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The Role Maynooth University is committed to a strategy in which the primary University goals of excellent research and scholarship and outstanding education are interlinked and equally valued. We are seeking an excellent Executive Assistant to join our staff in the Department of Music. The successful candidate will provide administrative support for the Department and will report directly to the Head of Department and the Administrative Officer. Principal Duties Administrative and other duties: This will include: • General office administration, including maintenance of records, accounts, details of budgets, creation and maintenance of databases and spreadsheets, managing appointments, correspondence, maintenance of files, circulation of information to staff etc.; • Reception duties, including answering phones, taking messages and responding to enquiries from prospective students and members of the public; • Updating and proofing University material relevant to the Department, including Admissions Office, University Calendar, Module Descriptors, Website, and University information systems; • Implementing new University procedures as they arise; • Participating in on-going training and development, and workshops as opportunities arise; • Support for the Head of Department, the Department Administrator and Department staff; • Accounts administration, i.e. processing of invoices, expenses for payment & liaising with Accounts Dept.; • Dealing with queries from other administrative units within the University, and from relevant outside agencies; • Supporting the hosting/hospitality of various Music Events/Guest Lectures held throughout the academic year; • Instrument care / maintenance / repair / tuning sourcing • Instrument storage / key allocation; • Instrumental lesson scheduling for teachers and students; • Room scheduling and timetabling; • Payment of instrumental instructors (using the Occasional Payments System); • Practical examinations: scheduling / venues / examiners / students. The ideal candidate will have: Essential • Excellent IT skills – Microsoft Office Suite, preferably including advanced Excel skills; skilled in Social Media, Email, Google Calendar, Moodle; • Excellent interpersonal skills and enjoys dealing with varied enquiries by telephone, in person and via email; • Experience of working in a similar role providing administrative support to a large number of people; • Copes well under pressure and has experience of working to deadlines; • Has a work ethic that is flexible, systematic and organised; • Has an ability to liaise effectively with staff and students; • Is organised and capable of taking initiative; • Is equally adept at dealing with periods of pressure and using less busy times to identify and undertake self-directed work; • Has the ability to work with confidential material in a discreet manner; • Has a willingness to learn new information systems effectively. Desirable • A good working knowledge of music. Faculty and Research Institutes The Faculty of Arts and Humanities comprises the Departments of Music, History, Ancient Classics, English, Media, Studies, Philosophy, the School of Celtic Studies and the School of Modern Languages, Literature and Cultures. The role of the Faculty is to co-ordinate the academic activities of individual departments, to oversee the strategic development of departments, and to support interdepartmental activities and programmes. The University has also developed a number of interdisciplinary Institutes to support excellent research and to build research capacity across disciplines. Department The Department of Music houses a large undergraduate and postgraduate community, and is responsible for two undergraduate programmes, five taught MA programmes, one MSc and multiple research students and postdoctoral researchers. Teaching and research in musicology, performance, composition and music technology lie at the heart of its work. The Department makes a unique contribution to the life of the University and the local community, while the research activity of the Department’s academic staff is internationally recognised. Tenure This a full-time, permanent post. Salary Executive Assistant (2025): €31,713 – €47,950 p.a. (13 points) Appointments will be made in accordance with public sector pay provisions. Hours of work A 35-hour working week is in operation in respect of full-time positions (prorated for part-time positions). This can be reviewed or adjusted from time to time through national agreements. Location The place of work is the campus of Maynooth University, Maynooth, Co. Kildare.
Human Resources and Administration Executive
Remuneration: €55,492 - €67,483 Reporting to: Corporate Operations Manager Leave allowance is 29 days per annum (30 days after 5 years), plus 10 Public / Bank Holidays. The Job Holder will combine working in Safefood’s office headquarters at Little Island, Cork with working remotely (at home). Occasional travel within Ireland including spending time in the Dublin office may be required to fulfil the requirements of the role. Normal working hours are 9.00am – 5.00pm Monday to Friday. Flexible and Blended (Hybrid) Working. Career Development At Safefood we believe in investing in our people, encouraging them to achieve a work-life balance while providing support for personal and professional development. · We offer a wide range of learning and development opportunities to support you throughout your career. · We provide study and financial support to encourage lifelong learning, as well as assisting you with the costs of professional membership fees. Work Life Balance In line with comparable Irish Civil Service Terms and Conditions, Safefood offers staff several leave options which support our people through various stages of their life. We have also developed a range of flexible working practices to make it easier for our employees to have a balance between the demands of work and their personal life. These include: • Competitive annual leave and public holidays. • Blended (Hybrid) Working. • Flexible Working including Flexitime. • Career breaks. Additional Financial Benefits · Attractive pension scheme where you will pay a rate of between 4.6% and 7.35% depending on your salary. · Full Payment top up for maternity / paternity / adoptive leave (subject to terms and conditions). · Overtime rates are available to employees who work beyond their normal working hours according to their terms and conditions. Employee Wellbeing · Free, confidential counselling and support to employees 24/7 through our Employee Assistance Programme (EAP). · VDU Eye Examinations and a contribution towards frames if recommended · Flu vaccinations · Bike to Work Scheme JOB PURPOSE The HR and Administration Executive will provide advice and assistance to the Corporate Operations Manager in developing and implementing Safefood’s HR strategy. They will review and maintain HR systems, policies and procedures in line with Safefood’s business plan, legislation and best practice. They will represent Safefood at applicable North/South Bodies meetings and develop key relationships with other colleagues in these bodies. They will advise on, manage and/or maintain the Safefood Pension Scheme, Equality and Disability Schemes and Freedom of Information Code of Practice. The HR and Administration Executive will ensure that health and safety arrangements at Safefood meet legislative and best practice standards. They will manage and review HR functions such as recruitment and selection, performance management and learning & development looking to implement best business practices and value for money. They will demonstrate an ability to research the latest legislation and guidance, provide advice, draft and implement policies and procedures and monitor compliance for Safefood on issues arising. DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES: Additional Information Safefood is committed to equality, diversity and inclusion throughout its work. Safefood is required to comply with Equality and Human Rights legislation in both Ireland and Northern Ireland with equality objectives and commitments mainstreamed into its main strategic and operational business plans. It is fully committed to fulfilling these obligations through a proactive approach to equality and human rights issues in all aspects of its work and by providing a working environment that is free from unlawful discrimination, victimisation or harassment. Safefood’s Disability Action Plan 2021–2025 outlines measures to ensure that equality of opportunity is achieved, with regular monitoring and reporting on progress towards delivering on these commitments submitted to the Equality Commission (NI). Regular training in equality, diversity and inclusion is provided to all staff to encourage awareness of disability and equality issues and safefood actively encourages people with disabilities to apply for roles in the organisation. Safefood is committed to meeting our environmental and sustainability obligations to combat climate change by driving down our energy and carbon impacts. We have implemented several initiatives across our offices as part of our Climate Action Plan to recycle, reduce waste, and minimise paper usage. Additionally, by embracing hybrid working arrangements and technology, we have reduced the environmental footprint of our office spaces and lessened the need for many of our employees to commute and travel. We will continue to explore other opportunities that will support our efforts to meet our future commitments to combat climate change.
Psychologist
Would you like to work for a great employer? Enable Ireland is an organisation that makes a real difference to the lives of children and adults with disabilities in Ireland, and is named as one of Ireland's Irish Independent 150 Best Employers 2024 . Enable Ireland, as an equal opportunities employer, proudly maintains a Silver Award in Diversity from the Irish Centre for Diversity. We vigorously advocate for fairness, respect, equality, diversity, inclusion, and engagement, and are dedicated to ongoing enhancement in these areas. We are currently seeking a highly-motivated Psychologist (basic grade)to join our team in a Childrens Disability Network Team based at Enable Ireland, Curraheen, Cork . Contract Type: Permanent Contract Hours: 35 hours per week Salary Scale: €62,274 to €98,223 pro rata per annum. Salary scales are subject to LSI’s (Long Service Increments) This pay scale is subject to increases in 2025 in accordance with the recent WRC agreement towards enhanced pay adjustments in Section 39 organisations. Annual Leave Entitlement : 34 days per annum Overview of the Post: To provide a range of psychological services to children 0 – 18 years on the Early Years / School Age team and their families who attend the Children’s Disability Network Team (CDNT), within an interdisciplinary framework and family centered practice and to support other staff and students as assigned. You will join a team of Psychologists working as part of an interdisciplinary team. There is a strong focus on intervention within the team. You will have access to regular clinical supervision from a Senior Psychologist. Overview of Duties & Responsibilities: Please see Job Description for full list The successful candidate will have Essential Criteria: i. Have a university degree or diploma (QQ1 level 8 equivalent) obtained with 1st or 2nd class honors in which Psychology was taken as a major subject and honors obtained in that subject And ii. Have an Irish post-graduate professional psychology qualification accredited by the Psychological Society of Ireland in Clinical, Counselling or Educational Psychology Or An equivalent qualification from another jurisdiction validated by the Department of Health. And iii. Demonstrate competence in the Care Group/s applied for. And iv. Applicants with a clinical or counselling psychology qualification must demonstrate that they have acquired in appropriate health settings, for the area / areas for which they wish to apply - Disability (Child and Adult), Child Psychology, Adult Psychology - either at least 60 days or equivalent supervised clinical placements as part of the professional qualification; or at least 60 days or equivalent post- qualification supervised work experience as a psychologist. Note 2. Or Applicants with an educational psychology qualification must demonstrate that they have acquired in appropriate health settings for the area / Areas for which they wish to apply - Child Disability, Child Psychology - either at least 60 days or equivalent supervised clinical placements as part of the professional qualification; or at least 60 days or equivalent post qualification supervised work experience as a psychologist. Note 2. Note 2: Combinations of supervised clinical placement experience as part of the qualification and post qualification supervised work experience within a single care group area to give a total of 60 days are not acceptable. · Must be a member of the Psychological Society of Ireland (PSI) or a member of the British Psychological Society (BPS). Desirable Criteria: · Experience of working with children and/or adolescents and their families with complex needs · Knowledge and skills in conducting diagnostic assessments in children and young people including Autism and ID · Knowledge of HSE Progressing Disability Services Programme · Broad knowledge of Enable Ireland Services. · Experience of working within a complex disability team · Experience of interdisciplinary team working. If you believe you would fit the role then please submit your application today. Benefits As a staff member of Enable Ireland, you will have access to a wide range of benefits, including: · Excellent internal and external training opportunities · Generous annual leave entitlements · Flexible Working · Long service reward scheme · Pay adjusted Maternity Leave · Pay adjusted Adoptive Leave · Pay adjusted Paternity Leave · Wellbeing benefits · Pension For a full list of our benefits & conditions, please click here: What now? To apply, please download the Job Description and Person Specification for your information and complete the online application form. CVs will not be accepted. Closing date for applications: Friday 4th July 2025 before noon Interview date: Monday 14th July 2025 A panel may be formed from this vacancy for any similar vacancies, which may arise during the next 12 months. · The post will be subject to reference checks and may be subject to Garda vetting/police clearance, as relevant. · Due to the large volume of applications, we are not in the position to provide individual feedback to applicants who are not shortlisted for interview. · Applications are invited from suitably qualified applicants from all sections of the community. · The above information serves only as a guide to the advertised position. Enable Ireland, at its discretion, reserves the right to change this prior to appointment. · Please review Enable Ireland’s Rezoomo Privacy Policy here: https://enableireland.ie/resources/publications/rezoomo-privacy-policy · Please review the Enable Ireland’s External Data Protection Notice available at https://www.enableireland.ie/privacy-policy for details on how Enable Ireland processes applicant’s personal information. Please note if you are invited for interview, we will share your personal data with: 1) Any virtual service provider we use to host the interview; and 2) the interview panel (if applicable). Your information will be stored for this purpose in line with our retention policy
Principal Social Worker, Camhs
Mental Health Services in HSE Southwest serves a total population of 689,750 (census 2022) over a large geographic area. The services provided span community, outpatient, inpatient and residential care with a focus on the delivery of recovery orientated supports. A number of specialised Mental Health Teams are in place in both Cork and Kerry. For the purpose of service delivery Cork has 10 sector based Community Adult Mental Health Teams with 8 CAMHS teams and Kerry has 3 sector based Community Adult Teams with 2 CAMHS teams. Three Area Administrators are in place over Cork & Kerry (Cork South, Cork North and Kerry). The current vacancies are available in the Cork Child and Adolescent Mental Health service. The Child and Adolescent Mental Health Service is a dynamic service that provides a specialist mental health service to those aged up to 18 years old who have moderate to severe mental health disorders that require the input of a specialist multidisciplinary mental health team (MDT). The MDT consists of staff from the disciplines of social work, social care, mental health nursing, occupational therapy, speech and language therapy, psychology, and psychiatry, as well as experienced and committed administrative staff. Eist Linn is the Regional Inpatient Unit covering the South and South East former CHO 4 and CHO 5. Eist Linn is one of a network of four HSE funded Child and Adolescent Mental Health Inpatient Units nationally, and is an Approved Centre under the Mental Health Act, 2001 and has been a member of the Quality Network of Inpatient CAMHS (QNIC) for a number of years. The purpose of Eist Linn is to offer assessment and treatment to children/young people up to the age of 18 years, with severe and often complex mental health needs, when outpatient or day-patient care has ceased to meet the needs of that child/young person. Inpatient services should be seen as a last resort, where all other interventions have been exhausted. Eist Linn provides assessment and evidence based treatment in order to bring about the change necessary to support the child/young person’s discharge home to the care of their family and their local Community CAMHS team. The inpatient programme offers a comprehensive recovery focused treatment approach and education programme operating within a therapeutic milieu.
Team Member
Costa Coffee requires a Team Member for our store in Blackpool. At Costa Coffee we are as passionate about our people as we are our great coffee! Being a part of our team gives you the chance to learn new skills in coffee excellence whilst letting your personality shine through. As a Costa Barista you receive full training in delivering every customer with an unbeatable coffee experience, through great customer service and great coffee. Are you: -
Team Member
Costa Coffee requires a Team Member for our store in Mallow. At Costa Coffee we are as passionate about our people as we are our great coffee! Being a part of our team gives you the chance to learn new skills in coffee excellence whilst letting your personality shine through. As a Costa Barista you receive full training in delivering every customer with an unbeatable coffee experience, through great customer service and great coffee. Are you: -
Team Leader
Costa Coffee requires a Team Leader for our store in Blackpool. At Costa Coffee we are as passionate about our people as we are our great coffee! Being a part of our team gives you the chance to learn new skills in coffee excellence whilst letting your personality shine through. As a Costa Barista you receive full training in delivering every customer with an unbeatable coffee experience, through great customer service and great coffee. Are you: -
Store Manager
Role Responsibility We are passionate about celebrating our customers’ life moments and are now looking for a Store Manager to join our very successful Card Factory family to help fulfil this. As a Store Manager you will have overall responsibility for the running of the store - you will thrive in a role that is challenging and demanding, focusing on maximising sales, exceeding budget targets, efficient cost controls, promoting fantastic customer service and looking for opportunities to lead, motivate and develop your team to deliver. CLICK THE APPLY BUTTON TO GO TO THEIR CAREERS PAGE WHERE YOU CAN CHECK THIS JOB AND ALL OTHER OPPORTUNITIES AVAILABLE.
Store Manager
Role Responsibility We are passionate about celebrating our customers’ life moments and are now looking for a Store Manager to join our very successful Card Factory family to help fulfil this. As a Store Manager you will have overall responsibility for the running of the store - you will thrive in a role that is challenging and demanding, focusing on maximising sales, exceeding budget targets, efficient cost controls, promoting fantastic customer service and looking for opportunities to lead, motivate and develop your team to deliver. CLICK THE APPLY BUTTON TO GO TO THEIR CAREERS PAGE WHERE YOU CAN CHECK THIS JOB AND ALL OTHER OPPORTUNITIES AVAILABLE.
Sales Assistant
Role Responsibility We are passionate about celebrating our customers’ life moments and are now looking for a Sales Assistant to join our very successful Card Factory family to help fulfil this. The pace is fast, our standards are high and we’re proud of it, we lead the way after all! It can get really busy in our stores, therefore you need to be able to manage lots of customers, busy tills and juggling multiple tasks. But don’t worry, you’ll have lots of fun along the way and you’ll understand why you need to be a little bit mad to work here! CLICK THE APPLY BUTTON TO GO TO THEIR CAREERS PAGE WHERE YOU CAN CHECK THIS JOB AND ALL OTHER OPPORTUNITIES AVAILABLE.
