Advocate Western Region – Temporary Full-time
Office Location – NAS Office. Riverstone House, Henry Street, Limerick City.
The National Advocacy Service for People with Disabilities (NAS) is seeking to recruit an Advocate for a full-time temporary Advocate position covering the period up to May 2026.The post will be based in the NAS Office, Riverstone House, Henry Street, Limerick City in the NAS Western Region.
NAS provides an independent, confidential, and free representative advocacy service that works exclusively for people with disabilities. The service is person-centred, accountable, accessible, impartial, and independent of service providers, families and other supports.
The organisation has a particular remit for adults with disabilities who are isolated from their community and services, have communication differences, are inappropriately accommodated, live in residential services, attend day services and have limited informal or natural supports.
The National Advocacy Service is provided through four regions and a National Office which is based in Dublin.
The four regions are:
- Greater Dublin: Dublin, Fingal and Wicklow.
- Northeast & Midlands Region, Cavan, Laois, Longford, Louth, Kildare, Meath, Monaghan, Offaly, Westmeath.
- Western Region: Clare, Donegal, Galway, Leitrim, Limerick, Mayo, Roscommon, and Sligo.
- Southern Region: Carlow, Cork, Kerry, Kilkenny, Tipperary, Waterford, Wexford.
Reports to: Regional Advocacy Manager
Salary: €46,161 – €50,768 (pro rata for part-time).
Annual leave entitlement: 23 – 25 days (after 5 years’ continuous service).
Pension: There is a pension scheme is in place where 5% is contributed by the employee and 7% by the employer. Membership of the pension scheme is mandatory.
Incremental Credit: It is expected that new entrants to NAS will be appointed on the first point of the scale. However, NAS operates an incremental credit process for appointments higher than point one. This process is applicable to new entrants into the organisation. Incremental credit criteria, based on the competencies for the role, are assessed against employment history as laid out in the application form only. A request for incremental credit from a successful candidate must be made within the first 3 months of employment. The decision on whether to award an incremental credit or not is a decision made by the Board and is subject to the availability of funding.
Hours: As noted above, the position is full time and may involve working some unsocial hours.
The position entails travel so access to the use of a car is a requirement for the post.
The successful candidate will be asked to obtain Garda Clearance before they begin work.
A regional panel may be formed of qualified candidates from which temporary, full-time Advocate posts which arise in the Western Region within the next 12 months will be filled, should vacancies arise in this period.
Application Procedure
The completed application form and a cover letter should be emailed (as an attachment) to recruitment@advocacy.ie stating ‘Limerick Advocate’ in the subject line.
Shortlisting will apply. Canvassing will disqualify.
Applications and cover letter must be typed. CVs, late or incomplete applications will not be accepted.
Deadline for receipt of applications: 5pm on Tuesday 20 May 2025.
NAS is an equal opportunities employer.
NAS is funded and supported by the Citizens Information Board.
