About The Land Development Agency
The Land Development Agency (LDA) is the State’s affordable housing delivery body. Its main role is to acquire and develop State and other land to deliver affordable homes to address the country’s housing need.
The Agency has commenced construction on various state sourced lands and has a direct delivery pipeline in excess of 19,000 homes. It is also delivering affordable housing by working with private sector on an initiative called ‘Project Tosaigh’, which will yield a further 8,000 homes on land provided by housebuilders.
The LDA is also responsible for a range of public functions including research, master planning and the development of construction guidelines and best practices. The LDA has produced and now regularly updates the Report on Relevant Public Land, which identified 102 State owned sites with the potential for over 70,000 homes.
LDA Values
At the Land Development Agency, our values are at the heart of everything we do. They are who we are and how we operate. Our core values - Integrity, Collaboration, Results, Sustainability, and Innovation inform our actions, both individually and collaboratively, to achieve our mission to maximise the supply of and social homes on public land in a financially sustainable manner, supporting the creation of thriving communities and deliver ongoing positive social impact.
The Role
The successful candidate will provide support and administrative assistance to the Public Affairs team in the LDA. This is a great opportunity to work in a new agency, using your creativity and initiative to improve the efficiency and effectiveness of our processes and build excellent relationships, internally and with external stakeholders.
This job would suit someone who thrives in a fast-paced dynamic environment, is comfortable managing multiple projects and meeting tight deadlines, with strong communications skills.
Key Responsibilities will include:
- Provide administrative assistance to the Public Affairs Lead
- Support the development and updating of core project materials including key messages, Q&A, response lines, briefings and presentations, which can be adapted for use across multiple channels and platforms
- Support the planning and organisation of meetings, workshops, and focus groups
- Ensure records are kept up-to-date and reflect latest contact and engagement activities, and maintaining records for all projects
- Ensuring LDA policies and procedures are adhered to at all times
- From time to time the Admin Assistant may be requested to attend and take minutes at meetings
- Work collaboratively with all LDA staff and project team members
- Ongoing prioritisation of tasks and workload ensuring deadlines are met and that the work in completed in a timely manner
- Continuously looking for ways to improve efficiency and effectiveness
- Maintenance of sensitive and confidential information
- Develop relationships with internal and external stakeholders
- Other tasks as requested by the Public Affairs team
- Ad hoc support to other departments as required
Knowledge, Skills and Experience:
- A minimum of 3 years experience working in a similar role
- Ability to prepare agendas and take minutes for management team meetings and manage and track follow up actions
- Strong organisational, planning, time management, project management, problem-solving, and anticipatory skills
- Ability to execute in relatively ambiguous and complex situations, prioritizing actions , work independently, be self-motivated and action oriented
- Exercises sound judgment, tact, diplomacy, and professionalism
- Highly organized and detail-oriented
- Demonstrate a positive can-do attitude, maintain confidentiality, and be an effective team player
- Strong verbal and written communication skills
To Apply:
Closing date for applications is 5pm on Friday the 25th July 2025.
The Land Development Agency (LDA) is an equal opportunities employer. We are committed to promote and support a diverse and inclusive workforce, and we endeavour to provide reasonable accommodation.
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