Department: Psychology
Vacancy ID: 029501
Closing Date : 12-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.

The Department of Psychology is seeking two excellent academics to join our staff team as Assistant Professors/Lecturers in Psychology for a period of 5 years to contribute to the undergraduate and postgraduate teaching, research and course administration activities in the department.

The successful candidates will be asked to contribute to core teaching, research, and administrative tasks in line with the typical staff workload within the department.

The ideal candidates will have a strong track record of research and publications in internationally peer-reviewed journals appropriate to career stage and is expected to carry out research and outreach activities that are in line with the four main research themes outlined below:

• Rehabilitation, Disability & Health Psychology
• Mental Health, Community & Positive Psychology
• Neuroscience, Behaviour & Cognition
• Organisations, Systems and Policy

In addition to these themes the Department has also been developing an interest in the areas of sport and exercise, and environmental and sustainability psychology.

The successful candidates will also be expected to make a substantial contribution to teaching on undergraduate and postgraduate programmes in the department which may include teaching in the areas of qualitative and quantitative research methods, lifespan development, individual differences, social psychology, cognitive psychology, mental health, or other core topics depending on background and expertise. Experience at running undergraduate and post-graduate modules/courses would be an advantage. 

The appointees 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 appointees will also be expected to sustain and conduct research, engage in scholarship of quality and substance and generate publications of international standard.

Salary

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

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

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