Sports Partnership Coordinator

Description:

Galway County Council is seeking applications from suitable candidates for the position of Sports Partnership Coordinator. The position is permanent and wholetime.
Galway Sports Partnership operates across Galway County Council and Galway City Council local authority areas; line managed by Galway County Council but running programmes and activities across both the city and county.
GSP plays a lead role in the co-ordination, development and delivery of sport and physical activity opportunities for the communities of Galway. This role is guided by a Strategic Plan and year on year operational plans. GSP fulfils it functions under three main pillars

(a) Have obtained at least Grade D (or a Pass), in Higher or Ordinary Level, in five subjects (or four subjects if Irish is included) from the approved list of subjects in the Department of Education established Leaving Certificate Examination or Leaving Certificate Vocational Programme including Irish and/or English and one of the following: Mathematics, Accounting, Business Organisation or Economics

(b) have obtained at least Grade C (or Honours) in Higher Level (or Honours) papers in three subjects in that examination (or two subjects if Irish and/or one of the following is included: Mathematics, Accounting, Business Organisation or Economics) or

• Have obtained a comparable standard in an equivalent examination, or

• Hold a third level qualification of at least degree standard and

• Have satisfactory experience in administrative procedures, including adequate practical experience in work or an executive nature, office organisation and control of staff