When you join South Dublin County Council you are joining a workforce of over 1500 people operating in locations throughout the County in as many as 14 different departments. This presents an opportunity for a diverse career. South Dublin County Council is a large, expanding and constantly changing organisation that will provide a secure future, promote your continuous professional and personal development and affords you excellent opportunities for career advancement as is evident from the following information.

There are a variety of departments within South Dublin County Council as follows;

• Architects
• Community Services
• Corporate Services
• Economic Development
• Environmental Services
• Finance
• Housing
• Human Resources
• Information Technology
• Law
• Libraries
• Parks
• Planning
• Roads & Traffic
• Social Inclusion

There are several categories of staff working in different areas - architects, engineers, planners, technicians, clerical/administrative staff, horticulturalists, librarians, social workers, solicitors, accountants, community workers, general operatives and inspectors to mention but a few.

The following information outlines the career opportunities available to staff in our organisation…

Entry Grades at Clerical/Administrative level include:

• Clerical Officer
• Library Assistant
• Assistant Staff Officer

Once eligible the following are just a selection of the positions that Clerical/Administrative grades can then compete for:

• Staff Officer
• Senior Staff Officer
• Administrative Officer
• Senior Executive Officer
• Director/Head of Department
• County Manager

Once eligible Library staff can compete for the following positions:

• Senior Library Assistant
• Librarian
• Senior Librarian
• County Librarian

South Dublin County Council recruits a number of professionals including Engineers, Planners, Architects, and Solicitors.

Entry grades at professional level are as follows:

• Graduate
• Assistant
• Executive

For the position of Graduate all you need is a relevant degree to be eligible to apply and the salary scale is dependent on the grade you obtain in your degree – for example if a Graduate Engineer were to be employed with a 2nd Class Honours Degree he/she would receive €35,693.00 per annum (figures correct @ 1st June, 2007). After 2 years relevant post –graduate experience (which can include a Masters Degree & does not have to be Local Authority experience) you would then (when advertised) be eligible to apply for a position as an Assistant Engineer (starting salary is €40,767.00), people with 5 years relevant post-graduate experience are then eligible to apply for posts of Executive Engineer (starting salary is €47,315.00).

Once eligible professional staff may apply for the following promotional opportunities:

• Senior Executive Engineer, Architect, Planner, Solicitor
• Senior Engineer, Architect, Planner, Solicitor
• Law Agent, County Engineer, County Architect

South Dublin County Council employs professional staff in the following areas:

Engineering

• Senior Engineer
• Senior Executive Engineer
• Executive Engineer
• Assistant Engineer
• Graduate Engineer

Planning

• Senior Planner
• Senior Executive Planner
• Executive Planner
• Assistant Planner
• Executive Conservation Officer

Architects

• County Architect
• Senior Architect
• Senior Executive Architect
• Executive Architect
• Assistant Architect
• Senior Quantity Surveyor
• Executive Quantity Surveyor
• Executive Land Surveyor

Horticultural

• Senior Executive Parks Superintendent
• Executive Parks Superintendent
• Assistant Parks Superintendent
• Senior Parks Superintendent

Legal

• Senior Solicitor
• Senior Executive Solicitor
• Chief Clerk
• Senior Legal Assistant
• Legal Assistant

Information Technology

• Assistant Head of IT
• Systems Analyst
• Analyst Programmer
• Senior Programmer
• Programmer

Entry level grades at Technical level include:

• Technician Grade 2
• Technician Grade 1

Once eligible Technical staff can compete for the following positions:

• Chief Technician
• Senior Executive Technician
• Executive Technician

The above is merely a sample of the staff structures and the many career opportunities. The following list of positions illustrates further the number and diversity of career opportunities for staff within our organisation:

• Community Officer
• Clerk of Works
• Veterinary Inspector
• Foreman of Works
• Anti Social Team Officer
• Arts Officer
• Dog Warden
• Litter Warden
• Dangerous Buildings Inspector
• Environmental Awareness Officer
• Estate Management Officer
• Electrical Inspector
• Mechanical Inspector
• Housing Welfare Officer
• Painter
• Rate Collector
• Planning Inspector
• Road Safety Officer
• Social Inclusion Officer
• Sports & Recreation Officer
• Staff Welfare Officer
• Strategy Development Officer
• Tenant Liaison Officer
• General Operative

As is evident from the above you can have an interesting career path with our organisation. In your career with South Dublin County Council, depending on the discipline you chose, you could work in a large number of interesting and diverse areas.

The Council also operate a mobility policy enabling staff to transfer between departments where possible and indeed some departments are quite substantial, employing in excess of 120 staff, so mobility within departments can offer a variety of experiences during your career if you want to take a change of direction.

The scale of the Council and the variety of different positions available also offer numerous promotional outlets for staff. Check to see what jobs are on offer today.