Location

Assistant Lecturer (Specified Purpose Contract)

Location

Maynooth - Ireland

Salary

€42,599 to €72,718 or £37,052.44 to £63,249.83 (converted salary*) per annum (14 points) Appointments will be made in accordance with public sector pay provisions

Opened on

2026-05-07

Closed on

2026-06-07

The role

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 Lecturer in Initial Teacher Education. The person appointed will have a proven record of teaching, research and publication, appropriate to career stage. They 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.

Principal duties

Teaching:

Undergraduate and postgraduate teaching duties are assigned by the Head of the Department. The duties will include:

  • Teaching and assessing students at undergraduate level. This may include lecturing, tutoring, leading practical learning activities, project supervision, placement supervision and assessments;
  • Teaching, supervising and assessing postgraduate students, including lecturing, leading seminars and other learning activities, supervision of student research activities, and setting, supervising and grading assessments;
  • Enhancing and innovating in teaching and assessment practice;
  • Contributing as required, to the assurance and enhancement of teaching quality;
  • Developing and enhancing the curriculum.

For further details including full comprehensive job description please see reference number 041463 on the Maynooth University vacancies page at: www.maynoothuniversity.ie/human-resources/vacancies