Administration Support Grade 1 in Cork

About the Role

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, independent living, supported employment, social and leisure activities. The demand for our services continues to increase throughout Ireland. We have set ourselves the challenging goal of meeting these needs by providing a full range of high quality services, and expanding into local communities.

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. As an equal opportunities employer, Enable Ireland 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 Administration Support Grade 1 to join our team in Cork Childrens’ Services. Contract Type: Specified Purpose Contract (covering sick leave). Contract Hours: up to 35 hours per week. Salary Scale: €28,377 to €45,992 pro rata per annum. Salary scales are subject to LSI’s (Long Service Increments). 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: Annual leave entitlement is 30 days pro rata per annum.

To provide a wide range of administration supports to the Children’s Disability Network Team. Please see Job Description for full list.

Requirements

The successful candidate will have the following:

Essential Criteria

• Leaving certificate or equivalent standard of education
• A minimum of 1 years’ relevant secretarial/administrative experience
• Excellent IT skills, including extensive use of and proficiency in the MS Office Suite.
• Experience of working with a database software system.
• Fluency in the English language (written & verbal).
• Eligible to work in the State.

Desirable Criteria

• Experience of working in a similar role in the healthcare/disability or equivalent sector.
• Full clean drivers license
• Experience of working at reception
• A relevant secretarial/business or IT qualification

Details

Location: Curraheen, Cork, Ireland

Closing date for applications: Wednesday 26th August 2026. 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.

How to Apply

To apply, please download the Job Description and Person Specification for your information and complete the online application form. CVs will not be accepted.