Research Assistant Level 1

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 a full-time research assistant for 8 months in the Department of Biology at Maynooth University. The department and research group offer excellent research conditions with state-of-the-art infrastructure in a highly dynamic and collegial environment. The project is collaborative in nature working together with researchers from different EU countries. Our laboratory investigates antibiotic resistance in environmental and animal microbiomes. We investigate the bacteria and mechanisms of resistance. This position will involve the characterisation of the soil microbiomes in Ireland as well as identifications and quantification of antibiotic resistance genes present in these environments. The project will investigate how differences in microbial content enable or mitigate against the maintenance and transfer of antibiotic resistance genes into the environment.

Research Assistant Level 1 (2022)  Salary Scale:                     €27,380 - €28,153 p.a. pro rata (2 points)

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

Closing Date:

23:30hrs (local Irish time) on Sunday, 9th of October 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