About this role
(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 an Assistant Lecturer in Human Geography. 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 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.
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 demonstrated commitment to undergraduate teaching, programme development and academic innovation; Experience of, and commitment to, working in an interdisciplinary setting; Good administrative, organisational, teamwork and communication skills.
Desirable
Experience of teaching large classes (120+ students) as part of a team with other colleagues; Experience of tutoring undergraduate research projects.
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