Assistant Professor/Lecturer in Social Work (Specified Purpose)

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 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 PhD 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.

The ideal candidate will have:

Essential

• A PhD in Social Work or a directly related field;
• A professional qualification in Social Work which is recognised by CORU;
• Relevant professional practice experience;
• A strong academic record in teaching and research;
• Ability to teach across Social Work is required.
• A record of scholarly work and publication of international quality, demonstrating potential to become a significant contributor in their field;
• Experience of and a demonstrated commitment to undergraduate and postgraduate teaching, programme development and academic innovation;
• Experience supervising post graduate students;
• Experience of, and commitment to, working in an interdisciplinary setting;
• Good administrative, organisational, teamwork and communication skills.

Desirable

• Experience of engagement with student practice placements
• Evidence of sectoral engagement and strong network connections in the wider social work sector in Ireland
• Knowledge and understanding of third-level social work education in Ireland

For further details including full comprehensive job description please see reference number 038706 on the Maynooth University vacancies page at: https://www.maynoothuniversity.ie/human-resources/vacancies

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