Assistant Lecturer

Maynooth University, National University of Ireland Maynooth; Maynooth; On-site; EUR 43,000 - 73,000; Full time

Job summary

Maynooth University invites applications for an Assistant Lecturer in Chemistry. The appointee will contribute to undergraduate and postgraduate teaching, with a focus on sustainable chemistry and human health research, and will engage in teaching duties across the department's programmes.

The role emphasizes teaching excellence, research activity, and participation in curriculum development and outreach initiatives within the Department of Chemistry.

Qualifications

• Proven record of teaching, research and publication.
• Experience teaching at undergraduate and postgraduate levels.
• Interest in sustainable chemistry and human health research.

Responsibilities

• Teaching and assessing students at undergraduate level, including lecturing, tutoring, and supervising practical learning activities.
• Supervising and assessing final year student research projects.
• Enhancing and innovating in teaching and assessment practice.
• Contributing to assurance and enhancement of teaching quality.
• Outreach and recruitment of undergraduate and postgraduate students.
• Developing and enhancing the curriculum.
• Designing and delivering new modules.

Job description

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 Chemistry. 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. The Department of Chemistry is seeking candidates with the potential to build on the research strengths of the Department in areas of sustainable chemistry and human health research.

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, and setting, supervising and grading assessments.
• Supervising and assessing final year student in their research project.
• Enhancing and innovating in teaching and assessment practice.
• Contributing as required, to the assurance and enhancement of teaching quality.
• Outreach and promotional activities and the recruitment and selection of undergraduate and post‑graduate students.
• Developing and enhancing the curriculum.
• Designing and delivering of new modules.

€43,025 to €73,445 per annum