The Staff Officer is a frontline management position within the local authority and is assigned responsibility for managing the performance of a section/department/team. The administrative structure ranges from the entry grade of Clerical Officer, through to Assistant Staff Officer, Staff Officer, Senior Staff Officer and Administrative Officer. A Staff Officer will generally work under the direction and management of a Senior Staff Officer/Administrative Officer or analogous grade.
A Staff Officer’s operational duties may include the day to day running of a section and the supervision and management of staff within the section. This will include implementing work programmes to achieve goals, targets and standards as set out in the Departmental and Team Development Plans, Corporate Plan and Annual Service Delivery Plan. This will require the ability to plan, allocate and prioritise work and monitor and report on progress. Other duties may include representing their Department or the Council on various committees and they must be capable of representing the Council in a professional and credible manner with all internal and external stakeholders.
20% confined to employees of Kildare County Council
The Council will form three separate panels of suitably qualified candidates to meet the requirements agreed nationally of the ratio of posts to be confined to the local government sector, open, and those confined to Kildare County Council staff. The order of candidates placed on each of the three panels is determined by where they were placed on the overall Order of Merit List.
Panel A (Confined to Local Authority Sector) will comprise of successful applicants in order of merit from within the Local Authority Sector only i.e. candidates serving in a local authority or Regional Assembly (where applicable).
Panel B (Open) will comprise of all successful applicants in order of merit and may include candidates serving in a local authority, regional assembly and external applicants.
Panel C (Confined to Kildare County Council) will comprise of all successful applicants in order of merit from within the recruiting Local Authority i.e., candidates serving in Kildare County Council.
For the purposes of the above, the sector Panel A is comprehended to include all Local Authorities and the three Regional Assemblies only. Staff who are not existing employees of local authorities or regional assemblies are not eligible to apply for competitions confined to the sector (Panel A) or to the local authority (Panel C).