Assistant Professor in Irish Politics

;, Ireland

Updated: 2 months ago
Location: Ireland,
Job Type: FullTime
Deadline: 19 Mar 2024

Post Status: 5 Year Fixed Term, Tenure Track

Location: Trinity College Dublin, The University of Dublin, College Green, Dublin 2, Ireland

Salary: Appointment will be made on the Lecturer Salary Scale (109BN) commensurate with qualifications / experience and in line with Public Sector Pay Policy [€39,469 - €95,441 per annum] www.tcd.ie/hr/assets/pdf/monthly-academic.pdf

Hours of work: Hours of work for academic staff are those as prescribed under Public Service Agreements. For further information please follow the link below:

www.tcd.ie/hr/assets/pdf/academic-hours-public-service-agreement.pdf

Closing date: 12 Noon (Irish Standard Time), 19th March 2024

Post summary

The Department of Political Science, School of Social Sciences and Philosophy is seeking to appoint an Assistant Professor in Irish Politics, to commence on 1st September 2024. This is a tenure-track position.

The School wishes to make the appointment in the area of comparative politics, with a particular ability to research and teach in the politics of Ireland. The successful candidate will be able to demonstrate outstanding excellence in teaching and have experience in teaching as lead instructor for a variety of modules.  The successful candidate should be able to teach and supervise undergraduate and masters-level dissertation topics in various areas of political science, as well as to contribute flexibly across the range of the Department’s teaching needs. The successful candidate will have an active research agenda/publication strategy as well as an approach to research that complements the Department of Political Science’s existing strengths in comparative and institutional analysis.

The normal teaching load for an Assistant Professor in the department would be four semester-length modules per year. A single semester-length module normally requires 22 hours of FTF teaching. Assistant professors are also expected to do a certain amount of postgraduate research supervision and to contribute to the administration of the programme and/or the department more generally.

Application Information

Candidates must submit the application by e-recruitment:

  • Full curriculum vitae to include the names and contact details of 3 referees.
  • Cover letter – 2 x A4 pages maximum.
  • Teaching statement (summarizing teaching experience and approach – 2xA4 pages maximum).
  • Materials in support of demonstrating teaching experience and excellence, such as student evaluations of modules taught, teaching awards, etc, where available.
  • List of publications (but no need to include the publications themselves).
  • Writing Sample
  • Research plan (summarizing research to be carried out in the next three years– 2xA4 pages maximum)

    • Please Note:

    • Candidates who do not submit all of this information may not be considered for shortlisting

    Please visit jobs.tcd.ie to view a full job description and to apply.

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