Grade: Level C
Department: Grant & Financial Operations
Division: Finance
Reporting to: Grant Payments Manager
Location: East Point, Dublin
Job Reference: 061.EI.26E
Salary: €32,045
Closing date: 26th June 2026
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Applicants must have employment eligibility to work in Ireland and to be available to work in
the Enterprise Ireland location specified for the role.
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Background:
Enterprise Ireland is the Irish government’s trade and innovation agency, helping innovative Irish
businesses go global. We support ambitious, internationally focused Irish companies to grow,
create jobs and achieve greater scale and global reach. Our clients, employing 230,000+ people
across all regions of Ireland, make a crucial contribution to the Irish economy. Delivering for
Ireland, Leading Globally (2025-2029) is our strategy that outlines our aims and ambitions for the
Irish enterprise base and its purpose to ‘Accelerate Sustainable Irish Business’. The ambition of
the strategy is to support Irish exporting companies to make an even greater contribution to the
Irish economy through international growth and nationwide employment, with the long-term
ambition that exporting Irish companies become the primary driver of the Irish economy.
The strategy sets out four strategic objectives for the Irish enterprise base; Start, Compete, Scale
and Connect. Enterprise Ireland supports businesses throughout Ireland with a comprehensive,
tailored and client-focused approach. Its programmes include extensive start-up, scaling,
innovation and management development programmes and supports, direct investment, funding
seed and venture capital schemes and services, all of which is supported by a highly experienced
employee complement of c.850 across a network of offices in Ireland and 42 overseas locations
to help Irish enterprise succeed globally.
Role Purpose:
The Grants Team as part of the Grants & Financial Operations Department is responsible for
administrative activities associated with grant application, assessment, approval, contract
preparation, desk and site inspection, payment, and audit of industry and third level grant offers.
The Grant section of the Department is currently comprised of four teams - Grant Applications &
Contracts, Grant Inspections x 2 and Grant Payments. The Grant Payments (GP) section is
responsible for receiving, expediting, and processing claims; carrying out desk reviews and
ensuring technical reviews are completed and payment requests for valid claims are processed.
This role involves processing and drawing up payment requests for grant claims by verifying
compliance with relevant grant conditions as outlined in program procedures guides. A Grant
Payment Officer, is responsible for carrying out eligibility, completeness and verification checks on
grant claims, ensuring expenditures are validated according to relevant Enterprise Ireland and
other requirements.
