Department : Education
Vacancy ID : 018641
Closing Date : 23-Nov-2022
The Role
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 in Teacher Education with Specialism in Global Citizenship Education. S/he should have a Doctorate in Education (or cognate area) or be nearing completion of their Doctorate. The preferred candidate will be expected to make a strong contribution to the teaching and research programmes of the Department, undertaking teaching duties on the Department’s Education Initial Teacher Education programmes at both the undergraduate and postgraduate levels. S/he will also be expected to contribute to Master’s and Doctoral level modules and supervision as well as conduct placement supervision if required. S/he will have the theoretical and professional knowledge required to develop student teachers’ practice in classrooms and schools. Experience of working in teacher education and researching into school-based settings is highly desirable. The preferred candidate will also be able to work collaboratively in supporting the collegial work of the Department and to assume administrative and course leadership duties, in particular on Initial teacher Education Programmes and as required on the Department’s other programmes. 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, undertake engaged research, and generate publications of international standard. S/he will be expected to supervise research students up to doctoral level.
The person appointed will have a record of teaching, research, and publication, appropriate to career stage.
Assistant Professor / Lecturer (2022) Salary Scale: €55,951 – €88,601 p.a. (7 points)
Assistant Lecturer (2022) Salary Scale: €35,598 – €62,211 p.a. (14 points)
Appointments will be made in accordance with public sector pay provisions
Closing Date: 23:30hrs (local Irish time) on Wednesday, 23rd November 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