Skill needing to keep working in male community (9)
I believe the answer is:
monastery
'male community' is the definition.
(community of monks)
'skill needing to keep working' is the wordplay.
'skill' becomes 'mastery' (I've seen this before).
'needing to keep' indicates putting letters inside.
'working' becomes 'on' (on can mean working or activated).
'mastery' going around 'on' is 'MONASTERY'.
'in' is the link.
(Other definitions for monastery that I've seen before include "Religious house" , "brother's house" , "Community of monks" , "Where brothers gather" , "One vows to stay here" .)