"Assistant Professor/Lecturer in: Biomedical and Health Sciences (Specified Purpose Contract)"

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 / Lecturer in Department of Biology on a Specific Purpose contract, which is anticipated to cease 31/08/2028. 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 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 Department and undertake teaching duties on the Department’s undergraduate and postgraduate programmes as well as the supervision of Master’s 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 in the areas of Biomedical and Health Sciences;
• A record of scholarly work and publication of international quality;
• Experience of and a demonstrated commitment to undergraduate and postgraduate teaching;
• Experience of, and commitment to, working in an interdisciplinary setting;
• Good administrative, organisational, teamwork and communication skills.

For further details including full comprehensive job description please see reference number 040303on the Maynooth University vacancies page at: www.maynoothuniversity.ie/human-resources/vacancies