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We are looking for a highly committed performer with a genuine interest in public affairs and public advocacy work.
The Account Executive will be responsible for providing support, particularly in our public affairs and public advocacy work, to the Managing Director, Executive Director and our other staff.
Key requirements include:
• A good knowledge and understanding of the media, in particular new media like social networking media;
• A strong understanding of and insight into the Irish public policy terrain;
• Good writing and analytical skills;
• Third-level qualification or its equivalent;
• A minimum of two years experience in media relations, public affairs or public advocacy;
• An empathy for and an understanding of the not-for-profit sector and trade union movement;
• An engaging personality and good teamworking skills.
If you feel you meet the terms of the job description and are interested in working for Montague Communications, please email Niamh Congdon at Montague Communications with your CV and a cover letter – niamh@montaguecomms.ie – on or before Friday, 2 July 2010.
Copies of the presentations delivered at the Advocacy Initiative Conference jointly organised by Montague Communications and Middlequarter on 10th June 2010 available here.
Click on the following links to access the presentations:
Conference Presentation-Survey
Conference Presentation - Interview & Forum Findings
Research Findings Response (1)
Research Findings Response (2)
Research Findings Response (3)
The Advocacy Initiative will be holding a conference for NGO advocates on 10 June next in Dublin’s Ashling Hotel. The purpose of the conference will be to:
The conference is the culmination of this phase of the Advocacy Initiative’s work which has also involved a survey of almost 400 NGOs, extensive desk research, interviews with key policy makers, civil society leaders and NGO advocates and a Forum attended by almost 50 NGO advocates.
The Advocacy Initiative is a collaborative initiative involving many of the key organisations and leaders in the NGO sector and its aims are to:

Montague Communications is delighted to have been awarded the tender for PR Services for the National Advisory Committee on Drugs (NACD).
Montague Communications has worked with the NACD since 2002 and we look forward to continuing to support the Committee's important work on drugs issues in Ireland.

Our May Day 2010 Card is out now!
Montague Communications’ Managing Director, Pat Montague, has led the successful merger of the Refugee Information Services (RIS) and Integrating Ireland which has in turn led to th
e creation of a new organisation, The Integration Centre, which will be formally launched in the coming weeks.
Pat Montague is Chairperson of the new organisation which is one of the first to be created from a merger of two NGOs in Ireland. Given the uniqueness of this experience in an Irish context, Pat Montague was recently asked to make a presentation to the Irish Charities Tax Reform’s annual conference on the challenges involved in the merger process which took nearly two years to complete – a copy of his presentation is provided at this link.
The Integration Centre’s vision for Ireland is that of an inclusive society where immigrants and their families are fully and equally involved. This will be achieved via the organisation’s core programme areas which include:
1. Leading and collaborating on local integration programmes and plans;
2. Developing, for the first time in Ireland, a monitoring tool and framework to review the progress of integration between immigrants and the broader society across Ireland;
3. Providing regionally based, reliable information, advice and advocacy for immigrants in respect of their rights and entitlements.
Montague Communications welcomes Jemma Hogan back to our team as an Account Executive. Jemma worked with us for a few months at the end of last year and did a fantastic job – especially on our successful campaign around maintaining the Old Age Pension for Older & Bolder – bringing great energy and creativity to all the projects that she worked on.
Jemma hails from Tallaght and holds a Masters Degree in Public Affairs and Political Communication.
The Mandate Trade Union used the occasion of its conference in Galway to publicise a new report entitled, Milking the Recession.
According to the report during the last few years Mandate has experienced:
Montague Communications also assisted Mandate in the organising of the Mandate Biennial Conference which took place in the Radisson Blu Hotel in Galway on 25/26 April 2010. The theme for this year’s conference was Waking Up, Taking Action.
Some of the items discussed at the conference included:
· A Decent Living Income for all;
· Recruitment and organising;
· The minimum wage;
· Part time workers hours;
· Sunday working,
· Erosion of terms and conditions including pay reductions;
· Education;
· Health;
· Home repossessions;
· The mismanagement of the economy;
· Social welfare cuts.
For more on the Mandate Biennial Conference or to learn more about Mandate Trade Union log on to www.mandate.ie

Montague Communications have just completed our latest successful campaign with Older & Bolder culminating in the Government’s decision not to further cut the State Pension and other supports for older people.
This phase of Older & Bolder’s campaign (www.olderandbolder.ie) was aimed at protecting the income supports for older people against the cuts proposed in the McCarthy Report. It began in the autumn and involved a huge amount of work by a large team including Older & Bolder’s staff, member organisations and hundreds of volunteers around the country as well as the Montague team. Activities included:
One of our most recent campaigns is the Stand Up For Education (www.standupforeducation.ie) campaign which was successfully launched in late October. This long-term campaign is sponsored by the Teachers Union of Ireland and supported by the National Parents Association for Vocational Schools and Community Colleges and its aims are:
Since its launch, the campaign has focused on lobbying Oireachtas members in support of its aims and building up a list of important endorsers. To date those who have agreed to endorse the campaign include:
SIPTU.

The country’s largest trade union, SIPTU, unveiled their plans – with the assistance of Montague Communications – for the redevelopment of Liberty Hall on its unique historic site on Dublin’s quays at the union’s Centenary Conference last October.
The ‘New’ Liberty Hall – which will become one of the premier attractions in the city – will include:
It’s expected that an application for planning permission will be made win the coming weeks.
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