Academic Manager, General Manager

Children’s Health Ireland Jobs; Dublin; On-site; EUR 85,000 - 115,000; Full time

Job summary

Children’s Health Ireland Jobs is seeking an Academic Manager to provide strategic leadership in shaping and expanding institutional partnerships across academic, research, clinical, corporate, and government sectors. The post holder will guide a cross-university approach to child health development, ensuring alignment with partners' plans and educational missions.

The role focuses on advancing CHI's mission, strengthening collaborations, and delivering measurable impact for children, families,

Qualifications

• Master’s degree or equivalent in a relevant field.
• 10+ years in senior management, with partnerships experience across health, higher education, public sector, international or not-for-profit organisations.
• Proven success in developing major institutional partnerships with governance structures, steering groups or partnership forums.
• Experience leading large-scale, multi-stakeholder programmes across locations and disciplines with milestones, interdependencies, risk management and reporting.
• Experience applying structured project management methodologies such as PRINCE2 or equivalent.
• Extensive experience negotiating with senior stakeholders in government, public services, academia and the voluntary sector.
• Ability to lead strategic planning in complex organisational or politically sensitive environments.
• Experience contributing to national or sectoral policy development, consultation processes, or legislative reform.

Responsibilities

• Provide strategic leadership shaping, implementing, and expanding institutional partnerships across academic, research, clinical, corporate, and government sectors.
• Guide cross-University approaches to child health development and align with partners' strategic plans and educational missions.
• Advance CHI mission and strengthen national collaborations to deliver measurable impact for children, families, students, staff, industry and society.
• Lead governance structures, steering groups or forums for partnership programmes across multiple locations and disciplines.

Skills

Senior management

Partnership development

Governance structures

Programme planning

PRINCE2

Stakeholder negotiation

Strategic planning

Policy development

Education

Master’s degree or equivalent

Job description

Academic Manager

Purpose of the Role:

The purpose of this post is to will provide strategic leadership in shaping, implementing, and expanding institutional partnerships across academic, research, clinical, corporate, and government for the partnership.

Purpose of the Role:

The purpose of this post is to will provide strategic leadership in shaping, implementing, and expanding institutional partnerships across academic, research, clinical, corporate, and government for the partnership.

This senior role is responsible for advancing the ICHI mission, strengthening key national collaborations, and ensuring that ICHI partnerships deliver accountable and measurable impact for children, families, students, staff, industry, and society.

The postholder will be a member of the Extended Leadership Group and will guide a cross-University approach to child health development, ensuring alignment with partners child health strategic plans, research priorities, and educational missions.

Essential Criteria

• Master’s degree or equivalent in a relevant field
• At least 10 years’ experience at senior management level, including leading partnerships across health, higher education, public sector, international or not-for-profit organisations.
• Demonstrated success in developing major institutional partnerships with measurable outcomes, including establishing governance structures, steering groups or partnership forums.
• Demonstrated experience leading large‑scale, multi‑stakeholder programmes across multiple locations and disciplines, including programme plans with milestones, interdependencies, risk management and reporting.
• Experience applying structured project management methodologies such as PRINCE2 or equivalent.
• Extensive experience working and negotiating with senior stakeholders in government, public services, academia and the voluntary sector, including in politically sensitive or high-risk environments.
• Demonstrated ability to lead strategic planning in complex organisational or politically sensitive environments.
• Experience contributing to national or sectoral policy development, consultation processes, or legislative reform.

For informal enquiries for this specialty/department, please contact: Professor Catherine Quinlan, CAO/HPA, [e-mail]

For other queries relating to this recruitment process, please contact Talent Acquisition Specialist: [e-mail]

PLEASE NOTE:

CHI has transitioned to a process of a one commencement day per month for all new employees, CHI internal transfers and Secondments. This update to our Onboarding process is aligned to changes in our monthly/fortnightly payroll and with the launch of our new corporate induction program. This process enhancement ensures that we can thoroughly prepare for your arrival and facilitate a smooth transition in your onboarding journey.

It is important for you to note that if you do not have your pre-employments and mandatory training completed in time, your commencement date will be deferred to the next available date.

commencement dates for 2027

• 4thJanuary 2027
• 8thFebruary 2027
• 8thMarch 2027
• 5thApril 2027
• 10thMay 2027
• 14thJune 2027
• 5thJuly 2027
• 9thAugust 2027
• 6thSeptember 2027
• 4thOctober 2027
• 1stNovember 2027
• 6thDecember 2027