Research Assistant Ionad na Gaeilge Labhartha

14 Months, Specific Purpose Full-Time Post

Position Summary

Barr na gCnoc is a community outreach project of Ionad na Gaeilge Labhartha (the Centre for Spoken Irish), University College Cork. Funded by the Higher Education Authority, the project seeks to explore and develop Irish-language education (supported by ancillary community activities) as a motivator and enabler among schoolchildren in an area experiencing deep economic and social disadvantage.

This initiative is firmly based on community demand and engagement and responds to national DEIS school baseline data on educational disadvantage. Barr na gCnoc created a mutually beneficial partnership that is improving the quality of life and learning in the school and the community and empowering the community while advancing UCC’s community engagement.

The successful candidate will work under the direction of a Principal Investigator to undertake community-engaged research with project stakeholders. This will involve engaging with partner secondary and primary school students/ staff, parents and guardians, members of the local community, including local community groups/partners, and stakeholders in Gaeltacht communities.

Project Title: Barr na gCnoc

Post Duration: 14 Months, Full -Time Post

Salary: €33,291 – €43,372 p.a. (IUA Salary Scale)

For an information package including further details of the post see https://ore.ucc.ie/

Informal enquiries can be made in confidence to Professor Pádraig Ó Macháin, Director, Ionad na Gaeilge Labhartha, Tel: + 353 (0) 21 490 2340. Email: p.omachain@ucc.ie

For further information on the Department: Ionad na Gaeilge Labhartha jobsnear.net University College Cork

Applications must be submitted online via the University College Cork vacancy portal https://ore.ucc.ie/ Queries relating to the online application process should be referred to recruitment@ucc.ie quoting the job-title and project name.

Candidates should apply, in confidence, before 12 noon (Irish Local Time) on Friday 3rd of October 2025.

Interviews will be held online the week after the closing date for application

No late applications will be accepted.

Please note that an appointment to posts advertised will be dependent on university approval, together with the terms of the employment control framework for the higher education sector.

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