• August 28, 2025
  • ACCOMMODATION ASSISTANT AND NIGHT MANAGER
  • LABORATORY ASSISTANT
  • OIFIGEACH PLEANÁLA TEANGA/ IRISH LANGUAGE PLANNING OFFICER
  • SCHOOL CARETAKER
  • PART-TIME COMPUTER OPERATOR
  • BUS DRIVER
  • EARLY YEARS EDUCATOR & AFTERSCHOOL ASSISTANT
  • DOVIDA CAREGIVER
  • FULL TIME PHARMACY OTC SALES ASSISTANT
  • CUSTOMER ASSISTANT
  • CHILDCARE STAFF
  • WAREHOUSE ADMINISTRATOR
  • SHOP FLOOR MANAGER AND DELIVERY DRIVER
  • QUALITY CONTROL

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THE WEEKLY JOB POST IS KINDLY SPONSORED BY FORDE’S DAYBREAK DUNGARVAN

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ACCOMMODATION ASSISTANT AND NIGHT MANAGER
The Park Hotel

The Park Hotel, Dungarvan with Holiday Homes and Health Club is in the beautiful harbour town of Dungarvan, overlooking the Colligan River. The hotel offers excellent facilities including 84 bedrooms, 15 self-catering holiday homes, conference, and banqueting facilities, many dining options, and the newly refurbished Riverside Health Club with a 20m swimming pool, sauna & steam room. With easy access to the Greenway, a vibrant nightlife, and picturesque walks, Dungarvan is a hidden gem for both locals and visitors alike.

We are recruiting for the following position:

ACCOMMODATION ASSISTANT

Role Description
The Accommodation Assistant is responsible for working to the standards and guidelines expected of a 4* property, which are laid out by the Accommodation Manager, to ensure the highest quality of care and cleanliness is always provided to the guests.

Role Responsibilities

Duties

  • Hoovering, dusting, polishing, cleaning, deep-cleaning, windows, glass, sills, skirting, doorframes, walls, washroom hygiene, bed linen changes, public areas etc. throughout the hotel
  • Using all cleaning products and materials correctly and with care following The Park Hotel’s established procedures
  • Ensuring housekeeping procedures are adhered to
  • Consistently reaching the highest standards of cleanliness expected
  • Work-based timekeeping

Qualifications

  • Proficient level of English speaking and understanding
  • Ability to create a welcoming and positive guest experience
  • Ability to work to a high standard of cleanliness

Person Specification

  • Good communication skills
  • Mature, energetic, friendly, person who can demonstrate attention to detail and has a good work ethic
  • Can work both as a team player and on own initiative
  • Excellent organisational and time management skills
  • Committed to delivering a high level of customer service

Job Type

  • Full-time or Part-time
  • Salary – hourly rate

Benefits

  • Employee discounts (including sister property sites)
  • Food allowance
  • Health Club membership
  • On-site parking
  • Company events

Schedule

  • Full or part-time positions
  • Includes weekend work as required

For job application, please email to: peopleandculturemanager@parkhoteldungarvan.com

NIGHT MANAGER

DEPARTMENT: Front of House

OBJECTIVES:

  • To ensure that all guests receive a warm, memorable, and personalised welcome to The Park Hotel, setting the scene for their stay and ensure that guest needs are anticipated and that any requests are actioned.
  • Complete administrative tasks accurately and within given deadlines.
  • Be responsible for the security of the hotel and its guests overnight and to set meeting and private dining rooms to agreed standard and to guests’ specification.

MAIN RESPONSIBILITIES:

  • Ensure that the service offered by all team members is personal and memorable. That guest needs are anticipated, and requests followed up. Build relationships with guests, ensuring that they want to return to The Park Hotel.
  • Ensure good communication with all departments throughout the hotel.
  • Ensure all regular and VIP guests are known and cared for accordingly.
  • Handle, follow up and communicate any comments or complaints. Pass on to relevant HOD’s or Managers if unable to manage.
  • Be familiar with and promote hotel facilities and attractions within the estate. Assist guests with any requests e.g., information, making bookings, directions.
  • Ensure that all tasks are completed on each shift that a full and thorough handover takes place at the end of the shift.
  • Be fully conversant with handling of reservation inquiries. Be aware of all current offers.
  • Ensure you have a well-founded understanding of all Hotel regulations.
  • Build and effectively use guest history profiles.
  • Tour all areas of the hotel on a regular basis and report irregularities to relevant department heads and maintenance.
  • Ensure all access to the hotel is secure as required by hotel policy and procedure.
  • Perform any related security duties as required overnight.
  • Complete all incident reports and distribute to relevant departments.
  • Record any unusual occurrences or problems arising to the Duty Managers attention for the next day and take appropriate action.
  • Communicate, work with and build a good working relationship with Front Office Day team to ensure a consistent level of service is offered throughout the hotel 24 hours a day.
  • Set up rooms for meetings and private dining to the hotel standard, meeting guest requirements as outlined.
  • As a team, ensure that guest areas and offices are always clean and tidy.
  • In conjunction with the Accommodation Manager, clean public area carpets on a regular basis, with additional cleaning as and when required.
  • Check in late arrivals and check out early departures in line with hotel procedures.
  • Ensure that wake up calls are made promptly.
  • Take room service orders, prepare the food and drinks and deliver to guests.
  • Provide service in the Bar after the late shift team members have finished their shift and handle all cashing up in line with SOP’s.

Our Health and Safety

  • Report all potential and real hazards immediately.
  • Be fully conversant with all departmental Fire, Emergency procedures.
  • Attend all fire, health and safety training.
  • Ensure the safety of the persons and the property of all within the premises by fairly applying Hotel Regulations, by strict adherence to existing laws, statues, and reporting any possible hazards and conditions to the General Manager.
  • Have a general awareness of Health and Safety in relation to all tasks and activities undertaken in the department.

Checklist Guide to completion of your main responsibilities:

Security of the hotel

  • Locking down the building fully when on duty.
  • Conducting fire walks and inspecting fire equipment on walks.
  • Training the team on health and safety, accident reports, fire training, fire alarm systems, fire panel training, evacuation procedures.

Handovers

  • New template for nightly handovers, so all night staff can fill in and for managers to receive.
  • Clear and detailed handovers with the late manager and early manager on what is happening and what has happened.

Deep cleaning

  • New deep cleaning schedule, for tasks on a regular basis, to include all the below.
  • Carpets, floor polishing, high dusting, meeting room deep clean.
  • Following up on cleaning lists and check lists to ensure cleaning being done when he is not on shift.

SOPS-checklists

  • Revise all sops and checklists for all duties and sit with management (General Manager/Deputy GM) to agree new standards.
  • Taking over from late DM.
  • Full Passover given, go through function sheets.
  • Talking over the bars and managing the bar team, to make sure bars are stocked and cleaned and ready for next day.
  • Managing wash up staff, make sure that area is fully cleaned before staff leave.
  • Help manage the teams and help with labour cost controls.

Full control over nights rosters

  • Taking over the full management of nights rosters.
  • Still communicate with day porters and what is needed regarding rosters.
  • Create and maintain a good working relationship with day porters, work as one team.
  • Passovers with days and nights, better communication.

Meeting room standards

  • Making sure all meeting rooms are set correctly to the highest of standards, adhering to SOP’s.
  • All meeting rooms are to be spotless, presentable and star standards as per SOPs for all guests/corporate and private dining.

Training of the nights team

  • Full training given on all aspects of the role as per SOP’s.
  • Provide time to assist and ensure online Portal Training is completed.
  • Provide Training on the Use of the Snapfix app.
  • Email copies of all training completed, signed, and dated by night staff to HR.

For job application, please email to: peopleandculturemanager@parkhoteldungarvan.com

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LABORATORY ASSISTANT
Eurofins Food Testing Ireland Ltd.

Working hours are Monday – Thursday, 11:45am – 8pm and Friday, 11:30am- 8pm.

Eurofins Food Testing Ireland Ltd is an analytical testing facility which helps make food safe for consumption.  The role of the Laboratory Assistant (Technician) is to prepare customer food samples for analysis, keeping in mind efficiency, quality and accuracy standards as required by the company.

It is not necessary to have a science qualification as full training will be given, but experience in a food environment would be an advantage.

We are looking for someone who has:

  • Ability to work well under pressure and multitask.
  • Excellent attention to detail.
  • Flexible
  • Confident approach with strong interpersonal and communication skills.
  • A good knowledge of computers is essential.

Please click on the link below for further information and to apply for this position: https://smrtr.io/tcKg7

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OIFIGEACH PLEANÁLA TEANGA/ IRISH LANGUAGE PLANNING OFFICER

Oifigeach Pleanála Teanga de dhíth i nGaeltacht na nDéise

Tá duine fuinniúil, cumasach agus eagraithe, le scileanna cumaráide agus idirphearsanta an-mait á lorg ag Comhlucht Forbartha na nDéise chun Plean Teanga Ghaeltacht na nDéise a chur i bhfeidhm.

Scála tuarastail:  €36,450-€51,750.

Má tá Gaeilge mhaith agat, idir labhartha agus scríofa, agus suim agat breis eolais a fháil faoin bpost seo, déan teagmháil le Cabríní ar 083 445 5914 / cfdeise@gmail.com.

Irish Language Planning Officer required in Co Waterford Gaeltacht.

Comhlucht Forbartha na nDéise is looking for an energetic, talented and organized person, with very good communication and interpersonal skills to implement the Gaeltacht na nDéise Language Plan.

Salary Scale: €36,450-€51,750.

If you have good Irish, both spoken and written, and would like to find out more about this position, contact Cabríní on 083 445 5914 / cfdeise@gmail.com

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SCHOOL CARETAKER
Dungarvan area

Experience on a similar role required. Full-time position.

For full ad and application please see the Dungarvan Leader or Dungarvan Observer dated Friday, August 29th, 2025.

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PART-TIME COMPUTER OPERATOR
Dungarvan

Two days per week.

For full ad and application please see the Dungarvan Observer dated Friday, August 29th, 2025.

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BUS DRIVER

Bus driver required to operate school run, service 5 days, morning, and evening.

For full ad and application please see the Dungarvan Leader or Dungarvan Observer dated Friday, August 29th, 2025.

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EARLY YEARS EDUCATOR & AFTERSCHOOL ASSISTANT
Cappoquin Childcare

Early Years Educators
30+ hours. Minimum qualification required FETAC Level 5.

Afterschool Assistant
12-16 hours. No qualifications required. Experience desirable but not essential.

For full ad and application please see the Dungarvan Leader or Dungarvan Observer dated Friday, August 29th, 2025.

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DOVIDA CAREGIVER

As a Dovida caregiver, you’ll provide essential support to ageing adults and people living with disability in their own homes.

Throughout the week of September 1st-5th, we’ll be opening our doors and hosting events to connect with potential Caregivers like you. Dovida Hiring Week is a unique chance to learn more about us, our values, and the outstanding career paths we offer in Caregiving and beyond.

As a Dovida Caregiver, you’ll find stability, flexibility, and a supportive environment for personal and professional growth.

For full ad and application please see the Dungarvan Observer dated Friday, August 29th, 2025.

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FULL TIME PHARMACY OTC SALES ASSISTANT
Abbeyside Pharmacy

  • Communicate effectively with a diverse range of people, including patients and pharmacy staff.
  • Sell and advise customers on a range of over the counter (OTC) medicines, complimentary medicines, and beauty/grooming products.
  • Assist customers with common health problems.
  • To manage pharmacy stock including general merchandising, administrative duties, ordering stock and pricing.
  • Sales transactions.
  • Manage the presentation and storage of pharmacy merchandise
  • Manage pharmacy stock, including administrative duties, ordering stock and pricing stock.
  • Ensure the pharmacy is kept in a clean and tidy state, including managing window displays.
  • Deal with telephone enquiries.

As a family run business, we pride ourselves in creating a friendly, helpful atmosphere for our customers.

Empathy and kindness are the forefront of our business, and we would expect the right candidate to have the same ethos and level of care as we do.

Ideally the right candidate would have experience in community pharmacy or retail environment.

Effective communication skills are important along with honesty, integrity, and an understanding of the significance of confidentiality.

Full details…

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CUSTOMER ASSISTANT
Lidl, Dungarvan

From our Head Office to the shop floor and everywhere in between our primary goal is to create and deliver a fantastic customer journey for everyone who shops at Lidl.

Customer obsessed, high energy and love learning every day?

If that sounds like you, earn €450+ per week as a Customer Assistant on our standard 30-hour contract.

You’ll work across different shift times, on varied tasks and with different colleagues.

What does a normal day* as a Customer Assistant look like? (*there is no such thing as ‘normal’ in retail, but we’ve tried our best!)

As a Customer Assistant you are required to sell alcohol, therefore you must be 18 or over to work in our store.

Shift Patterns:

Morning shift: Starting at 5am or 6am with your team, you’ll be getting our award-winning products fully stocked on the shop floor and our delicious bakery products ready for our customers to enjoy by opening time so they can Go Full Lidl!

Middle shift: Starting mid-morning or early afternoon, you’ll make sure our stores are spotlessly clean, well-presented and our products remain fresh, all while helping customers with queries on the shop floor and working on tills to minimise till queues.

Late shift: From your start time in the afternoon, you’ll make sure our customers experience is top class by serving them with a smile while on the tills, restocking missing items and getting the store ready for the next day.

What you’ll do

  • Interacting with the customer in a pleasant, friendly and helpful manner
  • Ensuring stock loss controls are followed in all areas of the store
  • Maintaining store and external cleanliness and hygiene standards
  • Following freshness and rotation principles
  • Ensuring all waste is managed correctly
  • Assisting in the stock count process

What you’ll need

  • A can-do attitude and excellent customer service skills
  • The willingness to go the extra mile for our customers
  • To be responsible and reliable
  • To enjoy working in a fast-paced, varied environment
  • A good team player
  • Preferably, previous experience in a customer facing role but this is not essential provided you have the right attitude

Full details…

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CHILDCARE STAFF
Sherpa Kids, Dungarvan

Sherpa Kids provides Before School Care, After school and Holiday Childcare to children in the areas of Dublin during term time and non-term time (school holidays).

Job Types: Permanent

Programme Lead:

  • Programme Lead must have experience in managing and leading a team
  • Own car required for programme lead
  • Maintain the day-to-day activities
  • Interacting with the children, their families and other staff members each day.
  • Lots of energy and enthusiasm to work with children.
  • Experience working with school aged children is preferred (Minimum 2 year)
  • Proficiency in technology and software (Word, Outlook, Teams, etc.).

Programme assistant:

  • Supervise children during activities and free play
  • Assist with homework and educational tasks
  • Engaging in a variety of planned activities (both indoor and outdoor) with the children each day.
  • Lots of energy and enthusiasm to work with children.
  • Assist with games, crafts, and group activities
  • Ensure a safe, clean, and inclusive environment

Requirements:

  • Experience working with School Aged children (Minimum 1 Year)
  • Basic knowledge of child development
  • Proficiency in English, both verbal and written
  • Garda vetting is essential (completed by us after interview stage).
  • Work Permit/ VISA essential (for more than 20 hours a week)
  • At least 2 written references checks are required before starting.

Full details…

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WAREHOUSE ADMINISTRATOR
Cappoquin Logistics

Duties & Responsibilities

  • Accurate data entry
  • Identifying and confirming the size and quality of goods in
  • Keeping computerised records of goods, their location and quantity
  • Preparing manifests, dockets and labels

Requirements

  • Warehouse/Logistics experience
  • Excellent attention to detail
  • Good PC skills
  • Fluent English

Full details…

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SHOP FLOOR MANAGER AND DELIVERY DRIVER
Irwin’s Megastore, Retail Store & Attached Warehouse

We are seeking a highly motivated and experienced Floor Manager to oversee daily operations on the sales floor and the attached warehouse. You will manage a team that includes the Floor Supervisor, Sales Assistants, Online Fulfilment Associates, Pickers & Packers, and Warehouse Operatives. The role focuses on ensuring a seamless customer experience, efficient stock flow, accurate online order fulfilment, and strong sales performance.

What You’ll Do:

  • Lead and manage a diverse team across sales and warehouse functions.
  • Allocate daily tasks and ensure operational coverage in both areas.
  • Conduct daily briefings and provide coaching and performance feedback.
  • Assist with large ticket sales and support sales assistants in delivering top-class customer service.
  • Drive sales performance through upselling and cross-selling strategies.
  • Oversee stock movement between warehouse and sales floor, ensuring accurate replenishment.
  • Supervise online order fulfilment for timely and accurate dispatch.
  • Maintain store presentation and implement promotional displays.
  • Ensure compliance with health & safety regulations, GDPR, and company policies.
  • Monitor KPIs for sales, stock accuracy, and online order turnaround time.
  • Generate performance reports for management review.

Full details…

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DELIVERY DRIVER with Electrical & Plumbing Experience

Irwin’s Megastore is seeking an experienced Delivery Driver with practical knowledge in electrical and plumbing systems to join our team. This role combines safe and efficient delivery of goods with basic installation support and excellent customer service.

What You’ll Do:

  • Load, secure, and deliver goods to customers and branch locations on time.
  • Plan and follow assigned delivery routes efficiently.
  • Carry out vehicle checks, report defects, and maintain cleanliness.
  • Assist customers with basic installations of freestanding electrical and plumbed units.
  • Provide guidance on product functionality when required.
  • Safely handle heavy/bulky items and assist in warehouse operations.
  • Collect and remove old appliances for recycling.

Full details…

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QUALITY CONTROL
Haleon

Are you looking for a new challenge to drive and improve quality control testing, with a chance to broaden your leadership skills? If so, this Senior Quality Control Chemist role could be a great opportunity to consider.

As a Senior Quality Control Chemist, you will play an integral role in the continued success of our analytical laboratories. You will have responsibility to train new chemists/microbiologist in the laboratory and thus set the tone for the way in which a new analyst generates data for the release of products and materials.

This role will provide YOU the opportunity to lead key activities to progress YOUR career, these responsibilities include some of the following:

  • Conduct routine analytical/microbiological testing of raw materials, packaging materials, finished products and environmental samples using approved methods and various instrumentation while adhering to cGMP and established policies.
  • Assist in analytical/microbiological method development, validation, revision and transfer including automated methods.
  • Interpret validity of own test data and generate accurate results.
  • Evaluation and interpret results of analytical/microbiological testing performed by others.
  • Support all aspects of laboratory investigations.
  • Assist in basic technical writing such as specifications, laboratory work sheets, standard operating procedures and technical reports.
  • Troubleshoot test methods and laboratory instrumentation.
  • Provide technical support by executing protocols and evaluating results for non-routine testing.
  • Independently organize daily work activities and those of other staff, as needed.
  • Conduct training of laboratory personnel on methods, instrumentation and computer systems.
  • Clear understanding and application of data integration and calculation of results.
  • Participate in interdepartmental project teams or committees.

Full details…

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APPLY BEFORE FRIDAY 5th OF SEPTEMBER 2025 UNLESS OTHERWISE STATED IN THE AD.

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