Assistant Professor/ Lecturer, Specified Purpose Contract, School of Celtic Studies
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 Professor / Lecturer in the School of Celtic Studies to provide core teaching to the programme of Irish Cultural Heritage (0.75 FTE) and the Department of Early Irish (0.25 FTE). The position is also core to the development of the School of Celtic Studies’ International Centre for Irish Cultural Heritage. 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 School and undertake teaching duties on the School’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.
Application Instructions
Closing Date:
23:30hrs (local Irish time) on Wednesday, 18th June 2025.
Please note all applications must be made via our Online Recruitment Portal at the following link:
https://www.maynoothuniversity.ie/human-resources/vacancies
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