Head of Enterprise - Kilkenny County Council

About the Role

A vacancy currently exists in Kilkenny County Council for Head of Enterprise. Reporting to the Director of Service, this is a senior role within the broad Economic Development function of the Local Authority. Kilkenny has a rich culture of entrepreneurship and a thriving business community with key strengths in agri-food, creative industries, engineering, financial services, tourism and retail industries locally.

The Head of Enterprise will work to ensure an ‘enterprise-friendly’ county for companies and individuals setting up or expanding their businesses and will lead a team to support enterprise and economic development. The Head of Enterprise will lead a team charged with delivering a high standard quality system of coordinated and cohesive State support to small business sector.

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

Main Duties of the Job

Lead the development and implementation of Kilkenny County Council’s Local Enterprise Development Plan for the Local Authority (LA) to support enterprise at local level in line with national Government policy objectives and commitments on enterprise, entrepreneurship and job creation.

Lead a team to achieve key enterprise and economic development objectives in the Local Economic and Community Plan (LECP) and support the on-going implementation monitoring and review of LECP.

Manage the day-to-day operations of the LEO to deliver all commitments between Enterprise Ireland and the Local Authority and any Protocols with other Government Departments and State Agencies.

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

Details

Location: Kilkenny

Closing date: 19 Nov 2026

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