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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 Pool Lifeguard to join our team in Cork Childrens Services, The Lavanagh Centre, Curraheen, Co Cork T12 D768 Contract Type: Permanent Contract Hours: 39 hours per week Salary Scale: € 32,354 to €35,972 pro rata per annum. Annual Leave Entitlement :30 days pro rata per annum and proportionately less for less than 12 months service. Overview of the Post: To work as a Pool Lifeguard in the hydrotherapy/ swimming pool Overview of Duties & Responsibilities: Please see Job Description for full list The successful candidate will have Essential Criteria: · Full, up to Date National Pool Lifeguard Qualification or equivalent · Valid First Aid Qualification Desirable Criteria: · Previous Manual Handling & Patient Lifting Training · Valid Pool Plant Room Operator’s Qualification · Previous Experience of working with pool plant room operations or general boiler room operations 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: 15th December 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
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Naval Service: Direct Entry, Hull Artificer
The Naval Service is the State's principal seagoing agency with a general responsibility to meet contingent and actual maritime defence requirements. We are now accepting applications for Direct Entry Hull Artificers. Join our team and play a vital role in ensuring the operational effectiveness of the Naval Service fleet. Successful candidates will be provided with additional training so that they can perform the roles and responsibilities of a Hull Artificer at Sea onboard Irish Naval Service vessels. About the Role: Base Location across: Naval Base, Haulbowline Island, Cork. Current Rates of Pay
Naval Service: Direct Entry, Marine Engineering Officer
The Naval Service is the State's principal seagoing agency with a general responsibility to meet contingent and actual maritime defence requirements. We are now recruiting qualified Marine Engineers to join as Direct Entry Marine Engineering Officers. In this leadership role, you will oversee engineering operations both at sea and ashore, ensuring the maintenance and performance of critical onboard systems. You will play a vital role in maintaining operational readiness and supporting the Naval Service mission of maritime defence and security. About the Role: Base Location across: Naval Base, Haulbowline Island, Cork. Current Rates of Pay
Naval Service: Direct Entry, Operations Branch Officer
The Naval Service is the State's principal seagoing agency with a general responsibility to meet contingent and actual maritime defence requirements. We are now recruiting qualified candidates to join as Direct Entry Operations Branch Officers. In this leadership role, you’ll play a central part in ship operations, safety and mission execution — from navigation to command. If you're ready for a career with purpose, challenge and variety, apply now. About the Role: Base Location across: Naval Base, Haulbowline Island, Cork. Current Rates of Pay
Naval Service General Recruit
What is a Naval Service Recruit? A Naval Service Recruit is a person who enlists for General Service in the Naval Service, the maritime component of the Irish Defence Forces. The Recruit Training and Able Rate Courses focus on instilling military discipline, physical fitness, seamanship, weapons handling and training in naval operations. This is your opportunity to be part of a professional and dynamic team that patrols and protects Ireland’s territorial waters. You will be fully trained but applicants should have: Permanent Base: Naval Base, Haulbowline,Co Cork Current Rates of Pay
Naval Service: Direct Entry, Chef
The Naval Service is the State's principal seagoing agency with a general responsibility to meet contingent and actual maritime defence requirements. The Irish Defence Forces is now recruiting qualified Chefs to join as Direct Entry personnel within the Naval Service. In this role, you’ll be a key member of the ship’s Logistics Team, supporting operations at sea and ashore by preparing and serving nutritious meals that sustain morale and wellbeing under challenging conditions. About the Role: Base Location across: Naval Base, Haulbowline Island, Cork. Current Rates of Pay
Mechanical, Automation and Maintenance Fitting Apprentice
BioMarin is the world leader in delivering therapeutics that provide meaningful advances to patients who live with serious and life-threatening rare genetic diseases. We target diseases that lack effective therapies and affect relatively small numbers of patients, many of whom are children. These conditions are often inherited, difficult to diagnose, progressively debilitating and have few, if any, treatment options. BioMarin will continue to focus on advancing therapies that are the first or best of their kind. BioMarin’s Technical Operations group is responsible for creating our drugs for use in clinical trials and for scaling production of those drugs for the commercial market. These engineers, technicians, scientists and support staff build and maintain BioMarin’s cutting-edge manufacturing processes and sites, provide quality assurance and quality control to ensure we meet regulatory standards, and procure the needed goods and services to support manufacturing and coordinating the worldwide movement of our drugs to patients. Come join our team and make a meaningful impact on patients’ lives. SUMMARY BioMarin has a high-performing, team based organization, where colleagues are flexible, multi-skilled and empowered to make decisions. A high level of initiative, energy and motivation are key role requirements, as well as excellent organizational skills. The Mechanical Automation and Maintenance Fitting Apprentice will serve as an integral member of the Maintenance and Engineering team in an end-to-end (Drug Substance, Drug Product and Packaging) manufacturing facility. The successful candidate will be able to demonstrate a high standard of work, adhere to schedules and be a good communicator with strong interpersonal skills. The successful candidate will also have good self-awareness, act decisively and be a complete team player. If successful the candidate must attend block releases through a number of phases throughout the 4 year apprenticeship program. This may require attendance to one of the various technical institutions while maintaining and keeping the FAS / Solas register up to date. RESPONSIBILITIES:
Environmental Technician Grade 2 (Agriculture)
SECTION 1: THE ROLE Cork County Council has a long established and experienced Agriculture Section most of which is located on Cork County Council’s Planning & Environment Directorate’s campus at Inniscarra, Co Cork. An ideal candidate will have experience of agriculture and/or come from a farming background & will have experience/knowledge of septic tank systems. The successful candidate will report to the Executive Engineer/Scientist. SECTION 2: DUTIES The candidate will work in the Agriculture Section of the Planning & Environment Directorate, Cork County Council. The candidate will be based at the Environment Offices, Cork County Council, Inniscarra, Co. Cork. The role of the agriculture team within the Council is to implement the relevant measures outlined in the River Basin Management Plan to protect/improve water quality. This includes carrying out local catchment assessments, inspections of farms & domestic wastewater treatment systems, dealing with complaints regarding water pollution, assessment of agricultural planning applications. Agricultural staff are also involved in the assessment of Nutrient Management Plans, and enforcement of relevant National & European Communities legislation, with particular emphasis on water quality & agricultural practice. Role Description and Responsibilities: This is a technical position within the agriculture/septic tanks team in Cork County Council’s Environment Directorate. It represents a great opportunity to take on a demanding role in one of the largest local authorities in the country at a time when maintaining & improving water quality was never so important. Specific duties will be as assigned by relevant line manager and will typically include (but not be limited to): • Local catchment assessment in identified waterbodies in line with EPA guidance; • Farm inspections under the proposed National Agricultural Inspection Programme; • Septic tank inspections under the Domestic Wastewater Treatment Systems National Inspection Programme; • Investigation & resolution of complaints from the public regarding agriculture & water quality issues; • Taking any necessary enforcement actions, including prosecution, to resolve issues identified during inspections/complaint investigations; • Assessment of planning applications for agricultural developments; • Assessment of nutrient management plans; • Co-operation with colleagues in LAWPro & ASSAP to achieve water quality objectives in Priority Areas for Action; • Promoting public awareness & education regarding good agricultural practices & good management of septic tanks. The role will include carrying out inspection throughout the county in accordance with inspection procedures and scheduled programmes. Cork County Council operates a safety management system that has been accredited to OHSAS 18001 standard. Full compliance with this safety management system is an absolute requirement for all Council staff. SECTION 3: ELIGIBILITY CRITERIA / QUALIFICATIONS Character Each candidate must be of good character. Health Each Candidate must be in a state of health such as would indicate a reasonable prospect of ability to render regular and efficient service. Education, Training, Experience etc. Each candidate must, on the latest date for receipt of completed application forms - (a) (i) have passed the N.C.E.A. / H.E.T.A.C. National Certificate Final Examination in Science in Applied Biology, or in Science in Applied Chemistry or in Environmental Science or Agricultural Science. OR hold an equivalent qualification AND (ii) have at least three years satisfactory experience after attaining the qualification concerned OR (iii) fulfil the requirements of paragraph a. – b. below: a. have, satisfactory relevant experience, in a technician post at Grade II level, or in an analogous post under a local authority or health board in the State, and have at least three years satisfactory relevant experience in a technician post at Grade II level or in an analogous post, OR b. have satisfactory service, in a technician post at Grade I or higher level in an analogous post under a local authority or health board in the State, (b) possess adequate training or experience relating to the control and supervision of staff. Required Skillset In the context of the key duties and responsibilities for the post of Environmental Technician Grade listed above, the ideal candidate should demonstrate through their application form and at the interview that they have the following knowledge, experience, skills and competencies: • Experience of agriculture and/or come from a farming background. • Satisfactory knowledge of relevant National and European Communities legislation, particularly in respect of agriculture & water quality. • Have a general understanding of Local Authority services and structures in Ireland, particularly as they relate to environmental functions. • Knowledge and awareness of statutory Health and Safety obligations, the implications for the organisation and the employee, and their application in the workplace. • Good interpersonal and communication skills. • Have an ability to work well in a dynamic customer focused team environment. • A commitment to service improvement including taking ownership of tasks and issues as they arise. • A capacity to show initiative- to be a “self starter” who takes responsibility. • Good general ICT skills. • A full clean driving license. Age Age restrictions shall only apply to a candidate where he/she is not classified as a new entrant within the meaning of the Public Services Superannuation Act, 2004. A candidate who is not classified as a new entrant must be under 70 years of age. Transport Holders of the office shall hold a full driving licence for Class B Vehicles and when required to do so, shall drive a motor car in the course of their duties and for this purpose provide and maintain a car to the satisfaction of the local authority. SECTION 4: COMPETENCIES A Competency Based Application form requires you to describe some of your personal achievements to date that demonstrate certain competencies (necessary skills and qualities) required for the position for which you are applying. For each competency, you are given a description of a skill or quality. You are then asked to describe a situation, from your own experience, which you think is the best example of what YOU have done which demonstrates this skill or quality. It is essential that you describe how you demonstrated the skill or quality in question. Therefore, compose your replies carefully in this section and try to structure what you write so that you give specific information about what you have done - for example, do not simply say that “X was successful”, describe exactly what you did and how you demonstrated the skill or quality in question. For each example please include the following: a) the nature of the task, problem or objective; b) what you actually did and how you demonstrated the skill or quality (and, where appropriate, the date you demonstrated it) c) the outcome or result of the situation and your estimate of the proportion of credit you can claim for the outcome. The information you present in your application may form part of a shortlisting process and may also be used to help structure your interview, should you be invited to one. A shortlisting process may be applied based on TWO or more of the competencies and on other information you provide in your application form. Please note that, should you be called to interview, the board may look for additional examples of where you demonstrated the Knowledge, Experience, Skills and Competencies required for this post, so you should think of a number of examples of where you demonstrated each of the skills. SECTION 5: TENURE The position is wholetime. The post is pensionable. A panel may be formed to fill vacancies for Environmental Technician Grade 2 which may arise during the lifetime of the panel. SECTION 6: SALARY The salary scale for the post is: €48,760 - €57,790 per year. €48,760 – €49,498 – €50,463 – €51,430 – €52,399 – €53,391 – €54,307 (Maximum); €56,037 (1st LSI) (after 3 years satisfactory service on the Maximum), €57,790 (2nd LSI) (after 3 years satisfactory service on the 1st LSI). Rate of remuneration may be adjusted from time to time in line with Government Policy. Applicants should note that entry point to the salary scale will be determined in accordance with Circulars issued by the Department of Housing, Local Government, & Heritage. The rate of remuneration may be adjusted from time to time in line with Government pay policy. In accordance with Departmental Circular Letter EL 02/2011, a person who is not a serving local authority employee on or after 1st January 2011, will enter the scale at the minimum point. The salary shall be fully inclusive and shall be as determined from time to time. The awarding of increments is subject to satisfactory service. Holders of the office shall pay to the local authority any fees or other monies (other than their inclusive salary) payable to or received by them by virtue of their office or in respect of any services which they are required by or under any enactment to perform. SECTION 7: LOCATION OF POST The position will be based on the Environment Directorate Campus at Inniscarra, Co. Cork. However, Cork County Council reserves the right to assign you to any department, premises or district in use by the Council, now or in the future. Changes in location of employment will not result in payment of disturbance money or compensation. The person appointed will be required to provide him/herself at his/her own expense with the necessary mode of travel to and from work. SECTION 8: WORKING HOURS The working hours at present provide for a five day, thirty five hour working week. A flexible working hours’ system is in operation and may be availed of subject to the terms and conditions of the FlexiTime Policy. SECTION 9: ANNUAL LEAVE The current annual leave entitlement is 30 days per annum. Cork County Council’s leave year runs from 1st January to 31st December. Granting of annual leave, payment for annual leave and arrangements for public holidays will be governed by the provisions of the Organisation of Working Time Act, 1997 (as amended).
Rare Disease, Clinical Care Coordinator
The 2025 New Service Development (NSD) initiative aims to support the implementation of the National Rare Disease Strategy for 2025-2030. This Strategy is designed to meet the needs of the estimated 300,000 people living with a rare disease in Ireland. It seeks to establish a comprehensive framework designed to improve diagnosis, treatment, and support for individuals with rare diseases. Its goal is to create a more inclusive healthcare system that addresses the unique challenges associated for people living with a rare disease (PLWRD). The primary objectives are to enhance the quality of life for patients, promote equitable access to healthcare, and encourage innovation in rare disease research and treatment. The Strategy makes several recommendations across a variety of domains The focus of the initiative and its sub initiatives you are being commissioned to advance are aimed at achieving the following: The Rare Disease (ERN) Care Coordinator will have a central role in the coordination of multidisciplinary rare disease care pathways, patient and family rare disease support, advocacy and education. In collaboration with the MDT and relevant stakeholders, the post holder will contribute to the delivery of a quality and effective rare disease service and identify service quality improvements through a patient partnership approach.
