Senior Participation and Rights Consultation Lead

About Your New Employer

• Join a dynamic team dedicated to promoting children's rights and welfare.
• Work with a reputable organization based in Dublin 1.
• Engage in meaningful work that impacts children and young people across Ireland.

About Your New Job

• Design and Delivery of Consultations: Create and implement child-rights based consultation processes that are inclusive and accessible to diverse groups of children and young people.
• Consultation Growth: Expand initiatives to capture and highlight the experiences and views of children and young people.
• Stakeholder Engagement: Build strong relationships with NGOs, schools, youth services, and other stakeholders to support consultation delivery.
• Participation Quality and Child Safeguarding: Ensure best practices in ethical, safe, and meaningful participation of children and young people.
• Analysis and Report Development: Analyze findings and produce clear, child-friendly reports.
• Events and Engagement: Lead events focused on engaging children and young people at regional, national, and European levels.
• Rights Education: Oversee and implement the Rights Education Programme in collaboration with the team.
• Management: Supervise the day-to-day work of Participation and Rights Education Officers.
• Collaboration: Work with the team to deliver rights awareness and education programmes.

What Skills You Need

• A qualification of at least level 8 on the National Framework of Qualifications in a relevant discipline (e.g., social science, human rights, education).
• Minimum 3 years’ experience in leading participatory processes involving children and young people.
• Proven experience in running consultations and engaging with diverse groups of children and young people.
• Previous experience in managing staff.
• Strong understanding of child rights and experience designing online and hybrid engagement tools.
• Excellent interpersonal and communication skills.
• Strong facilitation and group work skills.
• Analytical and report-writing skills.

What’s on Offer

• Opportunity to make a significant impact on children's rights and welfare.
• Work in a supportive and collaborative environment.
• Engage in professional development and career growth opportunities.

What’s Next

Apply now by submitting your application form via the online application portal before 12 noon on Thursday, 16 October 2025. Only fully submitted online applications will be accepted. This is a three-year fixed-term contract position.