Age Action Ireland: Senior Policy Officer and Health Policy Officer [1]

Senior Policy Officer

and

Health Policy Officer

Age Action Ireland is the leading advocacy organisation on ageing and older people in Ireland. Our vision is that Ireland becomes the best country in which to grow older. Our main object to achieve fundamental change in the lives of all ageing people and especially people in later life by empowering them to live full lives as independent and actively engaged citizens and to secure their right to comprehensive high quality services according to their changing needs. 


Advocacy & Communications

Age Action is a campaigning organisation, working with older people to secure their human rights, improve policies and promote equality. We engage with the Government, policy-makers, statutory agencies, other advocacy groups and the media to ensure the needs of older people are put on the agenda. We empower our members to fight for a fair State Pension, better homecare, an end to ageism to promote positive ageing. At the heart of all that we do is the lived experience of our members and of all of us who hope to grow old in Ireland. Communications involves working with the media, creating digital and print communications content including our bimonthly magazine Ageing Matters, running an information service and a reference library. The team is also responsible for advising and supporting other teams on issues related to policy, research and evaluation in their own work.

Senior Policy Officer (Ref: SPOO17)

The Senior Policy Officer reports to the Head of Advocacy & Communications and is Age Action’s most senior policy and research post. You will lead a team consisting of the Health Policy Officer, currently part-time, and any volunteer, intern or other policy staff that may be recruited. You will lead on Age Action’s policy development and research, ensuring that it is accurate, timely and that it incorporates the voices and lived experience of our members and older people generally. You will produce, and commission, research on ageing and ageing related issues in line with the priorities set out in our Strategic Plan. You will provide support to the Head of Advocacy and Communications, helping to ensure that Age Action’s public communications and advocacy work accurately reflect the organisation’s policies and principles. You will maintain and build relationships with other organisations, research institutions and key stakeholders, particularly in the ageing sector, to ensure our policy and research is up to date, robust and fully informed. You will be responsible for identifying funding opportunities, producing funding applications and for ensuring Age Action meets its responsibilities for reporting accurately and transparently to our funders. See detailed job description for person specification, conditions of service and application guidelines.

Health Policy Officer (Ref: HPOO17)

The Health Policy Officer reports to the Senior Policy Officer and is Age Action’s policy lead on an area of critical importance to the organisation and to Ireland’s older people. You will lead on Age Action’s policy development and research on health and social care, ensuring that it is accurate, up to date, evidence-based and incorporates the voices and lived experience of our members and older people more generally. You will produce, and commission, research on health and social care issues affecting older people in line with the priorities set out in our Strategic Plan. You will provide support to the Senior Policy Officer and the Head of Advocacy and Communications, helping to ensure that Age Action’s public communications and advocacy work accurately reflect the organisation’s policies and principles. You will maintain and build relationships with other organisations, research institutions and key stakeholders, to ensure our policy and research is up to date, robust and fully informed. You will be responsible for identifying funding opportunities, working with the team to apply for funding and helping to ensure Age Action meets its responsibilities for reporting accurately and transparently to our funders. See detailed job description for person specification, conditions of service and application guidelines.

Conditions of Service

The post of Senior Policy Officer is a full time post and the salary will be between €41,848 and €50,809 per annum.

The post of Health Policy Officer is a part time post (three days per week) and the salary will be between €20,438 and €27,530.

The successful candidates will be included in our Death in Service Benefit scheme and eligible to join our staff pension scheme after successfully completing the six-month probationary period. These posts will be based at our offices in Inchicore, Dublin 8 but some travel will be necessary. There will be work outside normal office hours in the evenings and weekends, for which time off in lieu will be provided. The post is funded through a grant from the Support Scheme for National Organisations administered by Pobal, which we gladly acknowledge.

Applications by letter in word format quoting job reference and outlining your suitability for the post (maximum 300 words) with CV and contact details of two referees by email to: recruitment@ageaction.ie [2] by 12 noon Friday 10th November 2017. Interviews scheduled for week beginning 20th November 2017. Detailed job descriptions are available here [3]

Age Action is opposed to discrimination and the best candidate will be appointed regardless of age, disability, gender, ethnicity or other grounds.