Overview
We are seeking an excellent academic to join our staff as an Assistant Professor / Lecturer in Social Work. The person appointed will have a proven record of teaching, research and publication, appropriate to career stage. The successful candidate will be expected to make a strong contribution to the teaching programme of the Department and undertake teaching duties on the Department’s undergraduate and postgraduate programmes as well as the supervision of Master’s and Ph D students. The appointee 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 appointee will be expected to sustain and conduct research, engage in scholarship of quality and substance and generate publications of international standard.
Salary
Assistant Professor / Lecturer: €65,401 – €103,564 p.a. (7 points)
Assistant Lecturer: €42,599 – €72,718 p.a. (14 points)
Appointments will be made in accordance with public sector pay provisions.
Responsibilities
Make a strong contribution to the teaching programme of the Department and undertake teaching duties on undergraduate and postgraduate programmes.
Supervise Master’s and Ph D students.
Build a strong research profile that supports the University’s research strategy, including affiliating to the Research Institutes where appropriate, and collaborate with colleagues on national and international research.
Sustain and conduct research, engage in scholarship of quality and substance, and generate publications of international standard.
Qualifications
Proven record of teaching, research and publication appropriate to career stage.
Closing Date
23:30hrs (local Irish time) on Thursday, the 23rd of April 2026.
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.
Department
Applied Social Studies
Vacancy ID
040763
Equal Opportunity
Maynooth University is an equal opportunities employer
The position is subject to the Statutes of the University
