The Consulate General of Ireland promotes and protects Irish interests through its work with the Irish community in the New England region, supporting the strong partnership between the US and Ireland, and providing a range of consular services.
The Consulate General of Ireland in Boston is seeking a proactive, dynamic, and flexible Administrative and Community Liaison Officer to assist with the work of the Consulate in providing consular services, strengthening relationships with the Irish community and promoting Ireland’s interests in the US. The successful applicant will work alongside other locally engaged staff of the Consulate, and will report directly to the diplomatic staff.
Roles and Responsibilities:
The precise range of duties will vary over time according to the needs of the Embassy, but will include the following:
- Assisting Diplomatic Staff with running of the Emigrant Support Programme & engaging with Irish and Irish American Community Organisations to strengthen relationships
- Front of office duties including dealing with visitors to the Consulate, phone and email enquiries, including consular services, assisting Irish citizens, answering queries from the public
- Providing general administrative support to Diplomatic Staff as needed;
- Responsibility for day-to-day administrative tasks including contact database maintenance and accounts system administration
- Assisting with official events, which can range from meetings, to in-house receptions or high-level visits and meeting with partners;
- Conducting research under the direction of diplomatic staff;
- Executing other tasks as required
Completed application forms should be sent via e-mail only to boston.recruitment@dfa.ie, with the subject line ‘Administrative and Community Liaison Officer’.
Applications must be received before 5pm, EST, 27 October 2023,
No applications will be accepted after this deadline
Please note that only short listed applicants will be contacted.
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