therefore in your own interest to provide a detailed and accurate account of your qualifications and experience on the application form. 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 Selection, from shortlisted candidates, shall be by means of a competition based on an interview conducted by Dublin City Council. The interview will be competency-based, and marks will be awarded under the following skill sets identified for the position of Administrative Officer: • Management and Change • Delivering Results • Performance through People • Personal Effectiveness • Local Authority Knowledge and Experience Please see page 10 of the Candidate Information Booklet for more details. SALARY The salary scale for the position of Administrative Officer is: €60,011; €61,480; €63,194; €64,914; €66,634; €68,170; €69,745; €71,269; €72,790 (Maximum); €75,395 (1st LSI) (after 3 years’ satisfactory service on the Maximum); €78,015 (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. All applicants must refer to the Additional Candidate Information Booklet which can be found at https://careers.dublincity.ie for additional relevant information pertaining to the salary scale and the recruitment process. PARTICULARS OF POSITION (a) The post is permanent, whole time, and pensionable. (b) Dublin City Council reserves the right to, at any time, assign an employee to any Department now or in the future. (c) A period of one year’s probation applies where a person is permanently appointed to Dublin City Council. 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, 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 reserves the sole discretion to vary the above requirements from time to time subject to business needs and staffing requirements.
Sales Advisor
EZ Living Furniture was founded in Galway in 1998. We are a family run Irish retailer operating nationwide, as well as a full online shopping experience offering delivery throughout Ireland. We are the largest independent Furniture Retailer in Ireland employing over 350 people. We are delighted to announce that we are looking for a part time Sales Advisor in our Waterford Store. This role would be for 3 days per week. The Person WHY JOIN US: • Up to 23 days holidays • Fun, fast paced & high energy work environment • Culture of developing and promoting from within the company • Our Generous staff discounts • Our pension Scheme • Our Bonus Scheme • Our Educational Support Scheme • Our Discounted corporate rate health care • Our free Employee Assistance Programme • Our wellbeing initiatives like our Bike to work scheme • Career Development Opportunities • Continuous professional development with dedicated training resources
Delivery Driver
The Company EZ Living Furniture was founded in Galway in 1998. We are a family run Irish retailer operating nationwide, as well as a full online shopping experience offering delivery throughout Ireland. We are the largest independent Furniture Retailer in Ireland employing over 370 people. The Person Home Delivery Truck Driver – Carlow Area If you are an experienced C driver , have great work ethic and a genuine desire to provide excellent customer care at all times, then EZ Living Furniture is looking for you. The successful candidate will provide an efficient home delivery service and will be responsible for ensuring timely delivery to customers’ homes. Excellent interpersonal skills are essential, along with a flexible approach, to ensure that customers’ expectations are met and surpassed. The position is based in Dublin but serves adjoining counties as well. We will provide training to the right person who can demonstrate motivation and a willingness to learn. If you are interested in taking on a new challenge at a growing company, we encourage you to apply today. Responsibilities
Part or Recently Qualified Accountant
The Company EZ Living Furniture was founded in Galway in 1998. We are a family run Irish retailer operating nationwide, as well as a full online shopping experience offering delivery throughout Ireland. We are the largest independent Furniture Retailer in Ireland employing over 350 people. The Person EZ Living Furniture are looking to recruit a Part Qualified Accountant/Recently Qualified Accountant who will be based in our Head Office in Galway city. Job Responsibilities: Full responsibility for two group companies, including, but not limited to:
Senior Manager Recovery & Resolution Planning
Job Title: : Senior Manager Recovery & Resolution Planning Vacancy ID : 098026 Vacancy Type : Permanent Post Date : 29-Sep-2025 Close Date : 13-Oct-2025 Your Role: The Senior Manager of the Recovery and Resolution Planning team will lead and manage a team dedicated to ensuring the implementation and delivery of best practice in PTSB¿s Recovery and Resolution Planning requirements. The Senior Manager will lead the management of PTSB¿s Regulatory Engagement with regard to Recovery and Resolution Planning activities. The Senior Manager will lead a team of subject matter experts and will establish, maintain and develop new and existing relationships with the Supervisory and Resolution Planning Team within the Central Bank of Ireland and their European counterparts in the SRB. Your Team: Reporting to the Head of Financial Performance, this role will be key in driving the future shape and contribution of the Financial Performance function within Finance and the wider Bank. This role involves engagement with CFO and other Executive Committee members as well as external stakeholders including counterparts in the Central Bank of Ireland. The role will lead and coach a team of c. 3 finance professionals. Your Responsibilities: Functional Strategy & Delivery
Personal Wellbeing Coach
Job Role Are you passionate about helping people? Then take a look at this opportunity to join our team as a Personal Wellbeing Coach! Working as part of our Personal Wellbeing Team, you’ll support offenders both in custody and as they reintegrate into society. Focusing on their wellbeing and lifestyle, you’ll provide a tailored service ensuring they have the skills and confidence they need to live successfully in the community. You’ll give in-depth advice and support, so we’ll need your ability to motivate others and facilitate learning to change attitudes and behaviour, with the aim to avoid the possibility of re-offending. You’ll be on hand to provide a warm and welcoming experience to help them in their first steps into reintegration. Acting as an advocate, you’ll also ensure their voices are heard and that they have support in making decisions. Our successful candidate will ideally have lived experience of the criminal justice system (as an ex-service user) or will have worked as a peer mentor within a prison/probation environment, however we are mainly looking for someone with an engaging personality who is comfortable working with a variety of people who have experienced a range of social/personal difficulties. This is a rewarding opportunity that will allow you to utilise your skills to influence, support and encourage others to maximise their potential to build a better future. In return for your dedication, knowledge, and commitment, we're offering a competitive salary of £24650 up to £29000 per annum (dependent on experience) with these great benefits: Additional Information Communities and Education Division is the Justice and Social Care division of Seetec, delivering tailored support to participants across a range of contracts, including as CFO Activity Hubs, Accommodation, Personal Wellbeing and Approved Premises. We believe that everyone should have the opportunity to build a better future, regardless their past choices or the challenges they face. We are committed to combining our knowledge, skills and talents across the justice and social care sectors to deliver services and interventions that overcome the barriers that hold people back from living more fulfilled lives. Ultimately, our aim is to equip individuals with the necessary skills needed to desist from offending, successfully reintegrate into to their local communities and address barriers to work. Seetec is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of young people and vulnerable adults and expects all staff to share and uphold this commitment in conjunction with the requirements of the Prevent Duty and the positive promotion of modern British values. You will be required to process a Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) check. Seetec support the recruitment of ex- offenders and will not discriminate in anyway. Our full policy statement of “Ex-Offenders” can be found on our website under” About us” Seetec is an equal opportunities employer and positively encourages applications from suitably qualified and eligible candidates regardless of sex, race, disability, age, sexual orientation, gender reassignment, religion or belief, marital status, or pregnancy and maternity.
Senior Accommodation Support Officer
Job Role We’re recruiting a Senior Accommodation Support Officer to provide support to our dynamic team as they assist our participants with their housing needs through effective interventions.Our team of Accommodation Support Officers work within the criminal justice system, in either a custodial or community setting. As a senior, you will line manage a localised team and we will hold a amount of our more complex cases.We’ll need your excellent interpersonal skills to build and maintain effective relationships with referral agencies third party providers and stakeholders. You’ll also be responsible for developing high-quality practice among the team through observing and auditing practice, and then providing coaching and mentoring workshops to enable them to develop. Your performance will be measured against key contractual targets.Our successful candidate will ideally already have experience working in housing and homelessness sector. We would however be keen to hear from you if you feel you have a transferrable skill set that would be of benefit to this role.In return for your dedication, knowledge, and commitment, we're offering a competitive salary of £26,150 - £32,668 per annum (dependent on experience) with these great benefits: Additional Information Communities and Education Division is the Justice and Social Care division of Seetec, delivering tailored support to participants across a range of contracts, Accommodation, Personal Wellbeing and Approved Premises. We believe that everyone should have the opportunity to build a better future, regardless their past choices or the challenges they face. We are committed to combining our knowledge, skills and talents across the justice and social care sectors to deliver services and interventions that overcome the barriers that hold people back from living more fulfilled lives. Ultimately, our aim is to equip individuals with the necessary skills needed to desist from offending, successfully reintegrate into to their local communities and address barriers to work. Seetec is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of young people and vulnerable adults and expects all staff to share and uphold this commitment in conjunction with the requirements of the Prevent Duty and the positive promotion of modern British values. You will be required to process a Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) check. Seetec support the recruitment of ex- offenders and will not discriminate in anyway. Our full policy statement of “Ex-Offenders” can be found on our website under” About us” Seetec is an equal opportunities employer and positively encourages applications from suitably qualified and eligible candidates regardless of sex, race, disability, age, sexual orientation, gender reassignment, religion or belief, marital status, or pregnancy and maternity.
Maintenance Supervisor
Job Overview The successful candidate will support a multi-disciplined team to optimise company assets in a cost-effective manner with effective trouble shooting techniques, development of planned maintenance and asset care programmes to deliver departmental Key Business Indicator’s (KPI’s). This role will require on-going engagement from all of the different departments and stakeholders which will involve significant people engagement as well as a good technical understanding of the facilities to ensure compliance with all appropriate legislative requirements. Main Activities/Tasks Duration: Full time, permanent Location: Newry, Co. Down Remuneration: Salary Attractive Benefits: Free Life Assurance, Company Pension Scheme, 32 days annual leave, Wedding Leave, Employee well-being initiatives, Healthcare plan, Company Sick Pay, Employee Assistance Programme, On-site free parking, Canteen Facilities, Employee Perks scheme, Discounted Car Insurance, Annual Employee raffle, employee recognition scheme, career development opportunities and much more… Contact: recruitment@norbrook.co.uk Norbrook Laboratories Limited employs a workforce with members of all sections of the community and is committed to appointing people purely on the basis of merit. In accordance with our equal opportunities policy we would particularly like to welcome applicants from the Protestant Community.
Laboratory Assistant
Randox are a world leader in diagnostics for clinical healthcare, toxicology, and food security. Our expertise and product portfolio have assisted laboratories across the world in improving health and saving lives. Our global success is a result of our pioneering products, the commitment and skill of our workforce, which continues to grow. We have multiple opportunities for full time Laboratory Assistants at our laboratory in Warrington . In this role you will be working with samples from both our Randox Health clinics and 3rd parties in our busy Warrington laboratory. Location: Unit 2 Bishops Court. Warrington, WA2 8QY. Contract Offered: Full time (40 hours per week), permanent. Working Hours / Shifts: Full time – 40 hours per week: Alternating between 1.20pm to 10pm and 8:40am to 5:20pm across Monday to Friday and Tuesday to Saturday Please note due to the working hours and location of our laboratory, public transport is not accessible for the shift finish times. What does this role involve? This role is responsible for assisting with routine clinical testing in our laboratory. The main duties of the role include: How do I apply? Click Apply on the site of this advertisement. You will then submit your CV to Randox for review (quick and easy process). This advert may be open for as long as 30 days, although we may close the advert early, if we receive sufficient applicants.
Receptionist / Telephonist Administrator
Job Role The post-holder will participate and assist in the provision of an effective and efficient client support service within Northern Ireland Hospice (NIH). Key Responsibilities: Following relevant policies and desktop guides: • Provide a sensitive, effective, and professional reception service to NI Hospice patients, visitors, volunteers, support workers, staff, suppliers, and contractors. • Manage NI Hospice Reception/Switchboard, dealing with all telephone enquiries in a sensitive, efficient, and professional manner. • Manage acceptance of donations and collection boxes at the reception desk. • Manage/report any lost property. • Manage file archiving as and when required. • Maintain appropriate levels of stationery, reordering new supplies as and when necessary. • Process purchase orders on the system for any goods responsible for ordering. • Process all incoming and outgoing mail for NI Hospice as required. • Ensure all cheques received in the post are kept secure and collected by finance in a timely manner. • Report in a timely manner any faults with IT equipment to IT Helpdesk and line manager. • Report in a timely manner any breakages/or incidents to Estates Helpdesk via Smart log and line manager. • Report any incidents, slips, trips, falls, accidents on Sentinel and advise your line manager for onward reporting to the Head of Governance, Risk and Performance Management. Assist in the supervision of volunteer staff working on reception desk. Co-ordinate deliveries to and from the building at reception. Distribute urgent messages to IPU ward clerk, nurse stations or nurse in charge, if switchboard is unable to contact them directly. Keep the reception area tidy at all times, ensuring it is always kept clear from clutter. Undertake administration duties for Executive Office and other departments, as required, and approved by line manager/Executive Office Manager. Partake in monthly 1:1 meetings with line manager. Participate in team meetings (flexibility may be required). Actively engage with directorate initiatives. Keep up to date with mandatory training required for the role. Undertake any training requested by line manager, relevant to the role. Undertake continuous personal development including any areas of interest, and, in particular, those which are applicable to either the role or align with the values of NI Hospice. Alternate between Reception, Switchboard and administrative duties as required. Flexibility is required as this may fall outside normal working hours. Any other duties that may be assigned by line manager and Executive Office Manager. This Job Description is not meant to be definitive and may be amended to meet the changing needs of Northern Ireland Hospice. Salary Range: £23,993 to £25,674 per annum pro rata* Essential Criteria: • GCSE English and Math’s at Grade C or above (or equivalent qualification) and at least one years’ experience in a similar position. OR A minimum of 2 years’ experience carrying out similar activities. • Proficient in Microsoft 365 packages. • Able to work as part of a team and individually. • Excellent communication skills, both oral and written. • Flexibility with working hours to meet service needs, this may include evenings and/or weekends. Desirable Criteria: • Experience working in a healthcare setting
