Teaching Fellow

Post Summary:

The Teaching Fellow will play a key role in coordinating and delivering undergraduate and postgraduate teaching material (lectures, laboratory practicals and small group teaching sessions) in the Discipline of Physiology, School of Medicine. The teaching will cover areas such as neurophysiology, neuroscience and neuropharmacology.

Context

The Discipline Physiology within the School of Medicine is committed to advancing high-quality, innovative, and interdisciplinary education in the area of Physiology and associated disciplines. This role supports the delivery of existing undergraduate/postgraduate programmes in Medicine, Physiotherapy, Human Health and Disease, Physiology, Neuroscience, Allied Health Sciences, MSc Neuroscience and MSc in Applied Clinical Neuroscience.

The Teaching Fellow will collaborate closely with the course coordinators and discipline administrator to support the delivery of various elements of both undergraduate and postgraduate students.

Post status: Specific Purpose Contract

This appointment is offered for the specific purpose of providing cover for teaching for a permanent staff member who is fulfilling a College Officer role. This employment is not offered on an indefinite duration basis as the original post holder will return to their role once the period of the College Officer role is completed.

Hours of Post: Hours of work for academic staff are those as prescribed under Public Service Agreements. For further information please following link below:  https://www.tcd.ie/hr/assets/pdf/academic-hours-public-service-agreement.pdf

Salary: This appointment will be made on the Teaching Fellow Merged ( €42,500  -  €54,139 per annum) at a point in line with current Government pay policy. monthly/weekly payscales. (tcd.ie)

Closing date: 12 noon Irish Standard Time, 13 Feb 2026

How to apply:

To assist the selection process, applicants should submit a Curriculum Vitae and a Cover Letter (maximum one A4 page) that specifically addresses the following points:

• Clearly outline relevant experience and how this experience has contributed to their knowledge.
• Demonstrate, through past examples, their ability to work on their own initiative and to resolve problems.

Applicants who do not address these requirements in their cover letter will not be considered at the shortlisting stage.

Any applications which are still in progress at the closing time on the specified closing date will be cancelled automatically by the system.

Please see the Job Description below for this position.

Informal enquiries about this post should be made to Hiring Manager Mark Cunningham, MARK.CUNNINGHAM@tcd.ie 

Application queries about this post, please email the Recruitment Partner at recruit@tcd.ie  and include the Competition ID number in the subject heading.

At Trinity, we are committed to equality, diversity, and inclusion. We welcome applications from all individuals, including those with disabilities, those who have followed non-traditional career paths, and those who have taken time out for reasons such as family or caring responsibilities. We also welcome international applicants, including those who have been displaced due to conflict or war.

Trinity College Dublin is Ireland’s premier university. We are an EU Sustainable Gender Equality Champion and hold an Athena Swan Silver Award, recognising our ongoing work to advance gender equality both within Trinity and across the higher education sector. Trinity is committed to supporting work–life balance and creating a family-friendly working environment.

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