Ballymun Job Centre

What Ballymun Job Centre does

Ballymun Job Centre (BJC) is a not-for-profit community employment services organisation operating from the Civic Centre on Main Street, Ballymun, Dublin 9, Ireland. Founded in 1986 and structured as Ballymun Job Centre Co-Operative Society Limited (Reg. No. 4397R) and a registered charity (No. 20020040, CHY 8258), BJC delivers free employment support, career guidance, CV/interview preparation, training referrals, and specialised reintegration services to job seekers in the Ballymun area. Its client base spans mainstream unemployed individuals plus high-support cohorts, including people in recovery from drug or alcohol issues (High Support Service, funded by the Ballymun Local Drugs and Alcohol Task Force), early school leavers (Ballyrunners), and ex-offenders (STRIVE Ballymun under the Joint Agency Response to Crime).

BJC's core product set comprises Local Area Employment Services, Career Guidance, High Support Services, Training & Education, Employer Supports, and a portfolio of EU-funded transnational projects (Virtual Job, CareerPath-AI, Bridges, DigitalEmpowHer, and others). Technology is not proprietary — the organisation runs on standard community-services infrastructure and outsources AI curriculum content to Google.org via the Centre for Public Impact. Revenue is entirely grant-funded: it does not charge beneficiaries. Funding flows from the Irish Department of Social Protection, Intreo, BLDATF, Sláintecare Healthy Communities, SOLAS, the European Union (Erasmus+, ESF), the Probation Service, and social innovation partners including Rethink Ireland and Deloitte Ireland.

BJC is governed by a co-operative board (Chairperson John Dunne; Director Mick Creedon; CEO Nicola Fogarty) and operates within Ireland's statutory Local Area Employment Services framework. The 2024-2028 Strategic Plan formalises programme expansion into AI literacy (Google AI Training), clerical administration (Invest in Your Future with City of Dublin FET College), and social inclusion placements (Career Compass with Ballymun Youth Action Project). Go-to-market is purely community-led: walk-in services at the Civic Centre plus partner-agency referrals, with no commercial pricing model, distribution channels, or revenue per user.

Name

Ballymun Job Centre

Legal name

Ballymun Job Centre Co-Operative Society Limited

Website

https://bmunjob.ie

Company type

Private

Founded year

1986

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

Ballymun Job Centre is a Dublin-based charitable co-operative providing free employment support, career guidance, training, and reintegration services to job seekers in the Ballymun area, funded by Irish government bodies, EU grants, and social innovation partners.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Community Employment Services

NAICS

Employment Services (5613), Employment Placement Agencies (561311)

SIC

Services-Employment Agencies (7361), Services-Educational Services (8200)

akta.pro primary industry

Job Placement, Matching & Career Navigation Services (EDAAAOAL)

Keywords

• Community employment services
• Career guidance services
• Job placement assistance
• Training programmes
• Workforce development

Headquarters

HQ city

Ballymun

HQ country

Ireland

HQ region

Europe

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Marketing or Sales, Others

Revenue model

1. Public Funding: As a registered charity (Number 20020040) and co-operative society, Ballymun Job Centre operates as a non-profit community organisation funded through government programs, EU projects, and charitable grants. Services are provided free of charge to job seekers.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels2 records

Marketing channels8 records

Core offering

Ballymun Job Centre is a community-based local employment service that delivers free career guidance, job placement support, CV and interview coaching, training referrals, and specialised support to job seekers in the Ballymun area of Dublin. It also provides High Support Services for individuals with addiction, criminal history, or other complex barriers, and runs accredited training programmes in partnership with local education providers and EU-funded projects.

Product overview

Ballymun Job Centre is a local employment service organization providing a comprehensive portfolio of employment, training, and career support services to the Ballymun community in Dublin, Ireland. The organization offers Local Area Employment Services as its core offering, supplemented by specialized Career Guidance, High Support Services for individuals with addiction issues, and Training & Education programmes. Key training products include the Ballyrunners programme for early school leavers, Google AI Training (free courses as part of Google.org AI Opportunity Fund), and Invest in Your Future clerical administration programme. Additional specialized offerings include Career Compass (social inclusion initiative with work experience placements), the STRIVE Ballymun multi-agency initiative, and a portfolio of EU Projects including Virtual Job, CareerPath-AI, and DigitalEmpowHer. The organization operates as a charitable cooperative society in partnership with government agencies, educational institutions, and community organizations.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• Ballyrunners: A high support, low threshold skills-based programme designed for early school leavers far removed from the labour market who may have addiction issues or criminal history.
• Google AI Training
• Invest in Your Future
• Career Compass

Products and services

• Local Area Employment Services Comprehensive employment support service helping individuals access quality, sustainable employment through skills development, career guidance, and job placement assistance.
• Career Guidance Professional guidance service providing confidential one-to-one support to help job seekers develop career paths, identify strengths and weaknesses, and set career goals.
• High Support Services Specialized service for individuals with drug or alcohol issues, offering employment supports, vocational educational and training supports, prison and community links, and career guidance to develop reintegration strategies.
• Job Seekers Services Comprehensive support for job seekers including professional one-to-one career support, access to job seeking tools, CV assistance, interview coaching, and referral to training courses and community employment schemes.
• Employer Supports Services for employers including recruitment support, access to motivated job seekers, and assistance with workforce development.
• Ballyrunners Training Programme High support, low threshold skills-based programme designed for early school leavers far removed from the labour market, including those with addiction issues or criminal history. Aims to positively engage participants in constructive activities and change attitudes and behaviours.
• Google AI Training Free AI courses as part of Google.org AI Opportunity Fund: Europe, supported by Centre for Public Impact. Designed to help participants gain essential AI skills, harness the power of AI in their job, enhance employability, and access better job opportunities through hands-on training from Google experts.
• Invest in Your Future Clerical Administration Programme delivered through City of Dublin FET College Northwest Campus in partnership with Ballymun Job Centre. Combines personal development, career guidance, accredited training, and practical work experience to help unemployed individuals build self-confidence and pursue careers in office or administrative environments.
• Career Compass Social inclusion initiative facilitating progression and reintegration of participants through structured work experience placement. Collaborative initiative between Ballymun Job Centre and Ballymun Youth Action Project, supported by SláinteCare Healthy Communities. Provides career guidance, self-exploration training, and work placements of 10-20 weeks duration for individuals in recovery.
• STRIVE Ballymun Initiative Joint agency initiative working with offenders to develop initiatives addressing their behaviour and reducing crime. Part of JARC (Joint Agency Response to Crime) involving Probation Service, Irish Prisons Service, and An Garda Síochána.
• First Steps Programme Programme providing participants with engaging bite-sized workshops, career guidance, and valuable insights into training, education, and employment opportunities. Ideal for individuals uncertain about career path.

Segments5 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed No

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Has API

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AI maturity

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AI capability2 records

Partnerships

13 partnerships are on record, tiered core and minor.

• Department of Social ProtectioncoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerGovernment department providing policy framework and support for employment services in Ireland. The BJC works within the national employment services ecosystem supported by this department.
• Intreo PartnerscoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerPartnership with Intreo, the national employment and income support service of the Department of Social Protection, providing integrated service delivery for job seekers.
• Ballymun Local Drugs and Alcohol Task Force (BLDATF)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerBLDATF funds the High Support Service at BJC, which provides specialised employment support for individuals with drug/alcohol issues. BJC operates this service on behalf of BLDATF.
• Ballymun Youth Action Project (BYAP)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerCollaborative partnership on the Career Compass initiative, providing supported work experience placements for individuals in recovery from addiction. BYAP provides services for people in recovery alongside BJC's employment expertise.
• City of Dublin Education and Training Board (CDETB)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerPrimary education and training partner. CDETB provides the City of Dublin FET College Northwest Campus for the Invest in Your Future programme. BJC works with CDETB to provide training pathways for job seekers.
• SOLAScoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerState agency for Further Education and Training (FET) in Ireland. BJC refers clients to SOLAS-funded training programmes and services.
• FIT LtdminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerTechnology skills training organisation helping address digital skills requirements in Ireland's economy. BJC refers clients for digital skills training opportunities.
• Ballymun Adult Read & Write Scheme (BARWS)minorStrategic or Co-development PartnerLiteracy and basic education provider for adults in the Ballymun, Santry and Whitehall areas, established 1986. BJC refers clients who need basic literacy support.
• Sláintecare Healthy CommunitiescoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerFunding and support partner for the Career Compass initiative, which is supported by Sláintecare Healthy Communities programme.
• Centre for Public ImpactcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerSupporting the Google AI Training programme at BJC, providing free AI courses as part of the Google.org AI Opportunity Fund: Europe.
• Probation ServiceminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerPartner in the STRIVE Ballymun initiative, part of JARC (Joint Agency Response to Crime), addressing reoffending through multi-agency support including employment pathways.
• National Learning NetworkminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerTraining provider for people who have experienced setbacks, accidents, mental health issues, illness, injury or disability. BJC refers clients requiring specialist training support.
• Dublin City University (DCU)minorStrategic or Co-development PartnerDCU Access and DCU in the Community programmes provide outreach and educational pathways. BJC staff member Patricia Kavanagh received honorary doctorate from DCU in 2024.

Scale indicators1 record

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Broad incumbents

• IrishJobs.ie (IrishJobs): Ireland's largest online job board; represents the broader commercial/marketplace incumbent in the same job-matching category where BJC delivers offline, community-based job-search support.
• Intreo (Department of Social Protection): Ireland's statutory national employment and income support service. BJC operates as a Local Area Employment Service provider within Intreo's contracted framework, making Intreo the closest programme-level incumbent and primary referral source.
• SOLAS: Irish state agency for Further Education and Training; funds and coordinates FET programmes that BJC refers clients into and partners with (e.g., CDETB Northwest Campus). Acts as a key upstream trainer in the same employment pathway.
• CDETB (City of Dublin Education and Training Board): Provides the FET College Northwest Campus used to deliver BJC's 'Invest in Your Future' clerical admin programme. A directly comparable public-sector training body operating in the same labour-activation ecosystem.

Direct peers

• Cairde: Dublin-based community organisation working with marginalised communities on health and social inclusion, including employment and training pathways. Closely comparable mission and community-led delivery model to BJC.
• EmployAbility Ireland: Irish specialist employment services provider for people with disabilities and other marginalised groups. Operates on the same contract-for-service model with Department of Social Protection as BJC, and competes for the same national employment-services framework.
• Rehab Group / National Learning Network (NLN): Large Irish non-profit providing training, employment supports and social services to people with disabilities and disadvantages. National Learning Network specifically operates training programmes that BJC refers clients to, and competes for the same disadvantaged-client cohort.
• Seetec (Ireland/UK): Operates contracted employment services and skills programmes in Ireland (formerly under Turas Nua). Delivers employability services on similar payment-by-results contracts with government as BJC's Local Area Employment Service.
• Ballymun Youth Action Project (BYAP): Local Ballymun partner agency that co-delivers the Career Compass social-inclusion programme with BJC. Serves the same marginalised cohort (recovery, early school leavers) within identical Ballymun catchment, making it a closest-peer community operator.

Regional players

• Ballymun Local Drugs and Alcohol Task Force (BLDATF): Funds and oversees BJC's High Support Service. Functions as a locality-level commissioner of addiction-recovery employment pathways directly comparable to BJC's target cohort, though operating as a commissioning rather than delivery body.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

• Xx.com/bmunjobcentre
• Facebookfacebook.com/BallymunJobCentre/?fref=ts
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/ballymun-job-centre
• Instagraminstagram.com/ballymunjobcentre?igshid=18cyqnm7abi8g

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Number of profiles

Profiles6 records

Funding overview

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