Head of Communications - Dublin City Council

Head of Communications - Dublin City Council

The closing date for this vacancy is 13/08/2026, 15:00

The Head of Communications will report to the Executive Manager, Corporate Services and Transformation, and is the Council's principal communications advisor to the Chief Executive and Senior Management Team. The role will lead the development and delivery of our Communications Strategy () spanning media, digital, social, internal and stakeholder communications, and sets the tone and voice through which Dublin City Council communicates with the public.

Over the next five years Dublin City Council will deliver a multi-billion Euro capital programme, including major housing delivery, climate action, transport and public realm projects. It is also progressing flagship projects such as Parnell Square Cultural Quarter, O'Connell Street regeneration, Dalymount Park, and the implementation of our Digital Transformation Strategy .

Dublin City Council is recognised as a leader in urban innovation, with a track record of partnering with citizens, industry and academia to test and scale new innovative solutions to city challenges.

A full Job Summary/Description is available in the Information Booklet.

Main Duties of the Job

Brand, reputation and challenging communications. Protecting and building the reputation of the Dublin City Council brand, providing advice and guidance and leading communications on matters that attract significant public, political and media scrutiny. Leading the implementation of the recent Dublin City Council brand refresh and ensuring successful long-term implementation.

Strategic communications advice. Acting as principal communications advisor to the Chief Executive and Senior Management Team on policy, service delivery, organisational change and major city initiatives.

Major Capital Projects and programme communications. Leading communications for the Council's approx. 3.9 billion Euro capital delivery pipeline, including housing, climate action, active travel, transport, public realm.

A full list of main duties is available in the Information Booklet.

Information about the organisation

Dublin City Council takes the lead role in shaping the strategic vision of Dublin as a dynamic and sustainable city and seeks to continually enhance the city's attractiveness as a place in which to invest, to work, to live and to visit.

With an annual expenditure of almost €1.8 billion (revenue and capital) and a workforce of 6,200 (FTEs), the City Council provides a diverse, multi-layered and evolving range of services and infrastructure to both citizens and visitors to Dublin that sustain the life of the city. These services include the provision of housing, planning, development, economic, environmental, roads and traffic, fire and emergency, leisure, cultural and community services. Many of these services, including traffic, drainage and fire and emergency services are provided on a regional basis for the Greater Dublin Area.

An opportunity now exists in Dublin City Council for the position of Head of Communications.

Salary Scale effective from 1st June 2026:

Hours of attendance will be fixed from time to time but will amount to not less than 35 hours gross per week.

The annual leave allowance for the position of Head of Communications is 30 days.

Selection Process Details

A ranking and or shortlisting exercise may be carried out on the basis of information supplied in your application form. The criteria for ranking and or shortlisting are based on the requirements of the post as outlined in the eligibility criteria and skills, competencies and/or knowledge section of this job specification. Therefore it is very important that you think about your experience in light of those requirements.

Failure to include information regarding these requirements may result in you not being called forward to the next stage of the selection process.

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