Join our team

With almost 50 acres of land to grow, experiment and explore, we’re now seeking to fill a number of roles for 2024.

Open Roles

  • Initial Contract

    Fixed term contract, 6 months

    Time Commitment

    Casual. 8-24hrs per week

    Summary

    We are a non-profit social enterprise based in Clare. We believe that everyone in Ireland should feel the agency to meet their own basic needs, to follow our own path, to start solving our own problems and to contribute to our communities.

    Our vision is an Ireland of confident, capable and connected people and we believe that one path towards this future is to share skills like building, making, mending and growing with each other. Therefore our mission is to share skills for a truly sustainable homelife, and we primarily do this through courses, events and community projects.

    In 2024 we will be running this programme of skill sharing courses from our new HQ in the Burren where we have almost 50 acres of land to grow, experiment and explore. This new HQ opens many opportunities for Common Knowledge to deliver a more wide-ranging programme of skill-sharing activities, whilst providing a more sustainable future for our business with the opening of a guesthouse and enabling of private space rental.

    To support this broad range of activities, and the heavy workload that comes with it, we are looking for a 2nd Chef to support our Head Chef to help us deliver incredible food and to ensure a brilliant experience for our guests and our community.

    Role Specification

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    Deadline for applications

    22nd March 2024

    Start Date

    April 2024

    How to apply

    Via this link only. Please note, applications by email will not be accepted. description

Work Placements

Common Knowledge currently have a number of vacancies for work placements via the Tús scheme.

The Tús initiative is a paid community work placement scheme providing short-term working opportunities for unemployed people. The work opportunities are to benefit the community and are provided by community and voluntary organisations in both urban and rural areas.

Placements provided are for 19.5 hours per week. Further information on the scheme, including eligibility and rates of remuneration, are covered on the Citizen’s Information page here.

The Tús initiative is managed by Clare Local Development Company for the Department of Social Protection (DSP), which has overall responsibility for the scheme. If you are interested in applying for a work placement, please contact info@ourcommonknowledge.org for further information.

  • Responsibilities

    • Cleaning of facilities including hoovering, sweeping, changeovers of rooms and spaces for courses and events, waste management, linen and cleaning material management

    • General upkeep and maintenance

    • Securing and supervising spaces

    • Welcoming participants

    • Event production support

    If you are interested in applying for this work placement, please contact info@ourcommonknowledge.org.

  • Responsibilities

    • Caring for our organic gardens

    • Weeding of gardens

    • Watering of gardens

    • Clearing trails and paths

    • Caring for plants and crops

    If you are interested in applying for this work placement, please contact info@ourcommonknowledge.org.

  • Responsibilities

    • Answering phone calls and responding to emails

    • Welcoming guests and course participants

    • Briefing short and long term volunteers

    • Supporting volunteers

    • Recruiting volunteers

    • Identifying daily needs and problem solving to ensure effective operation of the centre facilities

    If you are interested in applying for this work placement, please contact info@ourcommonknowledge.org.

  • Responsibilities

    • Social media engagement

    • Planning and posting social content through our social channels and community app

    • Engaging with our community through our social channels and community app

    • Creating photo, video and other social content

    • Contributing to the creation of regular email newsletters to our community

    If you are interested in applying for this work placement, please contact info@ourcommonknowledge.org.

  • Responsibilities

    • Supporting short and long term volunteers

    • Planning volunteer activities

    • Recruiting volunteers

    • Communicating with volunteers

    If you are interested in applying for this work placement, please contact info@ourcommonknowledge.org.

Common Knowledge is an equal opportunity social enterprise

We believe that our differences enable us to be a better team – one that makes better decisions, is more creative and creates more long-term impact. We are committed to creating an increasingly diverse and inclusive social enterprise, and particularly encourage you to apply if you identify with a group traditionally underrepresented in society, due to your gender identity, nationality, neurodiversity, sex, marital status, family status, socioeconomic background, age, disability, sexual orientation, race, religion, or membership of Traveller or other minority ethnic groups. So if you feel like you could do a job at Common Knowledge but you’re in any doubt as to whether you should apply - you should!