Career Opportunity
The Agri-Food Regulator is looking to recruit a Head of Legal and Research at Assistant Principal level as part of a new Legal and Research Unit.
As the Agri-Food Regulator continues to develop and expand its statutory functions, there is a growing need to strengthen in-house legal and research capacity to support effective regulation, enforcement and policy development.
To meet this need, the Regulator is establishing a new Legal and Research Unit, combining legal advisory and research functions during the organisation’s current phase of growth, with the expectation that these functions may evolve into standalone units over time.
As part of this, the Regulator is looking to recruit a Head of Legal and Research to join the organisation for an exciting opportunity as part of the proposed new Unit.
The successful candidate will lead this new Unit, with an anticipated focus of approximately 75% legal and data protection functions and 25% research activity.
The successful candidate will report to the CEO and will become a member of the Senior Management Team which currently comprises the CEO and the Heads of the three existing units. The role will be based at the Government Campus, Backweston, Celbridge, Co. Kildare.
Contract: Permanent.
More information to be found in our careers section.
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Information Session - Webinar
We're hosting an information session webinar on Thursday 26 February at 11am.
This is an excellent opportunity for all agri-food product businesses along the supply chain to learn more about the work of the Regulator.
It will focus on:
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enforcing the unfair trading regulations
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the requirement to submit an annual compliance report
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our transparency initiatives, including the price and market interactive dashboard reports, and
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preparing for data collection (S.I. 629 of 2025)
If you’re involved in the agri-food supply chain and are unsure about how the work of the Regulator can help your business, this is a great way to hear about the organisation from CEO - Niamh Lenehan, Head of Price and Market Data - Robert Levins, and Head of Unfair Trading Practices - Melanie Hall.
Attendees do need to register for the webinar. Click here to register.
After registering, you will receive a confirmation email containing information about joining the webinar.
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An Rialálaí Agraibhia (Agri-Food Regulator) is an independent statutory Office established under the Agricultural and Food Supply Chain Act 2023.
The Agri-Food Regulator is concerned with promoting fairness and transparency in the agri-food supply chain. Its statutory remit and focus is on business-to-business relationships within the supply chain. In exercising this function, the Agri-Food Regulator shall have regard to the circumstances and needs of the agricultural and food sector including, in particular, farming, fishing and small food businesses.
The Agri-Food Regulator is made up of a Board which makes decisions about the Office’s policies and strategic approach to key functions while the Executive Staff implements the agreed policies and workplan.