Lecturer/Assistant Professor in Farm Animal Clinical Studies - Maternity cover

University College Dublin - Veterinary Medicine - Agriculture, Food and Veterinary

Placed On: 24th March 2026

Closes: 21st April 2026

Job Ref: 019524

Applications are invited for a specified purpose post of a Lecturer/Assistant Professor (Above the bar) in Farm Animal Clinical Studies within UCD School of Veterinary Medicine.

The successful applicant will join a dynamic team working in the area of herd health, farm animal medicine, surgery and animal husbandry, with a spectrum of research activity linking basic reproductive biology, food safety, dairy cow nutrition, calf health, epidemiology and the development and implementation of innovative disease management systems at herd level. The appointed candidate will have a proven interest in veterinary education and contribute to the teaching of Herd Health / Animal Husbandry / Farm Animal Clinical Studies across all years of the MVB degree programme. They will contribute to the delivery of referral herd health and individual animal services. They will actively explore opportunities for research funding in the area of herd health, husbandry and farm animal clinical studies.

The teaching and clinical activities will be based at UCD Belfield, the UCD Lyons farm and other cooperating farms. The candidate will also contribute to the Graduate Certificate in Dairy Herd Health, to other programmes offered by the School, as appropriate, and to the clinical services of the UCD Veterinary Hospital and the Herd Health Hub (Lyons). He/she/they will be expected to develop links with other relevant research groups both internationally and nationally, for example, in the context of the recent Animal Health Ireland initiative.

95 Lecturer/Asst Professor Above the Bar (7943) Salary Scale: €65,401 - €103,564 Per Annum

Appointment will be made on scale and in accordance with the Department of Finance guidelines

Closing date: 12:00 noon (local Irish time) on 21st April 2026.

Applications must be submitted by the closing date and time specified. Any applications which are still in progress at the closing time of 12:00 noon (Local Irish Time) on the specified closing date will be cancelled automatically by the system. UCD are unable to accept late applications.

UCD do not require assistance from Recruitment Agencies. Any CVs submitted by Recruitment Agencies will be returned.

Note: Hours of work for academic staff are those as prescribed under Public Service Agreements. For further information, please follow the link: www.ucd.ie/hr/t4media/Academic Contract.pdf

Prior to application, further information (including application procedure) should be obtained from the Work at UCD website: www.ucd.ie/workatucd/jobs