Post Title: Smart D8 Community Coordinator

Post Status: Specified Purpose Contract (Full-Time, 2 Years subject to successfully completing a probationary period of three months)
Location: Based in 90 Meath Street, Dublin 8
Reports to: CEO, The Liberties Community Project
Salary: €44,000 per annum
Closing Date: April 2nd 2025

Overview

The Smart D8 initiative has been successfully working with Dublin 8 residents, workers, students, healthcare providers, industry partners, start-ups and academic researchers to develop innovative solutions which could positively impact city life and the health and wellbeing of citizens in the decades to come.

The Smart Dublin 8 Partners are: The Digital Hub Development Agency, Dublin City Council, Smart Dublin, St. James’s Hospital, NCAD, St Patrick’s Mental Health Services, Tyndall Research Institute, TTMI-TCD, Health Innovation Hub Ireland, Health Services Executive Digital Academy and the Guinness Enterprise Centre.

Due to the success to date the Smart D8 initiative this role will provide the successful candidate an opportunity to build and galvanize participation of the Dublin 8 community in the development of health and wellbeing pilots and demonstration projects with real and lasting positive outcomes.

This job description describes the principal purpose and main elements of the job. It is a guide to the nature and key responsibilities of the job but is not intended as a wholly comprehensive or permanent description.

The Liberties Community Project is committed to a policy of equal opportunity.

Hiring Body

The Liberties Community Project- is an amalgamation of SICCDA and Robert Emmet CDP- two South West Inner City Dublin community development organisations established in 1982 and 2003 respectively in response to long term localised unemployment and poverty. A decision by both boards to engage in a voluntary merger process was affected in July 2024.

The Liberties Community Project deliver a wide array of charitable programmes across a number of key areas according to local need. However, we believe that effective community development is about more than delivering charitable services to ease the burden that inequitable policy and resourcing decisions have the on the South West Inner City community. It is about supporting a local community engage in research and advocacy projects that can drive decisions that affect their own development; and it’s about enjoying the journey and the learning that comes with this.

Key Responsibilities

The area of health and wellbeing in cities is one that is garnering more and more attention as developments in technology allow us cheaper and more accurate ways of managing both human and environmental systems. In addition to this, there is an increasing body of research regarding the relationship between human health and our urban environment, particularly in the areas of air quality, noise pollution and green and blue space within cities. At the same time, we are faced with multiple challenges in the health system including an ageing population, high rates of obesity and increasing antibiotic resistance, challenges which will require inter-disciplinary and cross-organisational cooperation to tackle.

The Smart D8 initiative aims to develop ongoing collaborations and unlock new opportunities for innovators in the areas of healthcare and community wellbeing in Dublin 8.

The successful candidate will report to the CEO of The Liberties Community Project and will work alongside the Smart D8 partners to coordinate activities over the next two years aimed at driving pilots of Smart Health and Wellbeing in Dublin 8.

Please see full Job Description attached below.

Application Information

In order to assist the selection process, candidates should submit a Curriculum Vitae and a Cover Letter that specifically address the following points in their application:

• Please detail how your experience and skills meet the above requirements;
• Give examples of your involvement in managing complex customer relationships involving multiple stakeholders on behalf of the organization;
• Illustrate, through past examples, the ability to work on your own initiative and resolve problems, deliver results and impact;
• Relevant knowledge or experience related to smart cities, connected health and/or community wellbeing projects.

In addition, we would like to get an overview of the experience you have gained of leading or playing a significant role in projects and would ask you to complete the table in the attached Job Description below and include it alongside your cover letter.

The information contained within the cover letter, curriculum vitae and table above should be sent by email to info@thelibertiescommunityproject.ie before 5pm April 2nd 2025. It will be used to develop a short list of candidates who will be invited to interview.

Candidates should note that the interview process for this appointment may include the delivery of a presentation.