Limerick City and County Council is establishing a panel for the position of HAP Information Systems Project Leader (analogous to Grade VII).
The Position
Housing Assistance Payments Shared Services Centre (HAP) is a form of social housing support provided by all local authorities. Under HAP, local authorities can provide housing assistance to households with a long-term housing need, including many long-term Rent Supplement recipients.
Limerick City and County Council operates this service for the 31 Local Authority's in the Country. A vacancy exists for an Information Systems Project Leader in the Shared Services Centre.
The HAP Information Systems Project Leader is a key role in the Housing Assistance Programme ('HAP') Department, reporting to the HAP Senior Executive Officer and working with the HAP team to understand, review, improve, and maintain systems and applications for the national HAP shared service and local authorities nationwide, with an emphasis on both the Digital Customer (external) and User (internal) Experiences.
The HAP Information Systems Project Leader is responsible for the design, implementation, support and integration of HAP systems, and for ensuring that both internal staff as well as staff from other local authorities are able to use these systems effectively.
Customer expectations will have to be met or exceeded and staff supported in meeting or exceeding targets for performance, defined metrics and benchmarks.
Salary
€60,011 - €78,015 per annum. Payment of increments is dependent on satisfactory performance.
Annual Leave
30 days annual leave
Hours of Work
The working hours at present provide for a five day, thirty five hours working week, hours may vary from time to time.
Application Process
Completed application forms must be e-mailed to no later than Monday, 1st September 2025.
An official application form must be completed in full by the closing date for the competition. Please note that amendments to the application form will not be accepted after the closing date. CV's will not be accepted in lieu of an application form.
Please send your application from an e-mail address that you will review regularly as communication during the assessment/selection period will only be through that e-mail address. Please also ensure that you regularly review your spam/junk email folder as occasionally your email service provider may direct emails to that folder.