Wexford County Council invites applicants for the following post:
IS Project Leader
Closing Date: 2nd July 2026
The IS Project Leader is team leading / managerial position in the Information Communications Technology (ICT) Department. They will report to the Head of Information Systems, or their nominated representative.
The role currently being recruited will have initial assignment to the Council’s Systems Development and Applications Support team. Assignment may vary from time to time depending on organisational and operational priorities.
A non-exhaustive list of duties is included in the Candidate Information Booklet, but due to the dynamic nature of the ICT environment and the pace of change of systems and equipment, allied to the constantly developing business requirements within Wexford County Council, applicants should note that all ICT Section posts require a flexibility to work on other ICT areas, should circumstances change.
Applicants should ensure that they read the Candidate Information Booklet below prior to completing an application.
Please note all applications for the above post must be submitted via the online recruitment portal. Printed hard copies or emailed copies will not be accepted.
NB: Applicants should ensure that they begin their application process sufficiently early to allow time for any Support Tickets to be resolved prior to submission
Selection for all posts will be by means of interview and candidates may be shortlisted based on applications submitted. Panels may be formed from which future vacancies may be filled.
EDUCATION, TRAINING, EXPERIENCE, ETC:
Each candidate must, on the latest date for receipt of completed application forms have:
a) A qualification at Level 8 on the National Framework of Qualifications (NFQ) major awards (i.e. honours degree) in a relevant computing discipline and at least 4 years directly relevant, recent ICT hands-on experience from your employment to date*
OR
A qualification at Level 8 on the National Framework of Qualifications (NFQ) major awards (i.e. honours degree) with computing taken in the final year and at least 5 years directly relevant, recent ICT hands-on experience from your employment to date*
OR
A qualification at Level 7 on the National Framework of Qualifications (NFQ) Major awards (i.e. ordinary degree) in a relevant computing discipline and at least 5 years directly relevant, recent ICT hands-on experience from your employment to date*
OR
A qualification at Level 6 on the National Framework of Qualifications (NFQ) major award in in a relevant computing discipline and at least 6 years directly relevant, recent ICT hands[1]on experience from your employment to date*
AND
b) Have a satisfactory knowledge of public service organisation or the ability to acquire such knowledge.
* Relevant ICT hands-on experience should include, but is not limited to: areas such as managing delivery of digital solutions, enterprise architecture, software and applications development projects involving a range of technologies and platforms covering web development, data management, database administration, business analysis/discovery, business intelligence and data analytics, DevOps, enterprise architecture, technical infrastructure service design and delivery, server and client operating systems and architecture stacks, telecommunications and networking infrastructure delivery support, technical support, ICT service management, operations and server support, ICT/ cyber security, mobile device management, virtualisation delivery support, database and application support, cloud computing, etc. - Cloud Computing
Wexford County Council is an Equal Opportunities Employer
