Assistant Professor/Lecturer in Education - (Specialism in Digital Education)

Salary

Assistant Professor/Lecturer (Post 1995*): €55,591 – €88,601 per annum (7 points)
Assistant Lecturer (Post 1995) €35,246 – €61,595 per annum (14 points)

Appointments will be made in accordance with public sector pay provisions

The Role

We are seeking an excellent academic to join our staff as a Lecturer in Education (with Specialism in Digital Education). S/he should have a Doctorate in Education (or cognate area) or be nearing completion of their Doctorate. The preferred candidate will be expected to make a strong contribution to the teaching programme of the Department, undertake teaching duties on the Department’s Initial Teacher Education programmes at both the undergraduate and postgraduate levels and contribute to Master’s and Doctoral level modules and supervision, as well as conducting placement supervision if required. S/he will have the theoretical and professional knowledge required to develop student teachers’ digital literacy and education technology skills to support their practice in classrooms and schools. Experience of working in teacher education and researching into school-based settings is highly desirable. Modelling and developing innovative practices in digital education for students and colleagues in the Department will be central to the role. The preferred candidate will also be able to work collaboratively in supporting the collegial work of the Department and to assume administrative and course leadership duties as required on the Department’s programmes.

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, undertake engaged research, and generate publications of international standard. S/he will be expected to supervise research students up to doctoral level. The person appointed will have a record of teaching, research and publication, appropriate to career stage.

The ideal candidate will have:

• A Doctorate in Education (or cognate area) or will be nearing completion of a doctorate;
• Specialist current knowledge and expertise in digital education and educational technologies;
• Experience of undergraduate and postgraduate teaching and assessment, programme development and academic innovation, preferably with an emphasis on teacher education;
• Experience of supervising graduate research students;
• Experience of curriculum, pedagogy and assessment in the promotion of innovative approaches to using education technologies with learners;
• Experience of working with relevant stakeholders to develop and promote digital education and education technologies;
• Good understanding of the wider digital education policy landscape;
• Scholarly research outputs and track record appropriate to career stage, with an emphasis on school-based research;
• Experience of, and commitment to, working in an interdisciplinary setting;
• Excellent administrative, organisational, teamwork and communication skills.

For further details including full comprehensive job description please see reference number 015481 on the Maynooth University vacancies page at:

www.maynoothuniversity.ie/human-resources/vacancies