Why work at Barnardos?
Are you a purpose driven individual who is passionate about making a difference and helping some of society’s most vulnerable children? At Barnardos, we pride ourselves on delivering impactful services that make a difference to the lives of children and families across Ireland.
We believe that childhood lasts a lifetime. As trauma informed specialists our core purpose is to provide the necessary support for children to overcome childhood adversity, embedding a trauma informed ethos and practice into every service we provide.
What we can offer you?
As a Project Coordinator we appreciate the value of your time when providing essential support to our services, that’s why we have the necessary support structures and network in place that will allow you to make a real impact on the lives of children across Ireland. We also offer the following:
- Barnardos offers a competitive salary – recognising the experience you bring to the role
- Generous annual leave entitlements plus discretionary Company days
- Employee pension scheme with employer contribution/ Company Sick Pay Scheme
- Access to regular trauma informed support, supervision, training and many other professional development opportunities
- Tax saver and bike to work schemes in operation
- Access to the Employee Assistance/Wellbeing programme for employees and their immediate family members
What’s the role and service?
In your role as a Project Coordinator, you will be responsible for the ongoing development and management of Family support, Family Resource Initiative, and Afterschool, on behalf of Barnardos and the Youghal FRI Steering Group.
The Project Co-ordinator works on behalf of Barnardos who are the Lead Agency. The Project Co-ordinator, on behalf of Barnardos, is responsible for reporting to Tusla, Pobal and Barnardos, and updating the Youghal FRI Steering group, and will work with them to develop and continue to support the development of a Youghal FRC.
What will my day to day look like?
- Supervision and development of project staff
- Collect, maintain data and prepare reports as required by Steering Group, Barnardos and the funders.
- Ensure family information is recorded accurately and in a timely manner into Barnardos Electronic Record Keeping (ERK) System.
- Foster and develop a sense of community cohesion for Youghal
- Facilitate a culture of service user consultation and involvement in all aspects of the work.
- Organise and manage the recruitment, induction and supervision process for any new staff (Possibly in relation to staffing of After school service.)
- Ensure all case, financial and administrative records and files are maintained to a high standard and case records are accessible to service users, seeking permission from third parties as appropriate.
- Undertake the duties of Designated Person for the project under the Children First National Guidelines for the Protection and Welfare of Children.
- Ensure that the protection and welfare of children is a primary concern of all staff and that, when child protection issues arise, Barnardos policies and procedures are fully adhered to.
- Develop appropriate relationships with external agencies in order to ensure that the needs of children and families in the Youghal area are met in an integrated and co-ordinated manner.
- Participate at regional management level and other appropriate groups to contribute to the development of strategies and policies within the organisation.
- Represent Barnardos and Youghal as appropriate at local / regional or national level, this may involve media and advocacy work.
- Support the pursuit of funding opportunities, Capital development projects, work with other agencies to submit grant applications, or other opportunities as they arise in line with the development of the project.
- Manage the Afterschool including supervision of staff and volunteers in line with Barnardos policies, and managing reporting relationship to Pobal and the School Age childcare Inspectorate
- Ensure all Health and Safety requirements are compliant
- Liaise and engage with IPAS partners to offer an integrated service
What experience do I need?
- A minimum of 3 years post qualification experience and demonstration of management capacity is essential.
- Experience of a lead or supervisory role is highly desirable.
- Experience of working in disadvantaged areas is highly desirable.
- Community Development experience highly desirable.
Do I need a qualification?
- Relevant professional 3rd level qualification essential, for example: Social Work, Social Care, Child Care, Education, Youth and Community Work, Psychology or equivalent.
- Management training is highly desirable.
- Flexibility around working hours is required. Evening and weekend work will be a feature of this position.
Full clean driving licence and access to the use of a car essential.
The postholder is initially assigned to work in Youghal but may be required in the future to work in other locations in the Cork area in line with organisational needs.
Barnardos is an equal opportunity employer.
We celebrate diversity and are committed to creating an inclusive environment for all.
Closing Date: Friday 21 August 2026
Interview Date: Thursday 27 August 2026
