Summary of the Role:
The successful candidate will work within the Marine Spatial Planning team in Marine Environment and Food Safety Services (MEFSS), which coordinates the scientific and technical services that the Marine Institute provides to Department of Environment Climate and Communications (DECC). Working with a cross-services team, the successful candidate will provide a key role in supporting the delivery of services and products to support delivery of marine spatial planning (MSP) in Ireland. The Marine Institute provides marine scientific and technical advisory services to DECC in delivery of national legislative responsibilities through monitoring, analysis and data acquisition and management.
Essential Requirements:
- A relevant qualification in a science/marine science, administration, communications or related field.
- Previous experience in providing administrative and project management support to programs ideally support to scientific, research programs or equivalent.
- A minimum of 2 years’ relevant post qualification work experience working in a relevant role.
- Proven ability to monitor delivery milestones and support project reporting.
- Effective numeracy skills and demonstrated experience in tracking and coordinating and tracking budgets and finances; ideally in a public sector environment.
- Some demonstrated knowledge / experience in public procurement.
- High levels of I.T. skills to include Microsoft Word, Excel, PowerPoint and Outlook.
- Proven report writing skills.
- Experience in organizing and supporting meetings, events and/or outreach activities.
- Experience at collaborating with others.
- Effective organization and administration skills.
- Good time management and the ability to prioritize and meet deadlines.
- The ability to work unsupervised and as part of a team.
- Strong interpersonal skills and the ability to communicate effectively at all levels including an ability to work with and effectively communicate with marine stakeholders.
Application deadline: July 11, 2024
