diff --git a/CHANGELOG b/CHANGELOG
index f1164a8..efd97c2 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG
+++ b/CHANGELOG
@@ -1,3 +1,5 @@
+0.12.0
+ - feat: introduce rqjob submodule for managing CKAN background jobs
 0.11.5
  - ref: add minor caching
 0.11.4
diff --git a/dcor_shared/__init__.py b/dcor_shared/__init__.py
index 7d6a80f..957ea8b 100644
--- a/dcor_shared/__init__.py
+++ b/dcor_shared/__init__.py
@@ -6,4 +6,5 @@
 from .dcinst import get_dc_instance
 from .mime import DC_MIME_TYPES, VALID_FORMATS
 from . import paths
+from .rqjob import RQJob
 from ._version import version as __version__
diff --git a/dcor_shared/rqjob.py b/dcor_shared/rqjob.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..6454333
--- /dev/null
+++ b/dcor_shared/rqjob.py
@@ -0,0 +1,109 @@
+import collections
+from typing import Callable, Dict, List
+import warnings
+
+
+class RQJob:
+    """Helper class for managing CKAN background jobs on DCOR
+
+    Instead of manually enqueueing jobs in plugin.py, you can use
+    this class in combination with the decorator `rqjob_register`
+    below to run all jobs of your extension.
+
+    1. Decorate each job function in your jobs.py with `@rqjob_register`,
+       optionally setting keyword arguments for `RQJob`. Make sure to
+       import `RQJob` in your jobs.py as well.
+    2. In your plugin.py, import your `jobs.py` (to make sure that
+       all methods are registered) and then in `after_resource_create`
+       run `jobs.RQJob.enqueue_all_jobs(resource, ckanext="extension_name")`
+    """
+    _instances = []
+    def __init__(self,
+                 method: Callable,
+                 ckanext: str,
+                 queue: str = "default",
+                 timeout: int = 60,
+                 depends_on: List[str] = None,
+                 at_front: bool = False,
+                 ):
+        self.method = method
+        self.name = method.__name__
+        self.title = method.__doc__.split("\n")[0].strip()
+        self.ckanext = ckanext
+        self.depends_on = depends_on or []
+        self.timeout = timeout
+        self.at_front = at_front
+        self.queue = queue
+        self._instances.append(self)
+
+    def enqueue_job(self, resource: Dict, redis_connect=None):
+        # Import here so module can be loaded without ckan available
+        import ckan.plugins.toolkit as toolkit
+        from ckan.lib.jobs import _connect as ckan_redis_connect
+        from rq.job import Job
+
+        if redis_connect is None:
+            redis_connect = ckan_redis_connect()
+
+        jid = f"{resource['package_id']}_{resource['position']}_"
+        rq_args = {
+            "timeout": self.timeout,
+            "at_front": self.at_front,
+        }
+        if self.depends_on:
+            rq_args["depends_on"] = [f"{jid}_{dep}" for dep in self.depends_on]
+
+        jid_cur = jid + self.name
+
+        if not Job.exists(jid_cur, connection=redis_connect):
+            toolkit.enqueue_job(jid_cur,
+                                self.method,
+                                [resource],
+                                title=self.title,
+                                queue=self.queue,
+                                rq_kwargs=rq_args)
+
+    @classmethod
+    def enqueue_all_jobs(cls,
+                         resource: Dict,
+                         ckanext: str):
+        from ckan.lib.jobs import _connect as ckan_redis_connect
+        redis_connect = ckan_redis_connect()
+
+        for inst in cls._instances:
+            if inst.ckanext == ckanext:
+                inst.enqueue_job(resource, redis_connect=redis_connect)
+
+    @classmethod
+    def get_all_job_methods_in_order(cls, ckanext: str):
+        job_dict = {}
+        for job in cls._instances:
+            if job.ckanext == ckanext:
+                job_dict[job.name] = job
+
+        # Order the jobs according to depends_on
+        job_dict_ordered = collections.OrderedDict()
+        for ii in range(len(job_dict)):
+            for key in list(job_dict.keys()):
+                job = job_dict[key]
+                if set(job.depends_on) < set(job_dict_ordered.keys()):
+                    # All jobs this job depends on are in the ordered list
+                    job_dict_ordered[key] = job
+                    job_dict.pop(key)
+
+        if job_dict:
+            raise NotImplementedError(
+                f"The following jobs have unmet dependencies and will not "
+                f"be returned: {list(job_dict.keys())}")
+
+        return job_dict_ordered.values()
+
+
+class rqjob_register:
+    """A decorator for background jobs to register them with RQJob"""
+    def __init__(self, **kwargs):
+        self.kwargs = kwargs
+
+    def __call__(self, func):
+        RQJob(method=func, **self.kwargs)
+        return func