Summary

We are a long established and respected national community development organisation. We wish to recruit a dynamic leader to the role of Chief Executive Officer, accountable to the Board, to lead on this strategic development and to shape and grow a respected organisation.

About Muintir na Tíre

Muintir na Tíre is a national community development organization, supporting the work of over 1,000 community groups nationally. This support is provided through a network of Community Development Officers, with the support of a small Head Office function. The flagship programme of Muintir is Community Alert, the crime prevention and community safety programme, operated in partnership with An Garda Síochána.

Muintir na Tíre is a long established and respected organization and a registered charity. It has a long history of working with other partners to deliver services to communities across Ireland. It is embarking on a programme of expansion of services.

Further information is available on our website.

About the role

You will provide leadership to the organisation and have overall responsibility for delivering our strategic direction and outcomes. You will support the vision and strategy determined by the Board and lead the development and implementation of programmes that meet the need of our members and communities.

Muintir na Tíre is a relatively small organisation, with a large reach, and as such you will  be required to be hands on and to carry out many administrative tasks yourself and a high level of flexibility and teamwork is required.

You will have minimum qualification of a relevant third level degree and at least two years’ senior management experience reporting to a Board or Chief Executive Officer. You will be able to demonstrate experience in building and leading teams with an empowering leadership style. Further requirements are laid out in the job specification.

A full job specification is available by emailing hr@muintir.ie.