Assistant Professor/Lecturer in Politics, Permanent, Department of Sociology, Maynooth University

We are seeking an excellent academic to join our staff as an Assistant Professor / Lecturer in Politics. We are seeking a candidate who can add to our distinctive profile of research, teaching and public engagement in Politics.

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 Masters and PhD students, particularly in areas related to political analysis.

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.

Salary Scale:

Assistant Professor / Lecturer:                             €64,753 – €102,539 p.a. (7 points)

Assistant Lecturer:                                             €42,099 –€71,998 p.a. (14 points)

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