Lecturer / Assistant Professor

Maynooth University is committed to a strategy in which the primary University goals of excellent research and scholarship and outstanding education are interlinked and equally valued.

We are seeking an excellent academic to join our staff as Assistant Professor / Lecturer in Experimental Physics with expertise in Observational Astronomy (especially related to Star or Planet formation). The person appointed will have a proven record of teaching, research and publication, appropriate to career stage. The appointee will be expected to make a strong contribution to the teaching programme of the Department and undertake teaching duties on the Department’s undergraduate and postgraduate programmes as well as the supervision of Masters and PhD students.

The appointee will be expected to build a strong research profile, that supports the University’s research strategy including affiliating to the Research Institutes, where appropriate and working with colleagues on national and international research. The appointee will be expected to sustain and conduct research, engage in scholarship of quality and substance and generate publications of international standard.

Assistant Professor / Lecturer (2022) Salary Scale:                           €55,951 – €88,601 per annum (7 points)

Assistant Lecturer (2022) Salary Scale:                                              €35,598 – €62,211 per annum (14 points)

*Appointments will be made in accordance with public sector pay provisions

Closing Date:

23:30hrs (local Irish time) on Sunday, 26th June 2022.

Applications must be submitted by the closing date and time specified above. Any applications which are still in progress at the closing time on the specified closing date will be cancelled automatically by the system.

Late applications will not be accepted.

Maynooth University is an equal opportunities employer

The position is subject to the Statutes of the University