Assistant Professor/Lecturer in Computer Science

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 the Department of Computer Science and in the International Engineering College (IEC). 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 as well as the supervision of Master’s and PhD students. While most teaching responsibilities will be based over a semester at the IEC, the candidate who is selected must also anticipate spending the remainder of the working year on the Maynooth University Campus.

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 standard agreement involves spending one semester at International Engineering College (IEC) and the remaining academic year at Maynooth University.

Please note that the successful candidate will be expected to commence this role at the Maynooth University Campus.

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;
• 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;
• Outreach and promotional activities and the recruitment and selection of undergraduate and post-graduate students; 

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