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Professor of Physical Geography

Employer
MAYNOOTH UNIVERSITY
Location
Maynooth, Ireland
Closing date
28 Jun 2020

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Academic Discipline
Social Sciences, Geography
Job Type
Academic Posts, Professors / Chairs
Contract Type
Permanent
Hours
Full Time

Department: Geography
Vacancy ID: 005861
Closing Date: 28-Jun-2020

The Senior Academic Leadership Initiative

Ireland recognises that for Higher Education Institutions (HEIs) to perform to their full potential, they need to address the persistent under-representation of women at senior academic levels and increase the numbers of women involved in decision-making processes in HEIs. Ireland aims to be a ‘world-leading country for gender equality in higher education by 2026’ as stated in the government’s Gender Equality Taskforce Action Plan 2018-2020.

Now, Ireland is leading the drive to accelerate gender balance at the highest point of the academic career path through a government-backed scheme, focused on attracting outstanding female academics in Ireland and globally to avail of this unique opportunity to experience working within the higher education sector in Ireland.

The Senior Academic Leadership Initiative (SALI) aims to help achieve equality of outcome in the higher education sector.

New and additional senior academic leadership posts have been funded in areas where:

  • there is clear evidence of significant gender under-representation;
  • where this appointment will have significant impact within the faculty/department/functional unit and the HEI;
  • where they would be a proportionate and effective means to achieve accelerated and sustainable change within an institution.

These posts are new and additional to the sector and they will be funded through new and additional funding provided specifically to help progress gender balance among academic staff at senior levels.

The key objective of this initiative is to attract outstanding female applicants both nationally and internationally. The initiative will also assist in increasing the number of women involved in the decision-making processes in the institutions, as advocated in the EU Commission Strategy on Promoting Equality in Decision Making. In securing posts under this initiative, Maynooth University has demonstrated its commitment to gender equality. Our institution has demonstrable plans for future developments in this area and has outlined the organisational and cultural initiatives in place to support the newly appointed staff.

In line with the objectives of the Higher Education Authority SALI Call 2019, applications from highly qualified female candidates will be prioritised within the boundary of what is legally permissible, in order to address their underrepresentation. In exceptional circumstances, applications from candidates who are in a minority or protected under Irish social legislation, or who also belong to an underrepresented minority in academic posts may be considered if the institution can clearly articulate reasons worthy of legal protection as to why they should be considered.

Additional information on the Senior Academic Leadership Initiative is available at Appendix 1.

The Role

Maynooth University is seeking to appoint an outstanding scientist as Professor in Physical Geography with expertise within the broad general areas of Climate Change Adaptation and/or Mitigation to augment and strengthen existing capabilities of the ICARUS climate research centre and Department of Geography. The ideal candidate will be an internationally recognsed individual whose research and teaching should focus on some subset of approaches to climate change adaptation and/or mitigation, understanding the science policy interface, decision making under uncertainty, climate services and the value of different information types to developing climate resilience. Building a climate resilient society and economy – an ambition central to National and European development plans - requires linking science and decision making through approaches to risk management and decision making under uncertainty. The recruitment of a high profile scientist to this strategic area will augment our international reputation, and will draw together, consolidate and build upon existing MU strengths across various disciplines in climate science, hydrology, biogeography, paleoecology, paleoclimatology, oceanography, nature-society, GIS and remote sensing.

The person appointed will have an excellent record in research, scholarship and publication, in teaching and educational innovation, and in academic leadership. They will be expected to make a strong contribution to the teaching, research and profile of the university, and to provide sustained leadership for the discipline.

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. Professors will be expected to provide significant intellectual leadership, through a demonstrated commitment to both education and research, and also to contribute to the effective leadership and management of the ICARUS climate research centre, Geography department, faculty and the university.

Professor A (Post 1995) salary scale: €117,915 – €151,475 p.a. (6 points)

Appointment will be made in accordance with the Department of Finance pay guidelines.

Closing Date:

23:30 hrs (local Irish time) on Sunday 28th June 2020.

Maynooth University reserves the right to extend this deadline if necessary.

Applications must be submitted by the closing date and time specified. Any applications which are still in progress at the closing time on the specified closing date will be cancelled automatically by the system.

Please see job description for full details of application requirements.

Late applications will not be accepted.

Maynooth University is an equal opportunities employer.
The position is subject to the Statutes of the University.

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