Join Our Team
Welcome to the Irish Deaf Society’s careers page! We’re thrilled that you’re considering joining our team. As a leading advocacy organization for the Deaf community in Ireland, we’re committed to improving the lives of Deaf people and promoting equal access to all areas of society.
We’re looking for passionate, dedicated individuals who share our vision and want to make a difference. Whether you’re a seasoned professional or just starting out in your career, we offer a dynamic and inclusive workplace where you can grow and thrive.
At the Irish Deaf Society, you’ll have the opportunity to work on a range of projects and initiatives, from raising awareness about Deaf culture to advocating for policy changes that benefit the Deaf community. You’ll collaborate with a diverse team of experts, including Deaf and hearing professionals, to bring about positive change and make a real impact.
If you’re committed to making a difference and want to join a dynamic and inclusive team, we encourage you to explore our current job openings and apply today. Don’t see a current opening that matches your skills and experience? Keep checking back for upcoming job opportunities – we’re always on the lookout for talented individuals to join our team.
Thank you for your interest in the Irish Deaf Society. We look forward to hearing from you!
3 NEW JOB VACANCY BELOW!!
Job Vacancy 1: Information Officer (Find out more below)
Job Vacancy 2: Front Desk Administrator (Find out more below)
Job Vacancy 3: Retail & Fundraising Manager (Find out more below)
JOB VACANCY: Information Officer
Hours: Full time, 35 hours per week
Term: Permanent contract subject to probation.
Salary: From €30,000 depending on experience
Benefits: 24 days annual leave, time off in lieu, additional days leave during Christmas break, 6 weeks paid sick leave.
Starting Date: As soon as possible subject to notice and availability of successful candidate
Location: This role is full-time in the IDS information office and IDS Main Offices in Deaf Village Ireland, Dublin 7.
Application Deadline: Friday 22nd September 2023
Interview: Thursday 28th September 2023 (candidate meeting time to be confirmed)
Role Description
Overview of the Job
The Advocacy Information Officer works in the IDS Information Office in the Deaf Village Atrium offices. This is a drop-in centre for all information about IDS and general information about Deaf rights and access. The idea with this role is that they can handle all information requests that are not Advocacy requests. This includes access to general information online. The information officer will provide support with referral assistance, helping to direct Deaf people to the services they need, both internal services that IDS offer and external services offered by other organisations.
About IDS
The Irish Deaf Society (IDS) is the national representative organisation of 5000 Deaf and hard of hearing people whose preferred language is Irish Sign Language (ISL). Our mission is to achieve equality and rights of Deaf people in Ireland. The ambition of full access to citizenship and society is sought through the empowerment and mobilisation of the Deaf community.
See more information about IDS and our Mission and Strategic Plan 2023 – 2025, in the ‘About’ section of our website: www.deaf.ie.
Main duties and responsibilities
- Representing Irish Deaf Society in a positive and professional way, which promotes the visions, aims and objective of the Irish Deaf Society
- Work with CEO, Advocacy and FET managers to manage information events and activity in the IDS Information Office, Deaf Village Ireland
- Provide a walk-in information service about IDS Education and Advocacy Departments and create an effective link and bridge for the Deaf community to our services.
- Support members of the Deaf community accessing publicly available information online.
- Support members of the Deaf community with simple translations and contact tasks that do not require advocacy.
- Effectively refer clients to the Advocacy and Education Departments as required.
- To develop effective, up to date information resources online and in the information office about rights, access to services and information, and equality
- Carrying out administrative work as determined by Advocacy Manager
- Support with community events inc. ISL Awareness week and the IDS AGM
- Perform other duties consistent with this role, as required.
Key Competencies
- Fluency in Irish Sign Language
- Be approachable, understanding and patient with members of the public
- Be able to deal with challenging clients and manage interactions with the public
- Great communicator and advocate for IDS services, goals and achievements
- Be highly organised, accurate and with strong attention to detail
- Be IT proficient with strong skills in Office Productivity Tools (e.g., MS Office) and collaboration and training tools such as MS Teams / Zoom and similar modern office solutions.
- Have a proven ability to work under their own initiative, and as part of a team.
The successful candidate will work in the Deaf community so an appreciation and respect for Deaf culture and Irish Sign Language would be an advantage.
Submitting your Cover letter and CV
Please send a cover letter (save as either MS Word or PDF documents) explaining why you are suitable for the role with your CV by email to jobs@irishdeafsociety.ie by the end of the day on Friday 22nd September 2023, please make sure to add “Information Officer” in the subject field of your email.
Interviews will be on Thursday 28th September 2023. If you are unable to attend for interview on this date, please state so clearly in your email so that we can organise an alternative date.
You can find out more about the Irish Deaf Society at: www.deaf.ie, www.facebook.com/IrishDeafSociety, www.twitter.com/IrishDeafSoc
JOB VACANCY: Front Desk Administrator
Hours: Full time, 35 hours per week
Term: Permanent contract subject to probation.
Salary: From €28,000 per annum depending on experience
Benefits: 22 days annual leave, time off in lieu, additional days leave during Christmas break, 6 weeks paid sick leave.
Starting Date: As soon as possible subject to notice and availability of successful candidate
Location: IDS offices in Dublin 7, required to work from office full-time.
Application Deadline: Friday 22nd September 2023
Interview: Thursday 28th September 2023 (candidate meeting time to be confirmed)
Role Description
Overview of the Job
The Advocacy Front Desk Administrator works from the reception desk in the main IDS office and is responsible for meeting and greeting all visitors and clients that come to IDS. They work closely with the Advocacy Manager to provide admin support to the Advocacy team and also provide admin support to other IDS departments.
About IDS
The Irish Deaf Society (IDS) is the national representative organisation of 5000 Deaf and hard of hearing people whose preferred language is Irish Sign Language (ISL). Our mission is to achieve equality and rights of Deaf people in Ireland. The ambition of full access to citizenship and society is sought through the empowerment and mobilisation of the Deaf community.
See more information about IDS and our Mission and Strategic Plan 2023 – 2025, in the ‘About’ section of our website: www.deaf.ie.
Main duties and responsibilities
- To meet and greet all visitors, clients, contractors, staff and learners at the reception area of IDS.
- To provide a buffer between the public and staff to ensure meetings and contact are by appointment or agreement.
- To provide basic information about the Irish Deaf Society and direct visitors to the IDS Information Office as required.
- To provide admin support on agreed tasks for all IDS Departments, for example, booking interpreters. Repeat support tasks to be agreed in advance with the Advocacy manager.
- To support CEO with admin tasks related to AGM and membership including membership renewals
- To support the CEO managing the HR system for holidays and sick leave approvals
- To perform admin tasks related to incoming and outgoing post
- To provide admin support for purchasing
- Support with community events (eg. ISL Awareness Week or IDS AGM)
- Reviewing and forwarding emails that have been sent to info@ email address
- Perform other duties consistent with this role, as required.
Key Competencies
- Fluency in Irish Sign Language
- Be approachable, understanding and patient with members of the public
- Be able to deal with challenging clients and manage interactions with the public.
- Be highly organised, accurate and with strong attention to detail.
- Be IT proficient with skills in Office Productivity Tools (e.g., MS Office) and collaboration and training tools such as MS Teams / Zoom and similar modern office solutions.
The successful candidate will work in the Deaf community so an appreciation and respect for Deaf culture and Irish Sign Language would be an advantage.
Submitting your Cover letter and CV
Please send a cover letter (save as either MS Word or PDF documents) explaining why you are suitable for the role with your CV by email to jobs@irishdeafsociety.ie by the end of the day on Friday 22nd September 2023, please make sure to add “Front Desk Administrator” in the subject field of your email.
Interviews will be on Thursday 28th September 2023. If you are unable to attend for interview on this date, please state so clearly in your email so that we can organise an alternative date.
You can find out more about the Irish Deaf Society at: www.deaf.ie, www.facebook.com/IrishDeafSociety, www.twitter.com/IrishDeafSoc
JOB VACANCY: Retail & Fundraising Manager
Hours: Full time, 35 hours per week
Term: Permanent contract subject to probation.
Salary: From €55,000 to €65,000 depending on experience
Benefits: 24 days annual leave, time off in lieu, additional days leave during Christmas break, 6 weeks paid sick leave.
Starting Date: As soon as possible subject to notice and availability of successful candidate
Location: Primary workplace is IDS offices in Dublin 7, hybrid remote work subject to discussion including work from home office and shop locations.
Application Deadline: Thursday 28nd September 2023
Interview: Interviews will be in the first week of October.
Role Description
Overview of the Job
This role represents a unique opportunity to make a significant impact at an exciting time for the IDS who have recently launched an ambitious Strategic Plan 2023 – 2025. Reporting directly to the CEO, this key role will have a primary responsibility to manage the current retail operation of 2 shops (Ashbourne and Drogheda) and develop and implement a growth strategy for 2023 and beyond. The role will have a secondary responsibility to manage fundraising activity, events and initiatives. Funding from the retail units and the public supports and powers the mission of the Deaf Society, and helps ensure strong research, advocacy, training and development for equality of opportunities for the Deaf community.
About IDS
The Irish Deaf Society (IDS) is the national representative organisation of 5000 Deaf and hard of hearing people whose preferred language is Irish Sign Language (ISL). Our mission is to achieve equality and rights of Deaf people in Ireland. The ambition of full access to citizenship and society is sought through the empowerment and mobilisation of the Deaf community.
See more information about IDS and our Mission and Strategic Plan 2023 – 2025, in the ‘About’ section of our website: www.deaf.ie.
Main duties and responsibilities
Retail Operations
- Manage the charity shops and ensure the profitability of each outlet to agreed targets.
- Development of retail appropriate metrics, KPIs and key goals for each operating plan, budget and strategy period.
- Set standards for layout, display and visual merchandising.
- Create engaging store branding in line with organisational branding standards.
- Set standards for effective stock management systems including stock sourcing, collection, sorting and pricing.
- Ensure all retail activities operate within Irish law and best practice taking account of health and safety, data protection, ICSA Code of Charity Retailing etc.
- Supporting the development of profitable supply chain/ stock partnerships
- Monitor and report insights on competitors, industry trends and economic indictors
People Management
- Responsible for the day-to-day management of the retail / fundraising staff
- Responsible for promoting team building, open and clear communications, co-operation and appropriate networks of support for staff.
- Responsible for the recruitment and selection of retail / fundraising staff.
- Management of fundraising volunteers.
- Responsible for workforce planning and development, ensuring there are adequate numbers and required mix of staff and volunteers within the retail / fundraising team.
- Ensure all volunteer management practices adhere to organisational policy and are in line with charity retail best practice.
Fundraising
- Strategic development and management of the raffle and regular giving campaigns.
- Management of ad-hoc volunteer led fundraising activities.
- Development of routine fundraising activities such as bucket collections, church collections.
- Respond to CSR opportunities and engagement with business/corporate sector.
Key Competencies
- Professional management qualification or extensive management experience
- Proven ability in retail income generation
- Proven leadership experience in a senior retail role in a target focused sales environment
- Substantial retail management experience of a successful operation of multiple outlets
- Strategic planning and financial forecasting experience
- Delivering growth in retail capacity
- Strong people management experience
- Experience managing fundraising events, volunteers and initiatives
- Strong customer focus
- Self-starter with the ability to work on own initiative.
- Excellent communication skills, analytic and decision-making abilities
- A team player and able to work with and through others
- Ability to influence others and move towards a common vision
- All candidates must be able to drive, have access to a car and have the right to work in Ireland (civil service rates offered).
The successful candidate will work in the Deaf community so an appreciation and respect for Deaf culture and Irish Sign Language would be an advantage.
Submitting your Cover letter and CV
Please send a cover letter (save as either MS Word or PDF documents) explaining why you are suitable for the role with your CV by email to jobs@irishdeafsociety.ie by the end of the day on Friday 28nd September 2023, please make sure to add “Retail and Fundraising Manager” in the subject field of your email.
Informal enquiries are welcome to Suzanne of Mantra Strategy on 086 6001039.
Interviews will be in the first week of October. If you are unable to attend for interview during this week, please state so clearly in your email so that we can organise an alternative date.
You can find out more about the Irish Deaf Society at: www.deaf.ie, www.facebook.com/IrishDeafSociety, www.twitter.com/IrishDeafSoc