JOB ALERT! Carlow County Council hiring role with salary of up to 70K per year

Carlow County Council are currently hiring a Civil Defence Officer with application deadline approaching.

The deadline to apply is 12 noon on 17th April 2026.

Candidates who send their applications by post should allow sufficient time to ensure delivery not later than the latest time for acceptance.

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The Role of the Civil Defence Officer

Civil Defence is a statutory volunteer-based organisation. It currently has approximately 2,500 volunteer members nationally. The Department of Defence, through its Civil Defence Branch, is responsible for the overall policy direction of Civil Defence.

There is a Civil Defence Unit in each local authority area and the Civil Defence Officer, who will be an employee of the local authority, will be responsible for the day-to-day management of the Civil Defence Unit.

Key duties and responsibilities:

The list of duties (non-exhaustive) of the Civil Defence Officer include the following:

• To assist 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 8 of the Civil Defence
  Act, 2023
• To manage the day-to-day activities of the Civil Defence Unit, co-ordinating the arrangements
  necessary for the implementation of the Civil Defence plan and the safe completion of duties,
  including but not limited to risk assessment and appropriate resourcing of all duties, ensuring that
  duties are completed within the agreed standard operating guidelines and policies, and responsible
  officer for the management of controlled drugs
• To represent Civil Defence on local emergency planning structures and to promote good relations with
  key personnel in the Principal Response Agencies
• To provide support to the Principal Response Agencies in emergency and non-emergency situations
  in accordance with the 2015 White Paper on Defence, the Towards 2030 policy document and the
  Framework for Major Emergency Management
• Where resources permit, to provide support for community, charitable and local authority events
• To implement and comply with policies, circulars and guidelines (including the Civil Defence Act (Code
  of Practice) Regulations 2023) as set out by the Civil Defence Branch of the Department of Defence in
  consultation with their Line Manager
• 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
• To attend training provided by the Department of Defence and the local authority
• To arrange for the recruitment, organisation and management of Civil Defence volunteers
• To ensure that Civil Defence volunteers are appropriately trained including mandatory training, to
  facilitate progression of training for volunteers, including completing an annual training needs analysis
• To follow instructions issued by the Department of Defence in relation to the processing of the annual
  operational grant and any other grants that are provided
• To follow instructions issued by the local authority/Department of Defence for the purchase, care,
  maintenance, issue and control of Civil Defence uniforms, vehicles and equipment
• To maintain adequate records, including ongoing completion of the Volunteer and Equipment
  Management System, in the manner required and any other reporting requirements as may arise
• To promote Civil Defence in the local authority area
• Such other Civil Defence duties appropriate to the office as the Chief Executive of the local authority
  and/or Department of Defence may assign, including emergency duties and duties in relation to the
  area of any other local authority
• Any other duties that may be assigned from time to time

Qualifications and Character:

Each candidate will be of good character.
Each candidate must be in a state of health such as would indicate a reasonable prospect of ability to render regular and efficient service.

Citizenship:
Candidates must, by the date of any job offer, be:
a) A citizen of the European Economic Area (EEA). The EEA consists of the Member States of the
European Union, Iceland, Liechtenstein and Norway; or
b) A citizen of the United Kingdom (UK); or
c) A citizen of Switzerland pursuant to the agreement between the EU and Switzerland on the free
movement of persons; or
d) A non-EEA citizen who is a spouse or child of an EEA or UK or Swiss citizen and has a stamp 4 visa: or
e) A person awarded international protection under the International Protection Act 2015, or any family
member entitled to remain in the State as a result of family reunification and has a stamp 4 visa or
f) A non-EEA citizen who is a parent of a dependent child who is a citizen of, and resident in, an EEA
member state or the UK or Switzerland and has a stamp 4 visa
Education, Training, Experience:

The working hours at present provide for a five day, thirty-five hour working week, hours may vary from
time to time.

Carlow County Council operate a Flexi Time Scheme with an earliest start time of 8.00am and a latest start time of 10.00am; an earliest finishing time of 4.00pm and a latest finishing time of 18.00pm with a lunch break consisting of a minimum of 30 minutes to a maximum of 2 hours which must be taken between 12.30pm and 14.30pm. A copy of the Flexi Leave Scheme is available, on request.

The salary shall be fully inclusive and shall be as determined from time to time. The holder of the office shall pay to the local authority any fees or other monies (other than his/her inclusive salary) payable to and received by him/her by virtue of his/her office or in respect of services which he/she is required by or under any enactment to perform.

The salary scale for the post of the Civil Defence Officer is analogous to the Senior Staff Officer (Circular
Letter EL 02/2026) as follows:
€57,895 - €59,276 - €60,960 - €64,126 - €66,017 - €68,367(LSI1) and €70,730(LSI2) gross per annum.

Entry point to this scale will be determined in accordance with Circulars issued by the Department of
Housing, Planning and Local Government. In accordance with Departmental Circular Letter EL.02/2020, a
person who is not a serving local authority employee on or after 1st January 2011 will enter the scale for
the position at the minimum point. Rate of remuneration may be adjusted from time to time in line with
Government Policy.

To apply and for more information, click the link here.