The posting
Job Description
We are Uisce Éireann. Every day, we are responsible for the delivery of secure, safe, and sustainable water services for the people of Ireland. As Ireland’s national regulated water utility, our vision is a sustainable Ireland where water is respected and protected, for the planet and all the lives it supports.
Our purpose at Uisce Éireann is to rise to the challenge of delivering transformative water services that enable communities to thrive. That means we are proud to take on the responsibility of protecting our water supply and passing on a safe and secure water system to a rapidly growing population and empowering Ireland’s social and economic growth.
We are passionate about empowering our people, enabling them to make a positive impact on communities across Ireland. We are guided by a shared vision and purpose, grounded in values that define who we are and shape how we work, where we deliver for customers and communities, we work better together, we do the right thing, we aim high, and we keep each other safe. Our behaviours define how we interact, communicate, and succeed together. These values and behaviours apply to each one of us, across every role, location, and level.
Our goal is to attract and develop skilled and talented people from diverse backgrounds, who bring a dynamic range of expertise and insights to our work. With a strong, values-driven workforce, we ensure Uisce Éireann can continue advancing Ireland’s water services and meeting the needs of the communities we serve for generations to come.
The Role:
The HR & People Experience function is responsible for providing strategic Human Resources support to the business units via a Business Partnering model. It supports the local implementation and application of HR policy and strategy and represents the needs of respective business functions to the HR centers of excellence, providing dedicated functional support across a wide range of HR practices. Additionally, the function is responsible for the development and delivery of the Talent Acquisition & Recruitment, Employee Experience, Onboarding & HRIS Strategies to ensure it is appropriately aligning and integrating these across HR and Transaction Services to facilitate the delivery of UÉ’s objectives
The HR Business Partnering team is responsible for working with management across the business to implement HR policies and initiatives. The team ensures that strategic initiatives are translated, operationalised, and embedded in the business in relation to all areas of organisation design, workforce planning, data management and analytics. Reporting to a Senior HR Business Partner, the HR Officer will be responsible for supporting through the provision of administrative services across all HR-related areas.
Main Duties and Responsibilities:
- Provide high quality support to the Senior HR Business Partner through the provision of administration services in areas such as recruitment, on-boarding, team documentation, and general HR-related queries.
- Engage with managers to ensure that they’re familiar with HR policies.
- Handle and respond to employment enquiries from employees.
- Using and updating company’s HRIS (MyWork)
- Support on-going HR projects when required e.g. preparing communication materials, presentations, creation of org charts etc.
- Support HR initiatives and projects to include company events and third-party engagements.
- Work closely with any HR-related transformation/transformation project teams in relation to administrative and related data activities that may be required.
- Provision of administrative support to the HR/People Experience Management team, as required.
- Other duties as required from time to time
General Duties and Responsibilities
- Collaboration with key internal stakeholders across the UÉ business, including but not limited to Finance Teams, Legal, IT, L&D, ER/IR, Compensation and Benefits and HR Transaction Services.
- Responsible for promoting and delivering health and safety commitments across UÉ and its supply chain, reinforcing positive behaviours and delivering health and safety objectives and requirements to the highest industry standards
- Support the delivery of the Uisce Éireann Transformation Programme, driving results required within the Directorate and supporting organisation-wide objectives
- Conducts duties and responsibilities in accordance with Uisce Éireann’s Information Security policies, standards, processes and controls to protect the confidentiality, integrity and availability of UÉ business information and delivery of critical services, in accordance with the NIS Directive and any other relevant cybersecurity regulation
- Other duties as required
Knowledge, Skills and Experience:
- Relevant third level qualification
- A minimum of 1 year’s experience in a relevant HR-related role.
- Excellent analytical skills and ability to identify and analyse problems and potential improvements, and propose and implement solutions at a senior level.
- Demonstrate strong Excel skills Experience of developing and maintaining relationships with key stakeholders
- Able to work to deadlines and adapt to changing conditions and ambiguity generating effective and pragmatic solutions to new situations and problems as they are presented.
The closing date for receipt of applications for this vacancy is 25/11/2026
Please note that applications submitted after this closing date will not be accepted.
*Successful external candidates will be offered a salary within the advertised range based on an assessment of their relevant skills, qualifications, experience and readiness to undertake the responsibilities of the role.
Internal candidates will be considered in line with the application of Uisce Éireann's Pay Model and associated pay policies.



