Salary: €37,301 - €44,937

Location: Hybrid with 2 days in Age Action’s Dublin, Cork or Galway office

About Age Action

“Age Action’s vision is for a society that enables all older people to participate and to live full, independent lives.”

Age Action is Ireland’s leading advocacy organisation for older people. Age Action works to ensure that older people’s voices are heard at the highest level of Government and that the lived experience of older people informs policy responses to their needs.

Everything they do is based on a recognition of the diversity of identity and situation among older people and a concern for equality for all older people. In addressing ageing, Age Action’s work includes a concern to influence perspectives on and responses to ageing. 

About the Role

Age Action Ireland is now seeking a Communications and Engagement Officer to join their committed and passionate team and support the promotion of Age Action’s advocacy and public affairs to external audiences to encourage participation. 

All Age Action’s programmes and advocacy must be shaped by those who are most affected by the issues it works on. This exciting, new role will play a central part in developing Age Action’s approach to working in partnership with older people to develop its work and achieve change. 

Key duties will include: 

• Developing a diverse advocacy network of older people that will inform and influence Age Action’s advocacy and public affairs work.

• Supporting the involvement of older people in a range of advocacy activities including project development, external media work and campaigning

• Being the main point of contact for the U3A Network, maintaining relationships, co-ordinate information dissemination and promote development of activities within the U3A network

• Supporting Age Action’s older stakeholders to tell their stories to the media through training and mentoring

• Supporting the drafting and publication of influencing materials such as parliamentary briefings, blogs, speeches and parliamentary questions to help engage policy maker audiences effectively 

If you’re a driven, dynamic communications professional with an understanding of community development principles & approach, experience influencing policy change and a keen knowledge of the national media landscape, we’d love to hear from you!