Thank you for your interest in employment opportunities with Dún Laoghaire Institute of Art, Design + Technology (IADT). By way of general information please note the following:

1. When vacancies become available for permanent whole time and long term temporary whole time posts, as well as contract and pro-rata part-time posts, they are filled by way of public competition or in accordance with such rules as may be agreed from time to time. Notice of public competitions is placed in one of the national newspapers, currently Irish Times on Friday and / or Sunday Independent as well as on our web site. Applications for such vacancies must be submitted securely online. Completing and submitting an online application form takes time and our guidelines (4 below) should assist you in planning and preparing your submission.

2. Short term, temporary and part time vacancies arise from time to time. These may be published on our website, in local newspapers or circulated to agencies including FÁS, local Colleges of Further and Higher Education, etc. Alternatively the Institute may invite individuals from a panel of unsolicited curriculum vitae (CVs) maintained on an ongoing basis to attend for interview. Unsolicited CVs are acknowledged by the HR Office on receipt. They are retained on file for a period of one year from date of receipt following which they are shredded in accordance with our records management policy.

3. If applying for a vacancy please click on and review IADT’s recruitment terms and conditions and Equal Opportunities Policy.

4. When applying online for a particular vacancy please:
(a) allow yourself adequate time to ensure that your completed application is submitted not later than the closing time (GMT) and date specified in the advertisement for the post. Late applications will not be processed.
(b) Note that having commenced the online application process it is still possible to review your application and amend details later by clicking on the link ‘save for later’ in the last section of the online application form. Once however you click on the link ‘apply’, the application is submitted and cannot be revised later.

If English is not your first language then you will need to submit evidence of one of the qualifications listed below before an offer of a place can be made. A copy of the relevant certificate must be submitted with your application.

English tests must be taken within the last 2 years to be considered valid.

Acceptable qualifications
Qualification Details
IELTS Composite score in the range 6.0 – 6.5 with not less than 6.0 in any one component
TOEFL Computer based test 215 or Internet based test 80
UCLES Proficiency in English Grade C or Advanced English: Grade A
DUO LINGO ENGLISH TEST (DET) An Overall score of 110 is required with no less than a  score of 100 in the following components:  Literacy; Comprehension; Conversation; Production