Assistant Civil Defence Officer 2025/P/O/A/18

Administrative

Grade IV

The current salary scale for the position is €35,260 minimum of the scale to €54,367 Maximum of the scale inclusive of LSI’s.

Advertised Date: 08 May 2025

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Kilkenny

To form a panel from which relevant vacancies may be filled during the lifetime of the panel.

Closing Date: 23 May 2025, 04:00 PM

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JOB DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES
1. Duties of the Role shall include:

The duties may include but are not limited to the following and the post holder may be required to perform other duties as appropriate to the post which may be assigned to him/her from time to time and to contribute to the development of the post while in office.

1. 1. To assist the Civil Defence Officer in the preparation and submission in a timely manner and in consultation with local authority management, of the three-year Civil Defence plan as required under Section 12 of the Civil Defence Act, 2012.
  2. To assist the Civil Defence Officer in coordinating the arrangements necessary for the implementation of the Civil Defence plan,
  3. To represent Civil Defence on local emergency planning structures and to promote good relations with key personnel in the Principal Response Agencies where directed to do so by the Civil Defence Officer,
  4. To assist the Civil Defence Officer in providing support to the Principal Response Agencies in emergency and non-emergency situations in accordance with the both the 2015 White Paper on Defence and the Framework for Major Emergency Management,
  5. Where resources permit, to provide support for community, charitable and local authority events, where directed to so by the Civil Defence Officer,
  6. To implement/comply with policies, circulars and guidelines as set out by the Civil Defence Branch of the Department of Defence in consultation with their Civil Defence Officer,
  7. To liaise with the Civil Defence Branch of the Department of Defence on behalf of the local authority and to attend meetings for that purpose,
  8. To attend training provided by the Department of Defence and the local authority,
  9. To assist the Civil Defence Officer in arranging for the recruitment, organisation and management of Civil Defence volunteers,
  10. To assist the Civil Defence Officer in arranging and ensuring Civil Defence volunteers are appropriately trained including mandatory training, facilitate progression of training for volunteers, including completing an annual training needs analysis,

The above specification is not intended to be a comprehensive list of all duties involved and consequently, the post holder may be required to perform other duties as appropriate to the post which may be assigned to him/her from time to time and to contribute to the development of the post while in office.

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Kilkenny County Council
County Hall
John Street

0567794000 human.resources@kilkennycoco.ie

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