People Director

• Job Title: People Director
• Organization: Concern Worldwide
• Location: Dublin, Ireland
• Reports to: CEO
• Terms: Permanent, Full-time role / Hybrid – office based at least 2.5 days per week
• Salary: GBF10 (€102,272 - €113,635)
• Posted: 22 Aug 2025
• Closing date: 5 Sep 2025

Established in 1968, Concern is a non-profit, non-governmental humanitarian organisation, dedicated to the reduction of suffering and the ultimate elimination of extreme poverty in the world's poorest countries.

Concern's vision, our mission and our work are all defined by one goal – ending extreme poverty, whatever it takes. Concern strives for a world free from poverty, fear and oppression.

Our culture is values driven and we believe that our people are central to all that we do and are key to delivering on our goal of Reaching the Furthest Behind First. We are committed to ensuring a workplace where everybody feels valued and is enabled to succeed in their work and to contribute to delivering on our mission.

With a head office in Dublin, Ireland and support offices in South Korea, the United Kingdom, and the USA, Concern targets programmes in fragile and conflict-affected contexts. It employs approximately nearly 3,500 people across the globe and currently operates in 26 programme countries.

As People Director, you will lead a highly effective people team to ensure that the organisation has the culture and talent to deliver on its mission at a time when the combination of conflict and climate change has greatly intensified the severity and complexity of the contexts in which we work and when the funding environment is becoming ever more complicated and competitive.

We work in volatile, uncertain and often insecure contexts and all of our people across the organisation, including the People Director, need to have the capacity to respond rapidly to emerging or sudden-onset crises.

The People Director will drive the organisation's People Strategy, providing strong overall management to the people function. You will be a member of the Senior Management Team, the group charged with the global leadership of the organisation.

• As part of the senior management team, contribute to the development of the organisation's overall strategic direction and decision-making processes.
• Lead the People Directorate as the organisation responds to changing work patterns and evolves its international and national structures, including supporting subsequent change management processes.
• In delivering the People Strategy, foster a culture of accountability, continuous improvement and measurement of impact, supported by people analytics and data driven decision making.
• Reinforce and model, in line with organisation policies, a culture that prioritises providing all employees with a safe, respectful, and supportive workplace that fosters diversity, empathy, inclusiveness and a sense of belonging, where each individual feels valued and protected from any harm, and able to deliver their best work in support of Concern's mission.
• Operate critical enabling functions e.g. recruitment, performance development, employee relations, compensation and benefits, and data recording and analysis in line with good practice and legal compliance.
• Oversee learning and organisational development initiatives, with a specific focus on succession planning and talent development.
• Work with other functions/directorates to manage risk and enable the organisation to work effectively in fragile contexts.
• In line with good practice, support the development of wellbeing initiatives that improve individual and organisational capacity to respond to critical events and emergencies, and which support the development of a resilient workforce.
• Through establishing and maintaining internal and external networks, stay abreast of good practise and trends in the NGO sector, with a specific focus on people matters.
• Demonstrate willingness and ability to undertake short-term deployments and visits to any of our country programmes as needed.

• Strong commitment to the vison, mission and values of Concern.
• Significant proven and demonstrable experience in a senior HR management role, preferably with experience of working in a similar role within an NGO or relevant multinational environment.
• Significant proven and demonstrable experience in delivering both strategic and operational HR initiatives with a focus on offering practical HR solutions to management and employees.
• Post graduate qualification in a related discipline or equivalent years of professional experience.
• Strong relationship development, facilitation and communication skills, and proven capacity to negotiate priorities at a senior level.
• Strong ability to manage successful working relationships at all levels across a multi-cultural workforce.
• Fluency in English (essential) and French (desirable).

To be considered for this role, you will be highly passionate about Concern's mission, you will be an effective leader with a global view.

To apply: Please make sure you include your Cover Letter and CV. All applications should be submitted through our website at by the closing date.

Due to the urgency of this position, applications will be shortlisted on a regular basis and we may offer posts before the closing date.

The closing date is subject to change, due to role demands/requirements.

If you have any concerns about our recruitment process and need particular assistance - for example if you have a visual impairment or are neurodivergent - please let us know and we will do our best to accommodate you.