Senior Staff Officer (March 2026)

The Senior Staff Officer is a middle management position within the local authority and is assigned responsibility for managing the performance of a section /department handling an area of the local authority’s activities. The Senior Staff Officer’s operational duties may include the day to day running of a section, the supervision and management of staff within the section, the planning, allocation and prioritization of work and the reporting of progress of work at staff management meetings. Other duties may include representing their Department or the Council on various committees and contributing through the business planning process. He/she will be expected to use initiative and work to a high standard and will be required to operate the Council’s existing and future ICT systems as part of their work. The role requires excellent administrative, employee management, interpersonal, communication and other particular skills and expertise depending on assignment. The post holder will be expected to carry out their duties in a manner that enhances public trust and confidence and ensures impartial decision making. The Senior Staff Officer will generally work under the direction and management of the Administrative Officer and/or Senior Executive Officer or analogous grade as appropriate and will, from time to time, be required to deputise for senior personnel and must be willing to take on this challenge.

 

Education, Training, Experience etc 

Panels A & C

Each candidate must, on the latest date for receipt of completed application forms:
(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.

Panel B

Each candidate must, on the latest date for receipt of completed application forms:
(i) (a) have obtained at least 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
(iv) shall have satisfactory experience in administrative procedures, including adequate practical experience in work of an executive nature, office organisation and control of staff.