Counsellor, 1x Permanent and 1x Specified purpose, Student Services – Counselling Service, Maynooth University
Maynooth University is a dynamic public university of approximately 16,000 students. The University provides a Counselling Service as part of its supports for Students, which sits within the Student Services Team. The Student Services team operates within the Office for Students and Learning.
We are seeking to recruit two professionally qualified and experienced Counsellors to fill one, full-time permanent post, and one full-time, specified purpose contract (for approximately 9 months). Reporting to the Head of the Counselling Service, the successful candidates will work as part of a professional team responsible for delivering a fast-paced and demand-led counselling service. They will be required to provide a comprehensive and confidential counselling service to a diverse student body on behalf of Maynooth University and Saint Patricks’ Pontifical University.
Alongside this, they will carry a full counselling caseload while engaging in and expanding the preventative and developmental programmes as identified by the Service. This is an exciting position, in a busy service, candidates must be able to demonstrate an ability to work well in a team environment and using their own initiative. The successful candidates must have excellent attention to detail and accuracy in their output. As this position will operate within Student Services, candidates should understand and have empathy with the mission, ethos, and overall approach of Student Services.
Salary
Administrative Officer I (2025): €58,634– € €83,657 p.a. (9 points)
Appointments will be made in accordance with public sector pay provisions.
Application Instructions
Closing Date: 23:30hrs (local Irish time) on Sunday, 22nd June, 2025.
Please note all applications must be made via our Online Recruitment Portal at the following link:
https://www.maynoothuniversity.ie/human-resources/vacancies
Applications must be submitted by the closing date and time specified above. Any applications which are still in progress at the closing time on the specified closing date will be cancelled automatically by the system.
Late applications will not be accepted.
Please note that only candidates who are EU/EEA/UK/Swiss citizens or who already hold a valid permit/stamp that allows them to work in Ireland on an ongoing basis are eligible to apply to the permanent post.
Temporary stamp holders (e.g. 1G Graduate) are eligible to apply for the specified purpose post if their current stamp (and extension) covers the full anticipated duration as advertised.
Maynooth University is an equal opportunities employer
The position is subject to the Statutes of the University