Lecturer / Assistant Professor, School of Celtic Studies

Offer Description

Organisation/Company MAYNOOTH UNIVERSITY Research Field Language sciences Literature Researcher Profile Recognised Researcher (R2) First Stage Researcher (R1) Application Deadline 26 Jul 2026 - 00:00 (UTC) Country Ireland Type of Contract Permanent Job Status Full-time Is the job funded through the EU Research Framework Programme? Not funded by a EU programme Is the Job related to staff position within a Research Infrastructure? No

Department: School of Celtic Studies

Vacancy ID: 042083

Closing Date: 26-Jul-:30hrs (local Irish time) Sunday

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 a Lecturer/Assistant Professor in Old and Middle Irish. 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. They will also be expected to take a leading role in the administration of the Department.

The appointee will be expected to build a strong research profile that supports the University's research strategy, including affiliating to the Research Institute, 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.

Appointments will be made in accordance with public sector pay provisions.

Maynooth University is an equal opportunities employer

The position is subject to the Statutes of the University