The Adoption Authority of Ireland (AAI) is a statutory body established on the 1st of November 2010 and the legislation underpinning the Authority is the Adoption Act 2010.
Our mission is "To ensure the provision of the highest possible standards of adoption related services, throughout the lifelong adoption process, with the best interest of children as the first and paramount objective"
The AAI is seeking to recruit an Archivist (Grade III), based in Ballsbridge, Dublin 4. Blended working is available subject to the nature of the duties.
The Authority is the keeper of over 100,000 files created by itself, its predecessor bodies, and associated adoption agencies. These records form a unique collection documenting the experiences of adopted people and their families stretching back to 1877. Under the Birth Information & Tracing Act 2022, the Authority is subject to the National Archives Acts 1986 - 2018 and has created a new standalone archives function to acquire, protect, preserve and make available these records. The Archivist will be integral in the work carried out by the archives function and will support the Senior Archivist.
