"Assistant Lecturer in Law"

Department: School of Law & Criminology

Vacancy ID: 038283

Closing Date: 30-Nov-2025

We are seeking an excellent academic to join our staff as an Assistant Lecturer in Law, on a specified purpose contract, for maternity leave cover, to support the delivery of our undergraduate and postgraduate Law programmes.

Candidates should have an excellent broad knowledge of law. The person appointed will have a proven record of teaching, research and publication, appropriate to career stage. They will be expected to make a strong contribution to the teaching programme of the School, to undertake teaching duties on the School’s undergraduate and postgraduate programmes, and to supervise students’ research projects.

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.

Salary Scale:

Assistant Lecturer (2025): €42,099 - €71,998 p.a. (14 points)

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

Closing Date:

23:30hrs (local Irish time) on Sunday 30th of November 2025.

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