**Exciting Opportunity To Join Our Team**
Post: Traveller Community Development Worker (ROI31/10/25/1V/1)
Salary: Grade 4 €40,498 per annum pro rata
Hours: 8 hrs per week inclusive of breaks (flexibility required)
Contract Status: Permanent
Location: Church Street, Cavan
About the Service:
Extern provides a range of projects including The Traveller Primary Health Care. The project aims to
support individuals and organisations to improve health through informed health care, and mutual aid,
encouraging and enabling local initiatives for health. The Traveller Primary Health Care project emphasises
a process that values empowerment, partnership and advocacy when designing and implementing health
care interventions.
The aim is to create dialogue between Travellers and Health care providers, develop the skills of Traveller's
in providing community-based support health services, highlight the gaps in Health Service delivery to
Travellers, and work towards reducing these inequalities that exist in established services.
Full details of the role and the essential criteria are detailed in the Job Description and Person Specification available at the following link:-
The closing date for all completed applications is: Wednesday 22nd October 2025 at 12 noon.
For informal enquiries or hard copy application form please contact : [email protected]
EXTERN offer a competitive benefits package including:-
1. 26 days annual leave, increasing to 28 days after 3 years' service and 32 days after 5 years' service
2. 12 statutory holidays
3. Generous pension, employer contribution of 6.5%
4. Enhanced Occupational Sick Pay, Maternity Pay and Paternity Pay
5. Income Protection, Life Assurance and Wellbeing Programmes
6. Comprehensive induction and training
7. Regular Supervision
8. Employee Assistance Programme
9. Bike To Work Scheme
Extern may form a panel for 12 months for future similar positions which are fixed term/part time contracts
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