Senior Parks & Landscapes Officer - Dun Laoghaire-Rathdown County Council

About the Role

The Senior Parks and Landscape Officer works within the Community Cultural Services and Parks Department that provide a range of social and community infrastructure that is designed to improve the quality of life of the citizens in the County. It plans, designs, and manages the County landscape to provide an attractive, green, and sustainable County. It aims to meet the social, recreational, and conservational needs of the County and its citizens. It is responsible for managing parks, open spaces, and community/sports buildings, creating an environment where people can meet and engage socially and fosters social cohesion and engagement.

Contribute to the development and delivery of long-term vision for the County that promotes the physical, social, cultural and economic environment in an integrated way.

Lead and manage a team to deliver on the areas and programmes within their remit, ensuring a strong focus on delivery of results.

Initiate, develop and drive appropriate change programmes that can enhance the range and quality of services.

Work with the Council, its Strategic Policy Committees, the Local Community Development Committee, in developing policy and strategic plans for their areas of responsibility that are in line with overall national priorities and aim to deliver projects in the most efficient manner possible, to meet the specific needs of the local community.

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

Requirements

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

Details

Location: Dun Laoghaire-Rathdown, Dublin.

Sector: public sector

Indicative salary: €83,496–€100,706 per year, indicative HSE pay scale for this grade, effective Jun 2026.

Closing date: 6 Aug 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 Parks & Landscapes Officer is 30 days.

Recruitment for this role is managed by publicjobs.

Dún Laoghaire-Rathdown County Council performs a significant role in shaping the strategic vision of the County. It provides a diverse, comprehensive and evolving range of services to citizens, businesses and visitors to the County which include the provision of housing, planning, development, environmental, transportation, leisure and community services. The corporate headquarters are located at County Hall in Dún Laoghaire town. Dún Laoghaire-Rathdown County Council has 40 elected members and approximately 1300 staff. Dún Laoghaire Rathdown County Council was established in 1994 and is located between the outer suburbs of Dublin City and the Dublin mountains; with its 17km of coastline, harbour, attractive towns and villages alongside communities where residents and visitors enjoy some of the best natural amenities in Ireland. It also has the benefit of unparalleled access to public transport, employment opportunities, leisure facilities, education, shopping and an attractive public realm. It is a smart, vibrant county - attractive, inclusive and accessible to all. The County covers the electoral areas of Blackrock, Dundrum, Dún Laoghaire, Glencullen-Sandyford, Killiney-Shankill and Stillorgan. The County’s vibrant community is focused across a necklace of villages, each with its own strong identity, such as Dalkey, Foxrock, Monkstown, Rathfarnham, Shankill, Sandyford and Stepaside. A new town, the biggest urban infrastructure in the country is being built at Cherrywood, which will have a population of 25,000 people.

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