Senior Information Officer
Full Time, 35 hrs per week, Dublin South CIS,
Dublin South Citizens Information Service is currently seeking to recruit a permanent Full Time Senior Information Officer for its Dublin South DLR (Dun Laoghaire and Dundrum offices).
Key tasks for the post include the direct delivery of information, advice, advocacy and referral services at a senior level, and liaison with other service providers, both statutory and voluntary, and the coaching and mentoring of an Information Provider team in the delivery of these services to the general public.
This role requires excellent communication, advocacy, coaching and mentoring, research and IT skills. Candidates are required to have a relevant recognised qualification at degree level or a combination of a relevant recognised diploma qualification & equivalent professional experience in relevant field of study (e.g. social policy, human rights, social work/social care practice, legal qualification, coaching & mentoring, etc.).
- This is a permanent position, subject to completion of a 6 month probationary period.
- Salary scale: €35,831 - €48,333 (including 2 x Long Service Increments, LSIs). Pro rata for part-time staff.
- Incremental Credit: It is expected, that all new entrants to Citizens Information Service will be appointed at point one of the salary scale. However, Citizens Information Service operates an incremental credit process for appointments higher than point one. This process is applicable to new entrants into Citizens Information Service. Incremental credit criteria, based on the competencies for the role, are assessed against employment history as laid out in the application form only. A request for incremental credit from a successful candidate must be made within the first 3 months of employment. The decision on whether or not to award an incremental credit is a decision made by the Board and is subject to the availability of funding.
Applications must be made on the relevant application form and sent to:
DublinSouthRecruit@citinfo.ie
Closing date: 17:00 on Thursday 16th of May 2024 (late applications will not be accepted).
A detailed job description and application form together with further information on CIS are included in the Candidate Pack.
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the Application Form (docx) 
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For details on how your personal data will be used as part of this process our Data Protection Notice for Job Applicants is available at:
http://www.citizensinformationboard.ie/en/data_protection/cib.html
Dublin South Citizens Information Service is an equal opportunities employer