Senior Postdoctoral Researcher, Specified Purpose, Department of Psychology, Maynooth University

We are seeking to recruit a postdoctoral researcher to join a project funded by the National Open Research Forum (NORF) to help with extending and delivering the TROPIC training programme for open research, and to help develop and coordinate a national network of open researchers in Ireland. The work is being led by Dr. Dermot Lynott (PI), with project affiliates coming from across the Irish Higher Education sector.

The appointed researcher on the TROPIC2: Network Development project will take a leading role in rolling out a training programme for open research, building a network of open research trainers, and organising and running events to support an Irish network of open researchers. The researcher will work closely with the PI and project affiliates to meet the goals of the project.

Initial phases of the project will focus on the launch and development of the open research network, working with the team to develop Accreditation and Professional Development pathways for open research, ongoing development of the TROPIC Training and Open Research Resources, and taking a lead in Communication, Engagement, and Dissemination of the project’s work and outputs. Each of these elements is linked to a specific project work package, and the researcher will liaise regularly with work package leads to ensure work package goals are being met.

The successful candidate will be required to have a keen interest in open research practices, have experience in the development and delivery of training materials (e.g., for in-person workshops or for hybrid online delivery), to be familiar with handling survey data, comfortable working with a range of project partners (including researchers, librarians, research support staff), as well as having excellent technical and communication skills. The researcher should be able to contribute to the creation and maintenance of training materials, the dissemination of project outputs through presentations, and writing papers for publication, as well as contributing to the design and maintenance of the project’s online presence.

Salary:

Senior Post-doctoral Researcher:                                                               €53,770   p.a (point 1)

Post-doctoral Researcher:                                                                                 €46,305 - €52,862 p.a.

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