Almost 200 jobs to be created

Five leading multinational companies have today confirmed the availability of 175 job vacancies in the IT, telecommunications, customer service, HR consultancy and pharmaceutical industries at East Point Office Park.

The companies hiring, Oracle, Conduit, Citrix, Quintiles and Peninsula, are targeting graduates and experienced professionals for roles in sales, finance and business development, as well as technical support, customer service with languages and life science graduates for clinical and commercial operations.

The vast majority of the vacancies are for full-time positions; a small number of part-time, evening and weekend customer service roles are also available.

East Point Office Park also announced it will host a Jobs Fair on Friday, April 16 for companies based at the established docklands office park beside Dublin city centre.

The event will take place at Estuary House in East Point, Dublin 3 from 10.30am – 2.30pm, with a later session from 5–8pm to facilitate anyone with daytime or existing work commitments.

Representatives from the companies hiring will be available to speak with interested candidates about the roles on offer and how best to apply.

“We are pleased to be in a position to organise a Jobs Fair at East Point promoting 175 new job opportunities in an office park that already employs some 5,000 people,” said Matt Gallagher of East Point.

“It’s been a difficult eighteen months for employers and people out of work, so it’s reassuring to see that some of the companies based here are beginning to recruit again. We hope that the Jobs Fair will enable people to learn about career opportunities and working life at East Point, whilst providing an environment in which they can promote themselves to prospective employers directly.”

Meanwhile, CRANN, the nanoscience research institute based at TCD and UCC, today announced that is to create a total of17 jobs in R&D roles after being awarded €15.5m in non-Exchequer funding to lead two major European nano research projects.

Two Irish SMEs are also participating in the programme, Cellix Ltd. and Radisens Technology.

In partnership with Intel, CRANN will also lead a European consortium focussed on the development of the next generation of electronic chip which will drive faster, lighter and more efficient computers, mobile phones and home gaming machines.

Prof. John Boland, director of CRANN said: “Investment in building Ireland’s R&D capability over the past ten years is delivering returns by attracting industry and academic based funding into Ireland and creating new jobs. Ireland is now globally recognized for its expertise in the area of nanoscience, as evidenced by the large amounts of non-exchequer funding we are winning through competitive international research projects. Research is a global competition and we need to continue to develop our knowledge base and expertise to make Ireland a true Innovation Centre.”

Professor Dermot Kelleher, head of TCD School of Medicine and IMM director said: “This is a huge vote of confidence and recognises Irish leadership in the cutting edge field of nanomedicine. This research programme will address some of the most important questions in human medicine relating to diagnosis and treatment of cancer, using 21st century experience and know-how in nanotechnology, and we are looking forward to the time when our patients here will benefit from these innovative technologies.”