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Job title: Deputy Commissioner of the Garda Síochána

Employer: An Garda Síochána

Location: Dublin, Ireland

Closing Date: 3pm, Thursday, 9th November

Salary: Starting from €190,021

About the Employer:

The Garda Síochána, Ireland’s national police and security service, is growing, reforming and changing. There are two Deputy Commissioners in the Garda Síochána, one of which will become vacant on 3 December 2023. The Deputy Commissioner role presents a great opportunity to support the Garda Commissioner in leading and shaping the national policing and security service to meet the internal and external challenges of the 21st century.

About the Role:

The right candidate for this key role will have the experience, capacity and drive to support the Commissioner in leading and transforming a large complex organisation so that it meets the expectations of the people of Ireland for a modern, professional, accountable and effective police service.

In the context of overseeing the delivery of day-to-day operational policing in an increasingly diverse society, key priorities for the successful candidate will also include: driving and embedding reform; leading required cultural shifts, championing equality, diversity and human rights, building leadership and managerial capacity; management of people and fiscal resources; and enhancing, performance, critical incident, risk management and accountability.

About You:

The successful candidate will demonstrate:

• Wide ranging operational policing and law enforcement experience with up to date operational and technical policing knowledge;

• A proven track record in the development of ambitious vision, strategy and policy, and being part of a cohesive senior management team which drives a high performance culture in the management team and across the organisation;

• Knowledge of current and emerging legal, political, economic, social, technological, and environmental factors and an understanding of the implications for strategic planning;

• A proven track record of leading, developing and inspiring people, engaging the organisation with strategic priorities, values and behaviours and driving change;

• Experience of implementing successful organisational development, change and innovation with the ability to drive strategic organisational change, identify emerging trends and issues to inform strategic planning and deliver appropriate responses including the identification and implementation of new or improved technologies or services that have a transformational impact;

• Knowledge (or the capacity to acquire it) of relevant policies, strategies and initiatives and an understanding of the implications within the Garda Síochána context

• Experience of implementing and continuously improving a performance management culture, ensuring high standards of ethical behaviour and holding themselves, individuals and the organisation accountable for performance delivery and behaviours appropriate to the delivery of a policing service;

• An understanding of the challenges and impacts on personnel of delivering a policing and security service and the capacity to promote and support organisational resilience and well-being.

• Experience of working at national and local level, comfortable providing accountability in public in the context of statutory bodies and parliamentary committees;

• Experience of accountability for management of significant budgets underpinned by skilled resource management which balances conflicting resource and operational demands and drives value for money;

• Excellent interpersonal, communication and influencing skills with a proven capability of building effective and sustainable relationships, working collaboratively and appreciating complex and competing stakeholder demands while exercising sound judgement and decisiveness in these interactions;

• An understanding of, and the capacity to quickly grasp, complex legislative and environmental issues across, for example, a range of national, cross-border and international policy areas; • Exemplify the organisation’s values of honesty, accountability, respect, professionalism and empathy; and

• Demonstrate sound judgement, strategic thinking, adaptability, agility, and resilience.

The closing date for receipt of completed applications is 3pm on Thursday 9 November 2023.

The Public Appointments Service is committed to a policy of equal opportunity and encourage applications under all nine grounds of the Employment Equality Act.