Counsellor

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 to recruit two professionally qualified and experienced Counsellors to fill one temporary, one year and one temporary 6 month contract post, on a full-time basis. Reporting to the Head of the Counselling Service, the successful candidate 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 a challenging position, and the 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 an 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 (2024):      € 56,351 – € 80,401 p.a. pro-rata (9 points)

Appointments will be made in accordance with public sector pay provisions.