Job reference: 000298
Closing date: 11/04/2026
Location: Music Generation - Carlow and Kilkenny
Employment type: Fixed Term
Hours Per Week: As Required per programme need

Job Description

Kilkenny and Carlow Education Training Board as lead partner of Music Generation Carlow (MGC) and Music Generation Kilkenny (MGKK) wishes to recruit suitably qualified/experienced musician educators to add to a panel to deliver the following programme strands:

Traditional Irish Music

Concertina Specialist

Uilleann Pipe Specialist

Bodhrán Specialist

Button Accordion Specialist

Traditional Irish Flute Specialist

All Traditional Irish instrumentalists/Singers

Ensemble Leader/Arranger

Contemporary Music

Guitar Specialist across genres & styles

Song-writing specialist across genres & styles

Rap/Hip hop Music Specialist

DJ’ing Specialist

Pop/Rock Instrumentalists


Early Years Music

Early Years Music

Classical

Classical Strings Specialist

Classical Flute Specialist

Piano/Keyboard Specialist - multi-genre

Brass/Wind specialists

Vocal

Vocal Musician Educators/Ensemble Leaders. (Classical, Musical Theatre and Pop/Rock vocalists)


Musician educators will work with children and young people to deliver small group/large group performance music education in community/classroom contexts and may work on one or more programmes at any given time. Applicants must be available to deliver tuition across multiple programme settings.

KCETB recommend all applicants to read this advert in full prior to uploading their completed application form and action as instructed.
Applications from suitably qualified persons are hereby invited for the above vacancy, expected to arise in Kilkenny and Carlow Education and Training Boards (KCETBs).

Application is online only. KCETB do not accept applications by email, post or by hand.

Kilkenny and Carlow ETB is an equal opportunities employer. Shortlisting will take place on the basis of the information provided in the application form. During the shortlisting process, KCETB examines the application forms and assesses them against criteria based on the requirements of the position. It is therefore in the candidates' own interest, to provide a detailed and accurate account of their qualifications and experience in the application form.

Closing Date: Saturday, 11 April 2026

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