Executive Assistant (0.5FTE), (Specified Purpose Contract), Admissions & Student Recruitment Office, Maynooth University

Maynooth University is committed to a strategy in which the primary University goals of excellent research and scholarship and outstanding education are interlinked and equally valued. 

We are seeking an Executive Assistant who will provide administrative support to the Micro-Credential Project team within the Admissions and Student Recruitment Office. The work will involve the accurate execution of important operational processes, supporting the processing of both EU and Non-EU applications for Micro-Credential programmes. 

The Irish Universities Association (IUA) is the representative body of the university sector and has secured funding for the project to develop a Multi-Campus Micro-Credentials system in Irish Universities, providing a coherent national framework for quality assured and accredited micro-credentials. This full-time contract position is funded by this project.

The MicroCreds project is funded through the Higher Education Authority’s Human Capital Initiative, aimed at establishing a system of quality assured and accredited micro-credentials across the seven IUA universities. MicroCreds provides up/re-skilling opportunities to those in employment and those seeking to enhance their employability, and aims to drive lifelong learning in Ireland, in close collaboration with enterprise. The MicroCreds project develops a collective national framework for micro-credentials across the universities; builds engagement with enterprise for the development and roll-out of the micro-credentials programmes; and develops a co-ordinated ‘shop window’ portal to drive awareness of micro-credentials.