Senior Executive Architect - Dublin City Council

Dublin City Council; Dublin; On-site; EUR 90,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

Dublin City Council is seeking a Senior Executive Architect to drive architectural projects within the City Architects Division, Housing and Community Services. You will report to a Senior Architect and lead a programme of architectural work, advising the City Council on architectural matters.

The role involves project leadership, resource coordination, and design team leadership for housing, civic, and public realm projects, under defined SLAs and governance.

Responsibilities

• Project leadership: Leading and delivering projects to which they are assigned in accordance with Service Level Agreements.
• Fulfilling the role of Employer’s Representative on construction contracts.
• Resource management: Managing and coordinating internal and external resources.
• Design team leadership: Managing and coordinating design team members and external consultants to ensure quality, timeliness and cost-efficiency.

Job description

Senior Executive Architect - Dublin City Council

The closing date for this vacancy is 26/11/2026, 15:00

This is a great opportunity to join Dublin City Council at a time of transformation and innovation. Managers at this level work within defined parameters relevant to the position, in accordance with the City Councils vision and objectives as set out in the Corporate Plan.

The Senior Executive Architect works as part of a multi-disciplinary team within the City Architects Division, Housing and Community Services and provides advice and leadership to the team. Reporting to a Senior Architect, or such designated person(s) who may be assigned from time to time, the holder of post will deliver a programme of architectural work and provide advice to the City Council on all architectural matters.

A full Job Summary/Description is available in the Information Booklet.

Main Duties of the Job

Project leadership: Leading and delivering projects to which they are is assigned in accordance with the relevant Service Level Agreements. Fulfilling the role of Employer’s Representative on construction contracts.

Resource Management. Managing and coordination of internal and external resources.

Design team leadership: Managing and coordinating design team members and any outside consultants to ensure performance quality, timeliness and cost-efficiency in delivery of their services.

A full list of main duties is available in the Information Booklet.

Information about the organisation

Dublin is a major European Union capital city with a vibrant culture and an innovative economy. Dublin City Council is at the heart of shaping the city by providing a diverse, multi-layered and evolving range of services for citizens, businesses, the community and visitors to Dublin. Dublin City Council and its employees provide over 900 services across key functional areas of Housing, Community, Planning, Development, Environmental, Roads and Traffic, Economic, Leisure and Culture Services.

The City Council has several roles in guiding and protecting the architecture of the city. It is the owner or developer of a significant stock of housing, civic and community buildings, and is the prime custodian of the city’s public realm, and it co-ordinates and permits development by others.

Architects working in the City Council are involved in a range of exciting projects and critical areas of work for the City including the provision of social and affordable housing, maintenance and upgrading of social housing stock, protection and refurbishment of civic buildings, and interdisciplinary projects for public realm enhancement and active travel infrastructure provision and addressing built environment climate change impacts.

An opportunity now exists in Dublin City Council for the position of Senior Executive Architect.

Salary Scale effective from 1st June 2026:

Hours of attendance will be fixed from time to time but will amount to not less than 35 hours gross per week.

The annual leave allowance for the position of Senior Executive Architect is 30 days.

Selection Process Details

A ranking and or shortlisting exercise may be carried out on the basis of information supplied in your application form. The criteria for ranking and or shortlisting are based on the requirements of the post as outlined in the eligibility criteria and skills, competencies and/or knowledge section of this job specification. Therefore it is very important that you think about your experience in light of those requirements.

Failure to include information regarding these requirements may result in you not being called forward to the next stage of the selection process.

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