Overview
Organisation/Company: MAYNOOTH UNIVERSITY
Research Field: Sociology; Ethics in health sciences
Researcher Profile: Recognised Researcher (R2); First Stage Researcher (R1)
Application Deadline: 15 Feb 2026 - 00:00 (UTC)
Country: Ireland
Type of Contract: Temporary
Job Status: Full-time
Is the job funded through the EU Research Framework Programme? Not funded by a EU programme
Is the Job related to staff position within a Research Infrastructure? No
Offer Description
- Department: Applied Social Studies
- Vacancy ID: 039543
- Closing Date: 15-Feb-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.
We are seeking an excellent academic to join our staff as an Assistant Professor / Lecturer in Social Work. The person appointed will have a proven record of teaching, research and publication, appropriate to career stage. The successful candidate 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.
Appointments will be made in accordance with public sector pay provisions.
Closing Date: 23:30hrs (local Irish time) on Sunday, 15th February 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
Responsibilities
- Join the Department as an Assistant Professor / Lecturer in Social Work and contribute to the teaching programme on undergraduate and postgraduate levels.
- Supervise Master's and PhD students as part of doctoral training.
- Build and sustain a strong research profile; affiliate to the Research Institutes where appropriate; collaborate with national and international colleagues; generate publications of international standard.
Qualifications
- Proven record of teaching, research and publication appropriate to career stage.
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