"Assistant Professor/Lecturer (Professional Doctorate in Educational Psychology)"

Department: Psychology

Vacancy ID: 039863

Closing Date: 04-Mar-2026

Maynooth University is committed to a strategy in which the primary goals of excellent research and scholarship and outstanding education are interlinked and equally valued.

Jointly led by the Department of Psychology and the Department of Education, the newly established Professional Doctorate in Educational Psychology (D.Ed.Psych.) at Maynooth University is a postgraduate professional programme designed to develop highly skilled, ethical, and reflective educational psychologists. The programme is grounded in Maynooth University's core values, with a strong emphasis on equality, diversity, and inclusion. We are seeking an excellent academic to join our staff as Assistant Professor/Lecturer.

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 teaching, research supervision, supporting research design, and consulting on data analysis across a range of methodologies implemented in research undertaken as part of the Professional Doctorate in Educational Psychology. 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. This post is with both the Department of Psychology and the Department of Education.

Salary:

Assistant Professor / Lecturer: €64,753–€102,539 p.a. (7 points)

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 Wednesday, 4th March 2026.

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