Background:
Teagasc – the Agriculture and Food Development Authority – is a semi-state organisation and the national body providing integrated research, advisory and training services to the agriculture and food industry and rural communities. It was established in September 1988 under the Agriculture (Research, Training and Advice) Act, 1988.
The ICT Department plays a pivotal role in supporting Teagasc to achieve its mission of providing leadership and support to Irish farmers and food companies in achieving a sustainable food system. The department provides services to over 1,000 employees across 50 locations in addition to students and contractors throughout Ireland. The ICT Department contains six units – Applications Team, Technical Services, Service Delivery, Development, Research/Innovation and Security/Continuity.
The Applications Team is responsible for supporting existing business systems, collaborating and supporting Teagasc business units through activities such as business analysis, process improvement initiatives, procurement, vendor management, and project managing systems implementation. The Teagasc ICT Applications suite consists of over 35 business systems with a mixture of bespoke, package and Saa S applications Teagasc engages external vendors to supply many of its ICT services, including application development.
Teagasc are now looking to appoint a number of Applications Analysts to join our Applications Team. This position provides an exciting opportunity to join the ICT Department as Teagasc embarks on a new Digitalisation Transformation Strategy aimed at delivering transformative change in a number of areas across the organisation, and involving increasing use of cloud technologies. Further information on can be found in the Teagasc Statement of Strategy 2021-2024.
Basic Function:
The successful applicant will be responsible for the identification and analysis of business requirements and the design, acquisition, integration, delivery, enhancement and support of ICT application solutions, including project management. The successful applicant will work in close co-operation with other business units in order to fully understand their operations and how ICT can support them.