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Dublin Bus
Dublin Bus
The Challenge
Like many large infrastructure and public service organisations, Dublin Bus faces increasing competition for talent in a rapidly evolving labour market. Alongside the challenge of attracting highly skilled professionals, the organisation is also planning for workforce succession as a significant proportion of experienced employees approach retirement.
Enterprise Ireland recruits for a wide range of specialist and strategic positions, many of which require a unique combination of technical expertise, commercial awareness, stakeholder management capability, and public sector values.
Particularly challenging were recruitment campaigns within the Research and Innovation Division, where candidates required deep scientific knowledge alongside commercialisation and technology transfer expertise. These roles demanded access to niche talent pools across academia, research institutions, innovation centres, and industry.
In parallel, Enterprise Ireland sought to modernise and strengthen its recruitment processes, ensuring greater consistency, transparency, and alignment with organisational competencies and strategic objectives.
To support these objectives, Dublin Bus required a recruitment partner capable of accessing both active and passive talent pools while strengthening employer visibility among the next generation of professionals.
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Our Solution
Conscia worked closely with Enterprise Ireland's HR and leadership teams to deliver both recruitment campaigns and strategic talent initiatives.
Our recruitment support included:
• Workforce planning and campaign design
• Development of competency-based recruitment documentation
• Targeted advertising and employer branding campaigns
• Direct sourcing and executive search
• Talent mapping across Ireland, the UK, and European markets
• Candidate attraction through LinkedIn Recruiter, professional networks, university partnerships, and specialist databases
• Shortlisting, interview management, candidate assessment, and offer management
• GDPR-compliant recruitment administration and reporting
• Candidate and stakeholder communication throughout the recruitment lifecycle
Alongside recruitment delivery, Conscia partnered with Enterprise Ireland to review and redesign its end-to-end recruitment process and contributed to the development and rollout of the Enterprise Ireland Competency Framework, supporting greater consistency in hiring decisions and talent assessment across the organisation.
Recruitment Impact
Conscia has successfully delivered recruitment campaigns across innovation, technology, legal, governance, risk, procurement, and commercialisation functions, maintaining a 100% fill rate across all required appointments.
- Research, Innovation & Commercialisation Specialists (4appointments)
- Technology & Digital Leadership Roles (2 appointments)
- Legal, Governance & Corporate Services Roles (5 appointments)
- Risk & Strategic Business Functions (1 appointment)
Result
- 100% fill rate across all required appointments
- Successful delivery of specialist recruitment campaigns under Enterprise Ireland's Specialist Skills Recruitment Framework
- Talent mapped and sourced across Ireland, the UK, and Europe
- Recruitment process redesigned and aligned to a competency-based framework
- Improved candidate experience, stakeholder engagement, and recruitment governance
- Reduced time-to-hire through streamlined recruitment processes and enhanced assessment methodologies
The Outcome
Conscia's partnership with Enterprise Ireland extends beyond recruitment delivery. Through a combination of specialist talent sourcing, employer branding, competency-based recruitment, and organisational consulting, we have helped strengthen Enterprise Ireland's ability to attract the expertise required to support innovation, research commercialisation, enterprise growth, and economic development.
Our success in recruiting highly specialised scientific, technical, legal, governance, and commercialisation professionals demonstrates our ability to deliver complex recruitment projects while supporting broader organisational talent objectives and long-term workforce capability.
Why Partner With Us
At Conscia Talent, we’re redefining recruitment—cutting through the noise to deliver results where others fall short. We work alongside you every step of the way, with a straightforward, no-nonsense approach built on trust, transparency, and commitment.
With a 98% fill rate at a fraction of the cost, our results speak for themselves. Partner with us to experience a smarter, more effective way to hire.
