Relief Driver (Adult Day Services - HUBS)

Fairways Hotel; Cork; Hybrid; EUR 23,000 - 25,000; Part time

Benefits offered by this job

Training opportunities

Generous annual leave

Long service reward

Maternity leave pay adjustments

Adoptive leave pay adjustments

Paternity leave pay adjustments

Job summary

Enable Ireland is seeking a Relief Driver for the Adult Day Services in Cork. The role provides skilled driving for adults with disabilities, with flexible hours and a salary scale of €16.59–€18.45 per hour.

The post supports service users in Ballintemple, Ballincollig and Carrigaline locations. Applicants should hold a clean full manual driving licence, have at least five years of driving experience, and be eligible to work in Ireland.

Qualifications

• Must have a clean full manual driving licence.
• Minimum of 5 years driving experience.
• Be eligible to work in the state.
• Experience in driving accessible passenger vehicles and minibuses.

Skills

Full clean license

5 years driving

Eligibility to work

Accessible vehicles

Minibus driving

Job description

Relief Driver (Adult Day Services - HUBS)

• Cork City, County Cork, Ireland
• Relief

Who We Are

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 Relief Driver to join our team in Adult Day Services (Ballintemple, Ballincollig, Carrigaline)

Contract Type: Relief

Contract Hours: variable hours

Salary Scale: From €16.59 per hours to €18.45 per hour

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: 10.7% of hours worked

Overview of the Post:

To provide skilled driving duties to meet the transport needs of adult service owners attending the Enable Ireland Cork Adult Services.

Overview of Duties & Responsibilities:

Please see Job Description for full list

The successful candidate will have

• A Clean Full Clean Manual Driving Licence
• Minimum of 5 years’ driving experience
• Be eligible to work in the state
• Experience in driving accessible passenger vehicles
• Experience of driving a minibus or large vehicle

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:Friday 9th Oct 2026 @ noon

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