Professor and Head of Department (Permanent)

The Role

Maynooth University seeks an outstanding academic to join our staff as Professor to lead our Department of Sport Science & Nutrition and develop further the discipline of sport and exercise science within the University. The person appointed should have a strong track record in the area of teaching and educational innovation and experience in the development of new programmes at undergraduate or postgraduate level.   Developing a strong research activity in this area is a key objective of the University and the appointed person should have an excellent record in research, scholarship and publication, ideally in one of the fields of exercise physiology (clinical or performance), health and physical activity, rehabilitation and injury prevention, but also capable of leading on an interdisciplinary approach to the subject.  

Maynooth University has recently launched a number of programmes in the thematic area of sport and exercise science - with a focus on human health and well-being, rehabilitation, and healthy aging.   This initiative builds on our existing expertise in the related areas of life sciences, psychology, and business.   The successful applicant will help develop the existing undergraduate programmes and create new postgraduate programmes in the area of sport and exercise science. As Head of Department they will also support the development of programmes in the area of food and nutrition. They are expected to help maintain their own ongoing research activities and encourage the growth of interdisciplinary research activity in the general area of health and wellbeing in the university.

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. Professors will be expected to provide significant intellectual leadership, through a demonstrated commitment to both education and research, and also to contribute to the effective leadership and management of the department, the faculty and the university.

The ideal candidate will have:

• An outstanding record of research and scholarship, reflected in an excellent publication profile, in an area relevant to sport and exercise science;
• An outstanding academic record as a university teacher and an educational innovator;
• The capacity to offer strong academic leadership within the department and across the University;
• Demonstrated management and administrative skills;
• Excellent interpersonal and communication skills;
• The ability to build effective relationships with a wide variety of internal and external colleagues.

For further details including full comprehensive job description please see reference number 028721 on the Maynooth University vacancies page at: https://www.maynoothuniversity.ie/human-resources/vacancies

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