Regional Manager – Southwest (Cork & Kerry) | Charity Organisation (12-Month Contract)

About Your New Employer

• Join a rapidly expanding, mission-driven organisation funded by the HSE, Department of Justice, and Department of Education.
• Be part of an inspiring growth story: from 5 to 83 staff in 10 years, with contracts regularly extended and potential for permanent employment after 3 years.
• Support vulnerable adults and older people—advocating for their rights and ensuring their voices are heard across care settings.

About Your New Job

• As Regional Manager, you’ll lead and support a team of advocates, managing complex casework and acting as the go-to person for challenging scenarios in Cork and Kerry.
• Oversee, supervise, and develop regional advocates, ensuring best practice and quality standards are met across all ongoing cases.
• Personally manage a portfolio of more complex cases, stepping in for urgent situations as required.
• Build strong relationships with stakeholders in social care, healthcare, and legal services to ensure the best outcomes for clients.
• Regularly travel across your region to attend meetings with clients, families, nursing homes, and hospital partners.
• Work from home, with flexibility to attend events and provide support outside the usual working hours.
• Safeguard and promote the interests of vulnerable adults, addressing issues like elder neglect, financial matters, and family concerns.

What Skills You Need

• Minimum 3 years’ experience managing and supporting teams, ideally within social care, healthcare, human rights, or legal sectors.
• Strong knowledge of advocacy, safeguarding, capacity/decision making, and the dynamics unique to not-for-profit/charity organisations.
• Excellent communication, problem-solving, and organisational skills; ability to influence and build relationships across multi-disciplinary teams.
• Proven ability to handle sensitive situations and make tough decisions, with resilience and empathy at the core of your approach.
• Full driver’s license, access to a car, and willingness to travel across Cork and Kerry.

What's on Offer

• Salary based on experience: €50,000–€62,000, with clear potential for progression to a permanent contract.
• 25 days annual leave, automatic pension enrolment, and additional public holidays; travel costs reimbursed at civil service rates.
• Dynamic, values-led team focused on empowering independence and protecting the vulnerable—make real impact every day.

What's Next

Apply now by clicking the “Apply Now" button or call me, Marie O'Driscoll on 021-4847133. If the job isn’t quite right but you are looking for something similar, please get in touch. We also have multiple Temp, FTC, and Contract jobs available.