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
Head Coach of The Senior Cup Team
We are seeking to appoint an outstanding individual to the post of Head Coach of the Senior Cup Team, for late August 2025.
This role includes the Head Coach of our Senior Rugby Panel from which the Senior Cup Team is selected. It will be possible to combine this with some teaching or a role within our boarding staff team. The role will be for the first two terms (to Easter) of each academic year. The successful applicant will be appointed for a three-year, fixed term in the first instance.
How to Apply
- Please contact the Headmaster’s PA (mkeane@clongowes.net) to request more information on this role.
- Candidates should submit a completed application form and a separate letter highlighting their personal qualities and experience as soon as possible though no later than Friday 18th April 2025.
- Interviews will be conducted face-to-face in Clongowes, or via zoom, depending on personal circumstances.
- Clongowes Wood College is an equal opportunities employer and is committed to Child Safeguarding. The successful candidate will be subject to a Garda Vetting procedural check prior to taking up this position.
Graduate Boarding Assistant
We currently have a role for a Graduate Boarding Assistant within our Graduate Boarding Assistant Programme for the Academic Year 2025/2026. The position will suit a graduate student who is considering a future in education, is seeking employment alongside post graduate studies or has a passion for sport.
A Graduate Boarding Assistant works alongside the Prefecting team, including other recent graduates, in all aspects of their duties. Typical duties include supervising and leading students through their day to day routines as well as facilitating boys in their extra curricular and sporting interests. For more information about the role please see our information for applicants pack here.
Duties include two overnight shifts per week. While on duty, Graduate Prefects reside in the college.
The Person
A successful candidate is likely to possess most, if not all, of the following attributes:
- An interest in working with young people, ideally within a teaching or coaching capacity.
- Possess a high level of maturity with the ability to build strong relationships with boys, parents or colleagues.
- Supportive of our Jesuit ethos.
- Demonstrate relevant skills, experience and qualifications in an area of expertise, and genuinely enjoy sharing those skills for the betterment of young people.
- Naturally possess a positive mind-set.
- Confident and persuasive written and verbal communicator.
- Collaborative and flexible approach & comfortable working as part of a team.
- Demonstrate a high level of emotional intelligence and have a commitment to safeguarding and the welfare of young people.
- Able to remain calm when under pressure; employ tact and diplomacy in difficult or sensitive situations which may arise; and display good humour and a sense of proportion.
Application process
Expressions of interest for this role should be made to sgray@clongowes.net as soon as possible but no later than Friday 11th April. Applicants should include a completed application form and a separate letter highlighting why they are interested in this role.
