Clongowes Wood College is one of Ireland’s oldest and most successful boarding schools. The College is committed to the provision of the highest quality Catholic education in the Jesuit tradition.
Our Mission
Clongowes Wood College was founded in 1814 and is one of Ireland’s oldest and most successful boarding schools with an enrolment of c.440. We continue today under the College’s motto: aeterna non caduca, striving for the lasting (eternal) values and not the ephemeral ones.
We are committed to the provision of the highest quality Catholic education in the Jesuit tradition. Our mission is to educate students according to the highest standards of Jesuit schooling and the values of the Gospel as expressed in The Characteristics of Jesuit Education and the more recent A Living Tradition in the 21st Century. It is our fidelity to Clongowes’ Jesuit mission and Christian teaching that stand us in good stead in the demanding times we live in and the challenges which lie ahead.
Living together in a boarding school gives the opportunity to develop a real sense of family and to fulfil one of the aims of Jesuit education to become a man for others. The school strives to ensure that cura personalis, the importance of looking after and caring for the individual, is a strong element in everything that we do. We are dedicated to forming young leaders whose core will be the mission of the Gospel: reconciliation with justice and compassionate care for all creation.
Current Vacancies
Music Instrument Teachers & Conductor of the College Orchestra
(For late August 2024 or as soon as possible thereafter)
The Posts
Clongowes has a proud tradition of music and provides instruction across a range of musical instruments and voice. We are seeking to appoint energetic and dynamic individuals to provide individual and ensemble musical instrument tuition in strings (violin, viola, cello, and double bass), and woodwind (flute, clarinet, oboe, bassoon, and saxophone). The posts can be part-time or full-time during the academic year.
The successful candidates will provide tuition to boys across the 12 – 18 age range and prepare them for grade examinations, and for the practical component of Junior Cycle and Leaving Certificate examinations.
We are also seeking a suitably qualified and experienced musician to co-ordinate and conduct our College orchestra. This post could be combined with the role of instrumental music teacher or as a standalone post.
The posts are privately paid by the College. A generous pension scheme is available.
Application process
Please forward your application by email to the Headmaster’s PA (mkeane@clongowes.net) to arrive no later than Monday 19 August 2024. Candidates should submit a completed application form (including three referees), an application letter setting out suitability for the post, and copies of relevant qualifications. Interviews will be held shortly after the closing date.
Clongowes Wood College is an equal opportunities employer and is committed to Child Safeguarding. The successful candidate will be subject to Garda Vetting prior to taking up this position.
