Wednesday News Issue 25

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Upcoming Meetings, Seminars & Workshops

(1) Meath Partnership: Empowering Youth and Community workshop - 2 July

Meath Partnership invite you to join us for our ‘Empowering Youth and Community’ workshop on the 2nd of July in the Deerpark Community Hub, Carnalstown, Co Meath. This highly interactive workshop will provide a unique set of Global Citizenship Education resources that will encourage open dialogue between youth workers and migrant youth. Places are limited, so please register here.

Vacancies

(1) Trócaire: Vacancies in Ireland and Internationally

Trócaire is currently advertising vacancies for various roles in a number of countries. Various closing dates apply. Find out more and apply here.

(2) Oxfam Ireland: Vacancies in Ireland and Internationally

Oxfam is currently advertising vacancies for various roles in a number of countries. Various closing dates apply. Find out more and apply here.

(3) Concern Worldwide: Vacancies in Ireland and Internationally

Concern Worldwide is currently advertising vacancies for various roles in Ireland and internationally. Various closing dates apply. Find out more and apply here.

(4) GOAL: Vacancies in Ireland and internationally

GOAL is currently advertising vacancies for various roles in a number of countries. Various closing dates apply. Find out more and apply here.

(5) Irish Red Cross: Vacancies in Ireland and Internationally

The Irish Red Cross is currently advertising vacancies for various roles in a number of countries. Various closing dates apply. Find out more and apply here.

(6) National Unit Management Officer - 3 July

The National Unit Management Officer with responsibility for Unit management supports the various activities of the Irish Red Cross Unit structure and is responsible for ensuring efficient service provision for service users and volunteers, working in a team-based environment. Working closely with the National Director for Units, and reporting to the Community, Youth & Unit Manager, the role will be responsible for developing plans, in line with Irish Red Cross strategy for the development of new services, as well as the on-going administration and development of existing first aid and rescue services. Find out more here.

(7) Monitoring and Evaluation officer – Migration Programme - 4 July

The primary purpose of this role is to support the implementation of a comprehensive monitoring and evaluation approach across the migration programme, working under the guidance of the M&E Coordinator. The role requires independent execution of assigned tasks with emphasis on excellent data analysis, visualization, and interpretation skills and capacity to link data to programme-relevant concerns and
needs. Based on demonstrated experience and capacity, there is scope for increased ownership and leadership in specific themes or areas over time. Find out more here.

(8) Volunteer Coordinator and Logistics Officer- Migration Services - 8 July

The Irish Red Cross is tasked under its mandate as auxiliary to the Irish Government to co-ordinate offers of support from the Irish Public, to support the placement of refugees into suitable accommodation and to support the social integration of refugees at community level. This role requires coordination between the Volunteers and the Migration team ensuring that all requests for support (be they related to transport or integration support) are channeled appropriately and actioned with the oversight of the relevant caseworkers. Find out more here.

(9) MEDECINS SANS FRONTIERES Ireland: Vacancies in Ireland and Internationally

Médecins Sans Frontières/Doctors Without Borders (MSF) provides life-saving emergency relief and longer-term medical care to some of the most vulnerable and excluded communities around the world. As an independent medical humanitarian organisation, we deliver care based only on need, regardless of ethnic origin, gender, religion, or political affiliation. Find out more and apply here.

(10) Viatores Christi CLG: Part-time Accountant - 27 June

We’re looking for a qualified and experienced Part-Time Accountant to support the financial management of Viatores Christi, an international development and volunteering organisation. This permanent role is for 1 day per week (7.5 hours) and can be carried out remotely or on a hybrid basis from our office in Phibsborough, Dublin. The role offers a pro rata salary of €10,000 (based on a full-time equivalent of €50,000), along with pension contributions, flexible working hours, and pro rata annual leave (starting at 22 days, increasing with service). This is an ideal opportunity for someone who brings strong financial skills and values to work in a mission-driven, not-for-profit environment. Find out more here. 

(11) World Vision Ireland: Supporter Engagement Administrator- 7 July

The Supporter Engagement Administrator will provide proactive and professional support to our Fundraising Manager by undertaking a range of administrative and fundraising duties. The successful candidate will be joining a highly proficient team where they will become central in the day-to-day operations of the fundraising department. This role will involve engaging with donors on the phone, email and post: thanking, engaging, and inspiring growing financial support from donors. Find out more and apply here.

(12) Self Help Africa: WorldWise Global Schools (WWGS) Education Officer – Connaught & Midlands - 30 June

Self Help Africa is an international development organisation that works through agriculture and agri-enterprise development to end hunger and extreme poverty. For the past 20 years we’ve been one of Ireland’s fastest growing overseas development organisations, supported in our work by many of the leading international funding institutions. This year, we will invest close to €50m in delivering close to 100 projects designed to improve the lives of more than five million people across 17 countries. Find out more here. 

(13) Meath Partnership: Communications and Public Engagement Officer - 25 July

Meath Partnership are currently recruiting for a new Communications and Public Engagement Officer. This role will support the delivery of a range of our Community Development programmes across County Meath. This role will also be tasked with supporting the delivery of a the organisations Erasmus+ funded programmes. The closing date for applications is the 25th of July, 2025. More information can be found here.

(14) Children in Crossfire: Fundraising Co-ordinator - 29 June

Reporting to the Head of Fundraising and Communications, the Fundraising Co-ordinator will be responsible for significantly growing Children in Crossfire’s income in the greater Belfast area. This will be done primarily through engagement with corporate prospects and churches, as well as by organising high-return fundraising events and supporter-led initiatives. The role will also focus on growing income from schools across Northern Ireland. Find out more here.

(15) Edmund Rice: Part-time Admin and Project Support Officer - 15 July

Edmund Rice Development (ERD) is a development organisation dedicated to the liberation of people and communities from poverty and injustice. ERD seeks a part-time Admin and Project Support Officer to support our work for an initial 6 month period. Find out more here.

(16) STAND: Communications and Outreach Officer - 8 July

STAND are recruiting for a Communications and Outreach Officer to manage the STAND News Programme, a student-led platform focused on global justice. They will recruit and support contributors, oversee the publication of written and multimedia content, and coordinate 2–3 annual training sessions to build journalism skills. The Communications and Outreach Officer will also be supporting STAND’s campus outreach, representing STAND at student events, building relationships with student unions and societies, and helping to grow the platform’s visibility. Additionally, the officer will support social media content and assist with promotional materials. Find out more and apply here.

(17) Ifrah Foundation: Executive Director Recruitment - 25 July

Ifrah Foundation seeks an Executive Director to lead the organisation’s strategy, advocacy, and operations to help end FGM in Somalia by 2035. The role involves maintaining financial and organisational stability, strengthening partnerships with NGOs, governments, and civil society, and securing the funding needed to sustain programmes and growth. Find out more here.

Courses and Training

(1) Irish Global Health Network: Summer Programme 2025: Essentials of Global Health Practice - 14-18 July

This immersive, week-long course is designed for individuals passionate about global health, sustainable development, and health equity – particularly in resource-limited settings. Find out more here. 

(2) United Edge: Sponsored spaces on Justice Based Approach Foundation Course - 30 June

United Edge are offering a number of funded spaces on their Justice Based Approach Foundation Course in September. The course covers elements including systems thinking, localisation, reimagining aid, and participatory decision-making, to ethical leadership, innovation-based programme design, and justice-centered M&E. Find out more here.

(3) Carmichael : Postgraduate Certificate in Leadership for Not For Profit - 29 August

We are delighted to announce the Postgraduate Certificate in Leadership for Not For Profit which has been designed in partnership with Carmichael and TU Dublin. The programme runs over one-year, from September 2025 to May 2026, fully online through TU Dublin. It is a 30 credit (ECTS) Postgraduate Certificate at Level 9. This course is funded under the Springboard+ initiative in 2025. Applications should be made via the Springboard+ website here.

(4) Maynooth University: International Justice LLM programme - 30 June

The International Justice masters programme provides students with vital practical and conceptual insights into issues of human rights, equality and social justice under international law. It provides deep, critical engagement with how the international legal order works and how it seeks to advance rights and justice for economically marginalised communities, migrants and racialised groups, victims of gendered violence, people with disabilities, and global south peoples. The masters is open to applicants with legal and non-legal backgrounds alike. It includes special guest lectures from UN Special Rapporteurs and other leading figures, a trip to the Hague to visit international courts and institutions, and the option of a placement module to work part-time at one of our partner organisations. Find out more here.

(5) Maynooth University: Post-graduate programmes at MU Department of International Development - 30 June

Join us at the Department of International Development, Maynooth University, on our PG and MA programmes, which start in September 2025 (full- or part-time). These include our PG Cert. in Global Citizenship Education, MA in International Development, and our MA in International
Peacebuilding, Security and Development Practice. Through them, participants will critically engage with important contemporary issues and enhance their understanding, knowledge and skills to make a positive difference in the lives of others at personal, local and global levels. Find out more here.

(6) Maynooth University: Dr Sinead McGrath Memorial Scholarship Scheme, 2025/26 - 1 September

The Department of International Development, Maynooth University welcomes applications for a Masters bursary, which is worth €2500 for the winning student.  Interested applicants are invited to submit a CV, a personal statement ( 500 words)  and a short outline (400 words) on their proposed research topic and its place within the theory and practice of international development, or international peacebuilding, to internationaldevelopment(a)mu.ie.The deadline for applications is 1st September 2025.  For full details of eligibility criteria and T+Cs please contact Dr Tom Campbell, tom.campbell(a)mu.ie or Maria Heneghan, internationaldevelopment(a)mu.ie. 

Other News

(1) Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Shared Island Civic Society Fund Applications Now Open - 27 June

The Shared Island Civic Society Fund is now open for applications from Monday, 26 May 2025 at 9.30am until the final closing date of Friday 27 June 2025 at 11:59pm Dublin Time. Please be aware that this will be the only application round in 2025. If you are planning to apply to the Shared Island Civic Society Fund in 2025, please ensure that you are prepared to submit an application in this upcoming round. Find out more and apply here.

(2) Carmichael : Carmichael opens applications for the Good Governance Awards 2025 - 11 September

Any nonprofit organisation in Ireland, whether a charity, company, sports club or community association, can enter its annual report and financial statements into the Awards for free, and it will receive individual feedback to help improve future annual reports. The winners will be announced at the awards ceremony in November. Nonprofits with an annual income of less than €100,000 win 1 free place on a training course of their choice for entering the awards and win 2 additional training places if they are shortlisted to win. Find out more here.

(3) NYCI: One World Week Seed Fund applications are now open - 8 July

The NYCI 2025 One World Week Seed Fund applications in association with Irish Aid have launched! Applications are open from Tuesday 3rd June - Tuesday July 8th 5pm. The fund is an exciting opportunity for youth organisations to explore an aspect of the Sustainable Development Goals, and to connect young people's personal experiences with their local community and the wider world. Project implementation should take place between 12th August - 30th September 2025. Successful applicants will receive a grant of up to €400 and free training with the Youth 2030 expert team to support youth workers to deliver a young person-centered project on issues relating to our global world. Video of some previous projects. This funding is to support projects in the non-formal youth work education sector. Bring your ideas to life and apply here.

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