Department: School of Law & Criminology
Vacancy ID: 029361
Closing Date: 18-Aug-2024

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 Law. The person appointed will have a proven record of teaching, research, and publication, appropriate to career stage. The successful applicant will be expected to make a strong contribution to the School’s teaching programme and undertake teaching duties on the School’s undergraduate and postgraduate programmes as well as the supervision of Master’s and PhD students.

The appointee will be expected to have and to continue building a strong research profile that supports the University’s research strategy, including affiliating to the University’s Research Institutes and the School’s Research Centres, 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.

Applications are welcome from those with expertise in all areas of law. Areas of law in which we wish to deepen our current research and teaching strengths include but are not limited to a combination of at least two of the following: Capital Markets Law, Child and Family Law, Clinical Legal Education, Company Law, Comparative Law (particularly expertise in French, German, and/or Spanish Law), Health Law/Medical Law, Insurance Law, Law through the medium of the Irish Language/Dlí trí Ghaeilge, Legal Skills, Legal Writing and Advocacy, Mediation/Alternative Dispute Resolution, Mooting, Negotiation, Property Law, Sports Law, and Tax Law.

Salary

Assistant Professor / Lecturer (2024): €62,233 – €98,548 p.a. (7 points)

Assistant Lecturer (2024)*: €40,182 – €69,195 p.a. (14 points)

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

Closing Date:

23:30hrs (local Irish time) on Sunday, 18th August 2024.

Please note all applications must be made via our Online Recruitment Portal at the following link:

https://www.maynoothuniversity.ie/human-resources/vacancies

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