"Network Co-Ordinator"

We are seeking a highly experienced Network Co-Ordinator, to provide administrative support and strategic co-ordination for the newly established all-island 5-year Collaborative Research Network in Mental Health (called ‘CO-PRIME’). This post offers an exciting opportunity to work with a large, multidisciplinary, and cross-sectoral consortium working together, for the first time, to help support and promote mental health research across the island of Ireland through, for example, a wide range of activities involving collaboration, engagement and outreach, capacity building, co-production, and knowledge translation.

The CO-PRIME Network is funded by the Health Research Board and is a key recommendation of the first ever National Mental Health Research Strategy for Ireland (2024). This role will provide a central point of coordination between the Leadership Team and all other members of the CO-PRIME team and wider consortium, ensuring strong alignment between strategy, delivery, and impact.

The Network Leadership Team, of which the Network Co-Ordinator will be a member, comprises Professor Sinéad McGilloway, Principal Lead (Maynooth University), Dr Eve Griffin, Co-Lead (National Suicide Research Foundation), and Professor Brian McGuire, Co-Lead (University of Galway) working in collaboration with a Lead/Co-Lead representing a ‘Lived Experience Oversight Group’. The role will be located in the Maynooth University Social Sciences Institute.

The principal role of the Network Co-Ordinator is to support the CO-PRIME Leadership Team and other team members to achieve the strategic aims and objectives of the Network. The successful candidate will work within a highly collaborative, inclusive and cross-sector environment straddling both the Republic of Ireland and Northern Ireland, and including a large and diverse consortium of stakeholders, encompassing people with lived experience, academics/researchers, practitioners, service providers, and policymakers.

The appointee will assist with all aspects of the administration, operation, governance and management of the Network, including helping to develop policies and procedures for the new Network, coordinating day-to-day management activities, supporting public engagement and stakeholder communication, monitoring and reporting on key performance indicators, and helping to strengthen all-island (and international) partnerships.

Salary: €59,812 p.a. pro rata 0.8FTE (1 point with increments)

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

Closing Date:

23:30hrs (local Irish time) on Tuesday, 7th of April 2026.

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.