Department: Sociology
Vacancy ID: 029641
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 a post-doctoral researcher with experience of multi method research to work on the design and implementation of research data collection, management and analysis for the “LINLOSS” project funded through an ERC award to Professor Jane Gray. LINLOSS will collect a large body of complex data in Ireland and Poland, including unstructured life narratives, structured life histories, support genealogies and neighbourhood maps.  Working closely with all members of the LINLOSS research team, the post-doctoral researcher will play a leading role in designing the techniques to implement the study methodology, including customizing instruments to assist computer-assisted collection of data in the field.  They will also assist with the construction and management of a bi-lingual, research data collection linking structured and unstructured data for multi-modal comparative analysis.  As a core member of the research team, the post-doctoral researcher will participate jointly in the analysis of data arising from the project.  They will contribute to presentations at national and international conferences, and to scholarly publications arising from the project.

Salary

Senior Post-Doctoral Researcher- Level 2 (2024): €52,194 – €53,661 p.a. (2 points) with increments

Post-Doctoral Researcher- Level 1 (2024): €44,347– €50,805 p.a. (6 points)

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

Closing Date:

23:30hrs (local Irish time) on Sunday, 18th of 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