Being a certified Great Place to Work supports Fáilte Ireland in its mission to drive the recovery and development of the Irish tourism industry. The organisation is proud to be recognised as one of Ireland’s Best Workplaces and as one of the Best Workplaces for Women.
The organisation is also pleased to have received the 2025 Best Workplaces for Health & Wellbeing award, which acknowledges its commitment to supporting the holistic wellbeing of its people. Fáilte Ireland will continue to develop its award-winning culture and support employees as it works to ensure the economic growth of the Irish tourism sector.
Career benefits
As an employee of Fáilte Ireland, you will be part of a team-based, values-driven organisation with extensive opportunities for professional and personal development. You will experience a rich and varied working life, collaborating with talented colleagues, specialist external partners and a range of tourism and community stakeholders to help deliver the outcomes we aim to achieve.
Here are just some of the things you can expect when working as part of our team here at Fáilte Ireland:
Health and wellbeing
We understand that our staff are at different stages of their personal and professional journeys, and have incorporated this into our Health and Wellbeing Strategy and Policy. In 2025, we achieved the Ibec KeepWell Mark– a nationally recognised accreditation that reflects our strong commitment to workplace wellbeing.
Care is one of our core values in Fáilte Ireland, and we are passionate about ensuring that all employee's health and wellbeing are being cared for. We do this primarily through our wellbeing programme, Journies. We offer a range of initiatives throughout the year, including webinars, awareness sessions, focus groups, articles and resources, and in-person training. Other benefits include:
Health screenings
Eye tests or Visual Display Unit (VDU)
Flu vaccinations
Employee Assistance Programme for staff and their families
A mental wellness training and colleague support programme
Blended Working Policy that offers a flexible way of working
Cycle to Work Scheme
Access to the Easi-travel Scheme
Ergonomic / Display Screen Equipment assessments
I Am Here is the fastest-growing mental health and wellbeing movement in the world. Across four continents, 850,000 people have joined the award-winning and evidence-based mission to build the necessary skills to connect people with the help and support they need.
The movement promotes compassionate connection and is creating change one person, one organisation and one community at a time.
Fáilte Ireland is the first organisation in Ireland to launch the I Am Here Arena and join over 350,000 team members across four continents who believe that it’s ok not to feel ok, and that it is absolutely ok to ask for help.
Learning and development
At Fáilte Ireland, we support all employees to reach their potential. Development needs are assessed against organisational and HR strategies, with tailored pathways delivered through our Performance Management process and Competency Framework. Our Learning and Development Plan 2024-2026 specifically aims to create pathways and set clear objectives and goals for employees. By ensuring all colleagues have a development plan and that any support offered by the organisation is visible and meaningful, we encourage regular conversations and a culture of growth.
MyFI Learning is Fáilte Ireland’s internal Learning Management System and forms part of our ongoing commitment to continued professional development. It provides staff a centralised location for all their learning and development needs, with the ability to manage their own learning journey.
Some key Learning and Development Organisational Programmes delivered this year were:
Fáilte Way of People Management
Fáilte Way of Project Management
Climate Action in Tourism
GreenLine Conversations™: helped individuals and teams improve their communication and collaboration skills
Irish language classes for all levels
Presentation Skills training
Influencing Skills training
Report Writing training
Microsoft Office Suite training
Regular Equity, Diversity and Inclusion seminars
Awards
Staff forum initiatives e.g. staff recognition awards
Great Place to Work programme awards – 2020 to 2025
Excellence in DEI Award 2023 – awarded by inclusio
Bronze Award for Investors in Diversity from the Irish Centre for Diversity – 2023
Silver Award for Investors in Diversity from the Irish Centre for Diversity – 2024
