Job Opportunities

Job Opportunities

 

Be part of our Team

FORUM Connemara is a rural development partnership of voluntary, community and statutory bodies based in Connemara, with the objective of putting in place strategies and programmes to tackle the problem of rural decline and peripherality. FORUM Connemara was established to tackle disadvantage through increasing the capacity of groups and individuals within the project area. This work has continued over the last thirty-four years, implementing all its programmes using the principles of community development.

 

Current Opportunities:

  • Job notice:

    FORUM Connemara CLG is hiring a Financial and General Administrator for its Community Services Programme. Applicants must meet certain eligibility criteria.

    This full-time role involves financial administration, payroll, and general office duties supporting social care services for older and vulnerable people in North West Connemara.

    Salary ranges from €26,325 to €28,000 per year, depending on experience.

    To apply by 12 noon on 23rd October 2025 and send your CV and cover letter to Karen Mannion CEO at events@forumconnemara.ie or by post to FORUM Connemara, Eir Building, Clifden, Co. Galway.

    Applicants must meet certain eligibility criteria.

    Applicants must be from one of the following groups:

    • Unemployed people receiving Jobseeker’s Benefit, Jobseeker’s Allowance, or One-Parent Family Payment

    • People receiving a disability payment

    • Current or former Community Employment (CE), Rural Social Scheme workers

    • Refugees or asylum seekers

    • Carers returning to work

    • Ukrainians displaced by the war

    FORUM Connemara, our people, our place.

    Job Description