Faculty Events Officer

Maynooth University; Maynooth; On-site; EUR 60,000 - 86,000; Full time

Job summary

Maynooth University invites applications for a Faculty Events Officer in the Faculty of Arts and Humanities. The role, hosted in the Dean’s Office, will coordinate events across the academic year, with particular responsibility for the Arts & Minds Festival and alumni engagement strategies.

You will work closely with the University Events team, managing multiple events, promoting initiatives, and evaluating success through data and qualitative measures to support strategic objectives.

Responsibilities

• Organise and administer faculty events over the academic year, with focus on the Arts & Minds Festival.
• Report to the Dean of the Faculty of Arts and Humanities and collaborate with the University Events team.
• Manage multiple events in various stages of execution, promoting them effectively.

Job description

Department: Office: Arts & Humanities

Vacancy ID: 044083

Closing Date: 11-Oct-2026

Maynooth University is committed to a strategy in which the primary University goals of excellent research and scholarship and outstanding education are interlinked and equally valued.

We are seeking a Faculty Events Officer for the Faculty of Arts and Humanities to organise and administer faculty events over the academic year, with particular focus on, and responsibility for, the annual Arts & Minds Festival. The role will be hosted in the Dean’s Office and will report to the Dean of the Faculty of Arts and Humanities working closely with the University Events team within the External Relations Office. The Faculty Events Officer will be capable of managing multiple events in different stages of execution, promoting the events, analysing their success through both data and qualitative measures, and of thinking strategically about how to devise events that serve the Faculty’s and University’s strategic interests and objectives for alumni engagement and philanthropy.

Salary Scale

Administrative Officer I: €60,410– €86,192 p.a. (9 points)

Closing Date 23:30hrs (local Irish time) on Sunday, 11th October 2026.

Maynooth University is an equal opportunities employer

The position is subject to the Statutes of the University