Congratulations to JAI Volunteers from the Ancestry Team for delivering an inspirational ‘Dragons’ Den’ programme to the 5th class students of St. Joseph’s Co-Ed East Wall.The students delivered exceptional business pitches from miniature eco-gardens, a bespoke pickle restaurant, hand-made beautiful … Read More
ReliaQuest Volunteers bring Cybersecurity to St. Olaf National School.
The 6th Class students of St. Olaf National School had an exciting morning filled with engaging activities focused on Cybersecurity. A huge thank you to ReliaQuest for hosting these students and to the volunteers for captivating the students with exciting … Read More
JA Inspires Career Talk with Mark Burke, Mastercard & Kishoge CC
Well done to JAI Volunteer Mark Burke from Mastercard Ireland for delivering a compelling JA Inspires Career Talk to the TY students of Kishoge Community College.Mark’s inspirational story, from his educational journey and motivational career path enabled the students to … Read More
Dublin Students Celebrate Being Career Ready After 2 Year Employability Programme
The Lord Mayor of Dublin was guest of honour at an event to celebrate the achievements of students from three Dublin schools in completing Career Ready – a unique work readiness programme for senior cycle students. Career Ready is managed … Read More
From ClassRoom to ClassZoom with volunteer Larry Monaghan
Standard Life volunteer Larry Monaghan provided his thoughts on his experience as a virtual volunteer in Castleknock National School “Whilst COVID has had a serious impact on our schools and students (not forgetting parents and carers either), Standard Life’s partnership … Read More
BNY Mellon ‘Choose to Challenge’ on International Women’s Day
To celebrate International Women’s Day 2021 more than 1,200 students nationwide benefited from JA Inspires careers talks kindly supported by BNY Mellon. Embracing the ‘Choose to Challenge’ theme, 18 eager BNY Mellon volunteers from Cork, Dublin and Wexford stepped up … Read More
Facebook Empowers Students to Succeed
Facebook Community Development Manager Aoife Flynn recently introduced 150 Transition Year students from Castletroy College, Limerick to her career path and working life during a JA Inspires workshop. The 60 minute workshop provided a space for Aoife to tell her … Read More
Microsoft Ireland and Junior Achievement Partner on ‘Career Ready’ Initiative
Programme designed to bring TY Students through an 18 month employability programme Students from three schools in West Dublin have embarked on a unique work readiness initiative delivered by Junior Achievement Ireland (JAI) with the support of Microsoft Ireland. To … Read More
Barclays MD Inspires Young Minds
Helen Kelly, Managing Director, Country Manager and Head of Corporate Banking at Barclays Ireland, joined 5th year students in Our Lady of Mercy College for a JA Inspires career talk while the students were learning from home. JA Inspires is … Read More
Vacancy – Programme Coordinator – Dublin & Surrounding Counties
JOB SPEC Junior Achievement Ireland is part of a worldwide organisation, which seeks to highlight the importance of remaining in education to young people. In line with our growth plans, we are recruiting new Programme Coordinators to join our team … Read More