"Executive Assistant"

Department: Student Services Office

Vacancy ID: 038643

Closing Date: 07-Dec-2025

We are seeking to appoint an Executive Assistant on a full-time, permanent basis in Student Services to work in the Counselling Service, which is a busy and student-facing office environment. The Executive Assistant will be reporting to the Head of the Counselling Service or their nominee and will work with the Senior Executive Assistant who co-ordinates the workflow on a day-to-day basis.

Applicants for the post should have excellent IT, organisational, people and communication skills. The successful candidate will have a proven ability to work well in a team environment but will also use their own initiative. They will have experience of completing concurrent tasks within competing deadlines and will have excellent attention to detail and accuracy in their output. The role requires a high level of discretion and the capacity to maintain strict confidentiality and empathy when dealing with all individuals.

The successful candidate will have the ability to develop and maintain excellent working relationships. They will demonstrate a high level of organisational skills with an ability to deal with high volumes of converging activities.

Salary:

Executive Assistant (2025): €32,030 – €48,430 p.a. (13 points)

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

Closing Date:

23:30hrs (local Irish time) on Sunday, 7th of December 2025.

Applications must be submitted by the closing date and time specified above. Any applications which are still in progress at the closing time on the specified closing date will be cancelled automatically by the system.

Late applications will not be accepted.

Maynooth University is an equal opportunities employer

The position is subject to the Statutes of the University