"Senior Executive Assistant"

Department: Human Resources Office

Vacancy ID: 038463

Closing Date: 20-Nov-2025

The Human Resources Department is seeking to appoint a Senior Executive Assistant to join the Recruitment team supporting a broad remit of functions associated with recruitment and pre-onboarding activities in the University. The successful candidate will manage end-to-end recruitment competitions in line with university policies and processes, delivering a high-quality recruitment service, and promoting best practice. They will work closely with the university community and hiring managers to provide advice, guidance, and support throughout the recruitment process, and also assist and support applicants during the recruitment process.

This role has a broad remit working with constantly changing demands in a busy environment with, at times, conflicting priorities. The successful candidate will have experience working as part of a team in a busy Recruitment function, have excellent interpersonal skills, be organised and flexible, with experience of managing multiple tasks efficiently against tight deadlines. They will exercise a high level of discretion with confidential information and must demonstrate ability to work effectively under pressure, working on their own initiative and as part of a team.

Salary Scale:

Senior Executive Assistant (2025): €46,703 – €56,828 p.a. (7 points)

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

Closing Date:

23:30hrs (local Irish time) on Thursday 20th of November 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