Associate Professor of Information and Communication Studies

Applications are invited for a permanent post of a Associate Professor of Information and Communication Studies within UCD School of Information and Communication Studies

Reference no - 016358

UCD School of Information and Communications is undergoing a major period of growth, with successful undergraduate and graduate educational programmes and growing scale in research across a range of subfields including communication and media, digital policy, human computer interaction, information systems and library studies. The School is making a number of new academic appointments at an exciting time in the School's development. The School is seeking to recruit an Associate Professor of Information and Communication Studies who will provide academic leadership within the UCD School of Information and Communication Studies, in active collaboration with colleagues in this School, in the other schools of the UCD College of Social Sciences and Law and throughout the University. Reporting to the Head of School, the Associate Professor of Information and Communication Studies will have a key role in research and scholarship, undergraduate and postgraduate teaching and academic administration, management and professional organisation in the academic areas of Information and Communication Studies. The School is committed to research-led education, so the candidate will be expected to conduct research that supports high quality teaching in their field, and to lead innovations in both research and teaching directions. The post-holder is expected to assume management/administrative responsibilities within the School and may be asked to take on the role of Head of School for a fixed period.

95 Associate Professor (7941) Salary Scale: €77,175 - €108,988 Per Annum

Appointment will be made on scale and in accordance with the Department of Finance guidelines

Closing date: 17:00hrs (local Irish time) on 2nd October 2023

Applications must be submitted by the closing date and time specified. Any applications which are still in progress at the closing time of 17:00hrs (Local Irish Time) on the specified closing date will be cancelled automatically by the system. UCD are unable to accept late applications.

UCD do not require assistance from Recruitment Agencies. Any CV's submitted by Recruitment Agencies will be returned

Note: Hours of work for academic staff are those as prescribed under Public Service Agreements. For further information please follow link below:
https://www.ucd.ie/hr/t4media/Academic%20Contract.pdf

Prior to application, further information (including application procedure) should be obtained from the Work at UCD website: https://www.ucd.ie/workatucd/jobs/