Programme Officer

Department: Research Development Office

Vacancy ID: 040843

Closing Date: 28-Apr-2026

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.

Maynooth University’s (MU) current Strategic Plan has a primary aim to be a University goals of excellent research and scholarship with a clear research focus building on our existing research and generating new expertise to address current and future societal challenges.

In order to support these goals the Research Development Office (RDO) is seeking to appoint a Programme Officer to lead the development of an EU post award management strategy and to oversee the management of post award programmes for large EU multi-partner awards. The role will based in the Research Development Office which reports to the Director of Research Development under the remit of the Vice President for Research and Innovation.

Salary:

Senior Administration Officer IV: €70,734–€112,314 p.a. (7 points)

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

Closing Date:

23:30hrs (local Irish time) on Tuesday, the 28th of April 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