Interested in volunteering with Educate Together but not sure where to start? Below you will find a list of categories of volunteering opportunities, which will give you an idea of the types of volunteering roles, which arise across the network of schools and within our national office. You will find all of the active roles, which we are currently recruiting for, under the ‘Current Volunteering Opportunities’ tab.

Campaigning and Awareness Raising – Get involved in letting people know what Educate Together is all about, from distributing flyers in your local area to delivering outreach information presentations.

Fundraising – Whether it is for one day fundraising initiatives or help with ongoing fundraising strategies, both the National Office and individual Schools have a number of areas where volunteer support would be a valuable asset.

Management – Every school in the Educate Together network depends on a number of voluntary committees. Why not explore joining a Board of Management or a Parents Association? Many are looking for people with particular talents and skills, including legal, financial, fundraising and other management skills. On occasion, Board opportunities also arise on the Board of Directors of Educate Together itself.

New Schools Development – Help to plan and prepare applications for new schools. Areas of work include, planning applications, architectural reports, valuations, fire safety issues and research with new developments. Educate Together works with start-up associations and with new schools until they have achieved permanent accommodation.

Office based work – These positions are generally of an ‘Internship’ variety, where volunteers support the administrative, research and project areas of the National Office. Most internship roles are a minimum of a 20hour week, for a 3month period.

Practical Work – Team Volunteering opportunities exist across the network of schools. Groups from 3 to 30 could potentially be accommodated in achieving a ‘once off’ challenge – from mural painting to tree planting.

Working Groups and Advisory Committees – Being involved in a working group means that you bring your knowledge, expertise and ideas to the table and work alongside other volunteers and staff until some goal is achieved. Working Group members are expected to attend meetings and to undertake work actions.

The simple definition of an advisory committee is a group of volunteers, which meets regularly on a long-term basis to provide advice on a particular work area, and outside of attending meetings, it is less likely that any work tasks will need to be undertaken by the volunteers.

Research – There are broad areas of research interest for Educate Together. They include, education policy, education systems, the structure of the Irish system, international comparison and best practice, human rights and law, peace studies, ICT and education, development education. This area would suit a person interested in progressing a research project or looking for a subject for a thesis or dissertation.

School Support – This category offers a very broad and exciting range of ‘in-school’ opportunities, from Sports and Recreation to the Arts and Nature. Schools are interested in engaging local talents from within the Parent Community and the wider environment to compliment the learning, which happens both within and outside of the classroom.

Virtual Volunteering – This is voluntary work completed, in whole or in part, over the internet. Sometimes referred to as online volunteering or cyber volunteering, Educate Together often identifies volunteer roles working in the areas of graphic design, proof reading, document translation, article writing and research.