Chief Executive

Chief Executive at Kilkenny & Carlow Education and Training Board (TETB)

Education and Training Boards (ETBs) are statutory bodies established on 1st July 2013 under the Education and Training Boards Act 2013 to replace the Vocational Education Committees (VECs) and to take on an enhanced role in the delivery of training. ETBs are the legal patrons under the Education Act, 1998 of post-primary schools that they maintain and these schools currently educate approximately 31% of all post primary pupils.

ETBs also have a role in the Community School sector, where they are co-patrons with religious authorities, and in relation to Comprehensive Schools where the Chief Executive is a member of and ex-officio secretary to the Board of Management. Comprehensive and Community schools together educate approximately 16% of second level students. At primary level, ETBs are patrons of community national schools and of a number of special schools throughout the State.

ETBs play a central role in the provision of further education and training (FET). FET is primarily delivered or contracted by the 16 ETBs under the funding and strategic direction of SOLAS, the further education and training authority.

The Chief Executive will be responsible for the leadership, direction and management of the ETB and will be accountable for the overall performance of the organisation. Working closely with the Board, the CE will be responsible for ensuring the ETB achieves its strategic aims and objectives including the provision, in an efficient and effective manner, of the many and diverse services and activities of the ETB in accordance with best practices. The Chief Executive is accountable to the board and also to the Public Accounts Committee and to other Oireachtas Committees

The successful candidate must also be able to demonstrate:

• Strategic leadership of, or a significant strategic contribution to, a business or organisation in one or more of the following sectors – Primary, Secondary, FET or Third level education;
• Significant experience of governance, administration and financial management;
• Significant organisational change management experience at both strategic and operational levels;

Essential requirement

Each candidate must have a minimum of a pass degree (level 7 on the National Framework of qualifications) or equivalent level in relevant discipline(s) commensurate with this role or a recognised teaching qualification.

Further details on this significant opportunity including information on how to apply and a full list of essential requirements are available on https://bit.ly/RI_Ad_CEKC

The closing date for receipt of completed applications is 3pm on Thursday, 20th March 2025.

For a confidential discussion please contact Sinead Dolan on 01 8587576 or email sinead.dolan@publicjobs.ie

We are committed to a policy of equal opportunity and encourage applications under all nine grounds of the Employment Equality Act.