"Assistant Professor/Lecturer in Biomedical and Health Sciences"

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 Department of Biology. Applications are invited from applicants with a track record of recent achievement in Biomedical and Health Sciences, preferably in areas that address major health challenges and integrate with current health-related research in Maynooth University. Research in Maynooth University, Department of Biology focuses on health across the life course and maintenance of good health as well as addressing chronic disease, Infection and Immunity, Cancer, Antimicrobial Resistance and the identification of new therapeutic approaches including cell-based therapies.

The person appointed will have a proven record of teaching, research and publication, appropriate to career stage. The appointed candidate 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 Master’s 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.

Salary:

Assistant Professor / Lecturer: €65,401 – €103,564 p.a. (7 points)
Assistant Lecturer*: €42,599 – €72,718 p.a. (14 points)

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

The ideal candidate will have:

Essential

• A PhD in a relevant discipline;
• A strong academic record in teaching and research;
• A record of scholarly work and publication of international quality, demonstrating potential to become a significant contributor in their field;
• Experience of and a demonstrated commitment to undergraduate and postgraduate teaching, programme development and academic innovation;
• Experience supervising graduate research students;
• Experience of, and commitment to, working in an interdisciplinary setting;
• Good administrative, organisational, teamwork and communication skills.

Desirable

• Demonstrable engagement in an interdisciplinary approach in areas that address major health challenges such as health across the life course and maintenance of good health as well as addressing chronic disease, Infection and Immunity, Cancer, Antimicrobial Resistance and the identification of new therapeutic approaches including cell-based therapies and development of strategic partnerships with clinical and industrial links.

For further details including full comprehensive job description please see reference number 040423 on the Maynooth University vacancies page.