Governing Authority and Committees Support Administrator, Office of Corporate and Legal Affairs

Permanent Whole-time Post

UCC wishes to appoint a governance professional to join an agile governance team in the Office of Corporate and Legal Affairs, University College Cork where they can expect their role to evolve over time and be supported in their professional development.

Reporting to the Director of Governance, the Governing Authority and Committees Support Administrator will play a key role in enabling the University Community to meet the ever-growing governance requirements applicable to the University and its subsidiary companies. Their responsibilities will include:

• Assisting the Director of Governance in ensuring the University and its subsidiary companies are meeting the standards of good corporate governance required of them.
• Providing high quality proactive secretariat service to the Governing Authority and its committees to facilitate its efficient and effective operation.
• Supporting the Director of Governance on the implementation of action plans for new and developing regulatory requirements such as but not limited to, the Code of Practice for the Governance of State Bodies 2016, the Code of Governance for University Subsidiaries 2022, and the Charities Governance Code.
• Co-ordination of meeting scheduling, meeting agenda and papers for Governing Authority, Committees and Board meetings.

The successful candidate will be part of a high-performing group of professionals and will actively contribute to the Office of Corporate and Legal Affairs’ continuous efforts in implementing process improvements to ensure excellence in service delivery. 

The work in this role will be diverse and challenging and will provide the successful candidate with interesting experience across a broad range of matters as well as the opportunity to develop their skills, and knowledge.

The Office of Corporate and Legal Affairs operates a hybrid working model in accordance with the University’s Remote Working Policy.

Please note that Garda vetting and/or an international police clearance check may form part of the selection process.

For an information package including full details of the post, selection criteria and application process see https://ore.ucc.ie/. The University, at its discretion, may undertake to make an additional appointment(s) from this competition following the conclusion of the process.

Informal enquiries can be made in confidence to Ms Nora Geary, Email: [email protected]

For further information on the Department https://www.ucc.ie/en/ocla/ 

University College Cork is committed to being a fully inclusive global university which actively recruits, supports and retains colleagues from all sectors of society. Equality, Diversity and Inclusion (EDI) are core values under our Strategic Plan. UCC holds a Bronze Athena SWAN award in recognition of our commitment to advancing equality in higher education. We value diversity as well as celebrate, support and thrive on the contributions of all our employees and the communities they represent. We are proud to be an equal opportunities employer and encourage applications from everybody, regardless of age, care-giving status, disability, ethnicity, gender and/or gender identity or expression status, nationality, marital status/civil partnership, pregnancy and maternity, race, religion/creed, and/or sexual orientation. We are committed to supporting all staff through flexible working schemes, family-friendly policies, training and development, and staff networks. We value the enrichment that comes from a diverse community and seek to promote equality, prevent discrimination and protect the human rights of each individual in line with equality legislation. We encourage applicants to consult our Dignity and Respect Policy and learn more about our EDI related initiatives .

Appointment may be made on the Admin III (Grade 6) Salary Scale: €57,914 – €69,145 (Scale B) / €55,142 – €65,798 (Scale A) 

Salary placement on appointment will be in accordance with public sector pay policy.

We encourage you to reach out to us directly should you require assistance or reasonable accommodation during the recruitment process.

Applications must be submitted online via the University College Cork vacancy portal (https://ore.ucc.ie/). Queries relating to the online application process should be referred to [email protected], quoting the job-title.

Candidates should apply, in confidence, before 12 noon (Irish Local Time) on Tuesday 17th September 2024

No late applications will be accepted.

UNIVERSITY COLLEGE CORK IS AN EQUAL OPPORTUNITIES EMPLOYER

Please note that an appointment to posts advertised will be dependent on University approval, together with the terms of the employment control framework for the higher education sector

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