[This position has been filled. Please visit the Speedpak Group Careers page to view current career opportunites.]
Contract Type: Full Time
Salary: 4 Point Scale starting at €33,259
Location: Dublin 17
A fantastic opportunity for a skilled person with relevant experience to be part of a unique, innovative social enterprise making a real difference to people’s lives.
About Speedpak Group
We trade commercially to transform the lives of previously long-term unemployed people through commercial work experience and industry-led training. This has resulted in better employment outcomes, resilience in the job market and financial independence for the 1,400 people we have employed and trained since our foundation.
We have two successful businesses: Speedpak Contract Services (providing contract packing, e-commerce fulfilment, manufacturing support and logistics services) and Shamrock Rosettes (creating and supplying custom prizes, accessories and customised sportswear for the equestrian and agricultural show sectors).
We operate to ‘a double bottom line’, balancing the need for commercial profitability alongside the needs of our long-term unemployed trainees. This is what makes us unique. It reflects our values as a business with a social purpose to end long-term unemployment for people living in our community.
The Role
A hands-on role which offers variety and responsibility. Reporting to the HR Manager, the role expands across Production and HR operations. You will support the supervision of a team of over 40 general operatives to achieve a high level of performance and development of a set of skills that have a strong focus on employability and progression to employment.
The CE Programme (funded by the Department of Social Protection) is integrated into our social enterprise to provide quality work experience and training opportunities to long-term unemployed people.
Key Role Tasks:
Compliance of the CE Programme as it operates across the various functions within Speedpak.
Recruitment and induction of trainees.
Supporting trainees to achieve work and training targets.
Planning and implementing workplace learning to enhance skills and employability.
Career planning and job-seeking skills for trainees.
Capturing workplace learning.
Updating and maintaining HR databases.
Supporting workplace Health and Safety compliance including fire inspection, safety equipment and manual handling.
Providing reports and updates to the Leadership Team, Governance sub-Committee and Board.
The Ideal Candidate will have the following experience and skills:
3 years minimum in a Learning/Development role at Management, Supervisory or Team Leader level in a Retail, Manufacturing or Education Environment or Community setting.
Supporting a safe & healthy work environment in both facilities and work practices.
Sourcing and Evaluation of training.
Recruitment and Selection.
Managing budgets.
Report writing.
IT skills.
Empathy for vulnerable individuals and jobseekers.
Education and Training requirements:
Minimum of 3rd Level qualification (NFQ Major award at level 6 or higher) relevant to the role.
Evidence of ongoing training and upskilling.
What we are offering:
An opportunity to work in an award-winning social enterprise to make a positive difference to people’s lives.
A salary package starting at Point 1 of the Department of Social Protection’s 4 point supervisory scale.
(€33,295 increasing to €40,170 at Point 4).
20 days annual leave plus up to 2 additional company days for Christmas closing.
Paid sick leave.
Additional Benefits.
To Apply
Please email careers@speedpakgroup.com with your CV and a one-page cover letter explaining your fit with the criteria outlined above by the closing date, Wednesday 8th June 2022.
Shortlisted candidates will be invited for interview. First round interviews will be held the week of 6 June.
If you have any questions about this role, please contact us on 01 867 1707. We are happy to take your call.
The European Commission will launch the European Action Plan for the Social Economy on Wednesday 8th December 2021.
The objectives of the action plan are:
To recognise the social economy as a transversal actor in the main socio-economic policies of the European Union.
To promote the convergence and coordination of the different public authorities involved in the promotion of the social economy by defining strategic objectives and benchmarks at EU level.
To foster a conducive ecosystem for the growth of the social economy, improving its contribution to key EU objectives and allowing social economy enterprises to take full advantage of the single market, EU funds and financial instruments.
This follows a 2018 proposal by Social Enterprise Europe (SEE) for a European public policy covering the whole social economy. Other recent actions at EU level have included the launch in 2011 of the Social Business Initiative (SBI), and the 2016 Start-up and Scale-up initiative. Crucially, it follows the growing activity in the sector and awareness of its positive contribution to society.
SEE highlights the need for an Action Plan to:
Boost the visibility of social economy enterprises and organisations
Support them to generate social and technological innovations
Improve their access to finance and EU funding
Remove the legal obstacles impeding their ability to grow and operate in the Single Market on an equal footing with other types of companies
Inspire public authorities from the EU and its neighbouring countries to promote the growth of the social economy as a driver of economic and social progress for all
It calls the Action Plan a “key tool to systematically incorporate the social economy into the different socio-economic policies of the European Union, as well as into its actions to achieve the Sustainable Development Goals”.
Happy Social Enterprise Day 2021 to our customers, our colleagues, our trainees, our investors, our supporters and all our fellow social enterprises!
This year’s Social Enterprise Day takes place on Thursday 11th November to celebrate and raise awarerness of social enterprises and their impact worldwide.
It is also a day for encouraging people to seek out social enterprises and to support them through the purchase of goods and services that deliver a positive social and/or environmental impact.
Social Enterprise Day takes place anually on the third Thursday of November as part of Global Entrepreneurship Week and is a day around which many social enterprise-related events are planned.
Social Enterprise Day 2022 will take place on 17th November 2022.
GIY’s “Grow It Forward” campaign featured the fulfilment by Speedpak Contract Services of 50,000 seed packs.
GIY, like Speedpak Group, is a social enterprise. Its mission is to support people around the world to live happier, healthier and more sustainable lives by growing some of their own food.
The campaign was aimed at encouraging people to enjoy the benefits of growing vegetables at home and to then share their experience with ten other people.
Each growing pack included 5 different packets of seed, 10 tags and one brochure. Fulfilment of the Grow It Forward packs involved breaking bulk quantities of seed packs, tags, envelopes and brochures into smaller batches. Components were manually sorted, collated, bundled and banded.
Envelopes were addressed, packed by hand, sealed and dispatched to An Post for delivery to libraries, businesses and individual subscribers all over Ireland.
Speedpak Group was very happy to have this opportunity to work with another social enterprise.
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