An Assistant Staff Officer is the second grade in a five tier administrative structure within Offaly County Council ranging from the most common entry grade of Clerical Officer, the tier below the Assistant Staff Officer post, through to Staff Officer, Senior Staff Officer and Administrative Officer which are generally line management roles.  The Assistant Staff Officer can therefore be an entry grade for candidates meeting the qualification requirements as well as providing a promotional opportunity for serving Clerical Officers who meet the specified competencies and requirements of the post.

An Assistant Staff Officer works as part of a multi-disciplinary team within one of the previously outlined Local Authority Directorates, to provide administrative support and customer service across the broad range of local authority front line and internal services which includes for example corporate, finance, IT and human resource functions.  Front line services include social housing; transportation infrastructure; environmental protection; water, wastewater, recreation, amenity and cultural services such as the arts and public library service.  Local Authorities also play a key role in supporting economic development and enterprise promotion at local level. 

An Assistant Staff Officer will generally work under the direction and management of a Staff Officer, Senior Staff Officer or Administrative Officer and may from time to time, be required to deputise for a Staff Officer, the first level of line management within the administrative grades.  The successful candidate will therefore require excellent administrative, communications and people management skills as the role may entail assuming supervisory and budgetary responsibility for a particular division or function of the local authority. The ideal candidate will therefore be a highly motivated person, with a strong sense of commitment to delivering quality public services willing to take on a challenge. 

 

Further Information can be found in the Candidate Booklet