In November 2023 a statutory paid domestic violence leave provision came into force for all workplaces in Ireland. Women’s Aid has led on employer engagement and support for several years, developing our Employer Engagement Programme (EEP) https://www.womensaid.ie/gettraining/support-for-employers/. 

With this new obligation for employers, Women’s Aid now wishes to enhance our capacity to respond to increased demand for training and support for employers to implement best practice domestic workplace policies.

This Trainer will join and collaborate with the Women’s Aid Employer Engagement Trainer and the Head of the Centre for Learning and Practice Development, to engage employers in Ireland to promote, design and deliver training on developing disclosure friendly work environments and responding safely and effectively to employees subjected to domestic abuse.

Reports to: Women’s Aid Head of the Centre for Learning and Practice and Development.

Location: Primarily based at Women’s Aid head office in Dublin 2 but also working in an outreach capacity, travelling when appropriate to deliver in person training across Ireland. Some remote/hybrid working may also be required and a % of hybrid working will be considered on application.

Hours: Women’s Aid’s full-time working week is 35 hours (excluding lunch). Core working hours are ordinarily between 8am and 6pm Monday to Friday, unless a role requires different contracted hours. Flexibility may be required.

Contract: Fixed term Contract – 2 years (24 Months) subject then to review/evaluation.

Salary: The salary for this post is €48,200 per annum.