Applications to be an Irish Language Assistant are now open!
Every year, we seek to recruit fluent speakers of Irish to work in schools throughout Northern Ireland to help support the teaching and learning of Irish.
Successful applicants are matched to placements offered by schools for one academic year only, after which they may re-apply to the programme for a further year. Hours of work per week depend upon the requests we receive from schools and upon your own availability and mobility. If you would like to receive information or an alert, please email Languageassistants.UK@britishcouncil.org.
Eligibility criteria:
Applicants must be at least 18 years of age at the time of application and have at least a C1 level of Irish on the Common European Framework of Reference for Languages (CEFRL).
Applications for the 2025-26 academic year are now open.
If you are interested in becoming an Irish Language Assistant in 2025-26, please complete the application via the link below:
Application close on Friday, 6 June 17:00 BST
We would strongly advise reading the below information before applying to be an Irish Language Assistant: