search Browse Jobs
Chief Information Officer (Assistant Secretary)publicjobs · Dublin, County Dublin, Ireland
publicjobs logo

publicjobs

company page ↗

Chief Information Officer (Assistant Secretary)

🗓️ Posted 2026-10-02 Dublin, County Dublin, Ireland Full-time Hybrid Government Defence
💰 Salary 14,293 EUR/mo (171,517 EUR/yr) 📊 Market 5,500 EUR–7,500 EUR/mo

About the Company

Job title: Chief Information Officer (Assistant Secretary) Employer: Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine Location: Dublin Closing Date: 3pm, Thursday, 22nd October 2026 Starting Salary: 171,517 About the Employer: The Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine's vision is of a sustainable, innovative and competitive agri-food, forestry and seafood sector. The Department's mission is to lead, enable and regulate the sector in a way that optimises its contribution to social, economic and environmental sustainability, ensuring food safety, public health and animal health and welfare. In carrying out its mandate the Department undertakes a variety of functions including: Policy advice and development on all areas of Departmental responsibility; Development and implementation of national and EU schemes in support of agriculture, food, sea fisheries, forestry and rural environment; Regulation of the agriculture, fisheries, forestry and food industries through national and EU legislation; Regulation and controls on animal and plant health and animal welfare; Regulation and controls on aspects of food safety and food authenticity; Operating as the EU's Accredited Paying Agency for EU Common Agricultural Policy Funds and as Competent Authority for European Maritime Fisheries Funds; Representation in international - especially EU - and national negotiations; Control and audit of public expenditure under its responsibility; Operating p

About the Role

The role of Chief Information Officer is a Senior Management position in the Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine (DAFM). Reporting to the Secretary General, the person appointed will be a member of DAFM's Management Board and will have overall responsibility for the strategic development and management of the Department's ICT and digital systems and strategy that support new and better ways of improving ICT service provision to all its stakeholders. Please see the Department's ICT strategy document on the publicjobs advertisement page for reference. ICT underpins the integrity of billions of euro in payments, ensures compliance with Irish and EU regulations, and provides the resilience needed to respond rapidly to issues such as animal disease outbreaks or supply chain disruption. As CIO, the appointee will ensure that the technology estate is secure, resilient and modern, and that it directly supports the Department's strategic goals of sustainability, competitiveness and excellent customer service. ICT plays a critical role in enabling the Department to achieve the objectives set out in its Statement of Strategy. The Department has invested significant resources in the development of state-of-the-art systems and must continuously maintain and develop them in order to meet its statutory requirements and the business challenges it faces. The appointee will play a major role in continuing the current high quality of service and determining future business strategie

Requirements

  • ● A successful track record at senior level of leading and delivering significant technology transformation and of significant achievement and best practice in the management of large ICT projects;
  • ● The ability to lead the provision of modern, cost efficient and secure ICT systems and services for the Department and its agencies, other Government Departments and DAFM 's broader client base, including infrastructure support to Public Sector shared services projects;
  • ● A proven track record in at-scale business technology and solutions delivery in particular enabling high-quality, innovative and effective public services delivery and digital transformation.
  • ● Proven senior ICT leadership in delivering innovation using leading edge solutions to challenging deadlines in a complex environment and in a way that supports data driven decision-making;
  • ● A good understanding, supported by relevant qualifications and/or experience of current ICT developments, of the forces encouraging business change and of the pivotal role that ICT can play in meeting business objectives in a way that maximises value for money;
  • ● Agility, flexibility and the ability to effectively lead teams operating under significant time pressure with the ability to build and maintain effective working relationships both internally and externally and have demonstrable skills in persuading and influencing with multiple complex stakeholders;
  • ● Excellent leadership, negotiation, communication, management and teamwork skills, with an ability to express him/herself orally and in writing, clearly, concisely and persuasively;
  • ● A proven ability to build and develop capability and capacity across the ICT function;
  • ● A demonstrated proven track record of providing strong strategic leadership to large diverse teams, supporting and giving direction to the building of capability, capacity and organisational culture so that the IMT group delivers to a consistently high standard of performance, accountability and integrity, assured by robust governance and oversight controls;
  • ● Familiarity with, or the capacity to acquire quickly an understanding of, the range of farming and wider national stakeholder interests involved in this environment, including an ability to operate effectively in EU and international fora;
  • ● A demonstrated ability to lead and govern significant technology programmes, managing large-scale ICT budgets in complex environments and involving a range of diverse stakeholders;
  • ● Familiarity with or the capacity to acquire quickly a good working knowledge of the Department's wide range of responsibilities and business requirements at national and EU level to be immediately effective in the post;
  • ● Be capable of contributing to all aspects of the work of the Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine.
  • ● Further information including details on how to apply for this position is available on www.publicjobs.ie.
  • ● The closing date for receipt of completed applications is 3pm on Thursday, 22nd October, 2026.
  • ● We are committed to a policy of equal opportunity and encourage applications under all nine grounds of the Employment Equality Act.