Administration Support Grade 1

Fairways Hotel; Cork; Hybrid; EUR 28,000 - 46,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Excellent training opportunities

Generous annual leave entitlements

Long service reward scheme

Parental leave benefits

Job summary

Enable Ireland in Cork is seeking a motivated Administration Support Grade 1 to join the Children’s Disability Network Team. The role offers a Specified Purpose Contract (covering sick leave) and up to 35 hours per week.

You will provide broad administrative support, manage IT tasks, and assist with database duties, with a focus on accurate record keeping and customer service. Applicants should have Leaving Certificate, at least 1 year secretarial experience, and be eligible to work in Ireland.

Qualifications

• Leaving certificate or equivalent standard of education.
• A minimum of 1 years’ relevant secretarial/administrative experience.
• Excellent IT skills, including extensive use of and proficiency in the MS Office Suite.
• Experience of working with a database software system.
• Fluency in the English language (written & verbal).
• Eligible to work in the State.
• Experience of working in a similar role in the healthcare/disability or equivalent sector.
• Experience of working at reception.
• A relevant secretarial/business or IT qualification.

Responsibilities

• To provide a wide range of administration supports to the Children’s Disability Network Team.
• Please see Job Description for full list.

Skills

MS Office proficiency

Database software experience

English fluency

Reception experience

Secretarial/administrative experience

Eligibility to work in Ireland

Education

Leaving certificate or equivalent

IT qualification

Secretarial/business qualification

Job description

Enable Ireland provides services to over 13,000 children and adults with disabilities and their families from 43 locations in 14 counties. Covering childhood to adulthood our expert teams work with the individual and their family on a plan for each life stage. Our services for children and their families cover all aspects of a child's physical, educational, and social development from early infancy through adolescence. For adults we offer a range of services covering personal development, indep

Enable Ireland provides services to over 13,000 children and adults with disabilities and their families from 43 locations in 14 counties. Covering childhood to adulthood our expert teams work with the individual and their family on a plan for each life stage. Our services for children and their families cover all aspects of a child's physical, educational, and social development from early infancy through adolescence. For adults we offer a range of services covering personal development, indep Show more

Description

Would you like to work for a great employer? Enable Ireland is an organisation that makes a real difference to the lives of children and adults with disabilities in Ireland, and is named as one of Ireland's Irish Independent 150 Best Employers 2025.

Enable Ireland, as an equal opportunities employer, proudly maintains a Silver Award in Diversity from the Irish Centre for Diversity. We vigorously advocate for fairness, respect, equality, diversity, inclusion, and engagement, and are dedicated to ongoing enhancement in these areas.

We are currently seeking a highly-motivated Administration Support Grade 1 to join our team in Cork Childrens’ Services.

Contract Type: Specified Purpose Contract (covering sick leave)

Contract Hours: up to 35 hours per week

Salary Scale: €28,377 to €45,992 pro rata per annum. Salary scales are subject to LSI’s (Long Service Increments)

This pay scale is subject to increases in 2026 in accordance with the recent WRC agreement towards enhanced pay adjustments in Section 39 organisations.

Annual Leave Entitlement: Annual leave entitlement is 30 days pro rata per annum.

Overview of the Post:

To provide a wide range of administration supports to the Children’s Disability Network Team.

Overview of Duties & Responsibilities:

Please see Job Description for full list

The successful candidate will have

• Leaving certificate or equivalent standard of education
• A minimum of 1 years’ relevant secretarial/administrative experience
• Excellent IT skills, including extensive use of and proficiency in the MS Office Suite.
• Experience of working with a database software system.
• Fluency in the English language (written & verbal).
• Eligible to work in the State.

• Experience of working in a similar role in the healthcare/disability or equivalent sector.
• Experience of working at reception
• A relevant secretarial/business or IT qualification

As a staff member of Enable Ireland, you will have access to a wide range of benefits, including:

• Excellent internal and external training opportunities
• Generous annual leave entitlements
• Long service reward scheme
• Pay adjusted Maternity Leave
• Pay adjusted Adoptive Leave
• Pay adjusted Paternity Leave

Closing date for applications: Wednesday 26th August 2026.

A panel may be formed from this vacancy for any similar vacancies, which may arise during the next 12 months.

• The post will be subject to reference checks and may be subject to Garda vetting/police clearance, as relevant.
• Due to the large volume of applications, we are not in the position to provide individual feedback to applicants who are not shortlisted for interview.
• Applications are invited from suitably qualified applicants from all sections of the community.
• The above information serves only as a guide to the advertised position. Enable Ireland, at its discretion, reserves the right to change this prior to appointment.
• Please review the Enable Ireland’s External Data Protection Notice available at https://www.enableireland.ie/privacy-policy for details on how Enable Ireland processes applicant’s personal information. Please note if you are invited for interview, we will share your personal data with:
• 1) Any virtual service provider we use to host the interview; and
• 2) the interview panel (if applicable). Your information will be stored for this purpose in line with our retention policy

Enable Ireland is an Equal Opportunity Employer