Teaching Fellow in International Relations

Post status: 3 year fixed term contract

Location: Trinity College Dublin, The University of Dublin, College Green, Dublin 2, Ireland

Reports to: Head of Discipline and Head of School

Salary: Salary: This appointment will be made on the Teaching Fellow Merged Salary Scale (€42,500 – €54,139 per annum) at a point in line with current Government pay policy.

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

Closing Date: by 5:00pm (Irish Standard Time) Thursday, 10^th April 2025

Post Summary

The Department of Political Science, School of Social Sciences and Philosophy is seeking to appoint a Teaching Fellow in International Relations, to commence on 1^st August 2025.

The Department of Political Science wishes to make a Teaching Fellow appointment with a special focus on contributing to the development of our undergraduate and postgraduate teaching in international relations. In particular, this includes co-supervision of advanced research projects to be completed by an increasing number of undergraduate students in Political Science, as well as further developing the quality of our research-led undergraduate and postgraduate teaching. The Teaching Fellow should also be prepared to teach, or to contribute to teaching general political science modules and modules in research design and/or quantitative research methods.

The successful candidate will be able to demonstrate strong experience in teaching and have experience in teaching as teaching assistant or lead instructor for a variety of modules. The successful candidate should be able to teach and co-supervise undergraduate and masters-level dissertation topics in international relations, as well as to contribute flexibly across the range of the Department’s teaching needs. An ability to teach modules in research design at both undergraduate and postgraduate/MSc level is highly desirable.

The normal teaching load for a Teaching Fellow in the department would be six semester-length modules per year. A single semester-length module normally requires 22 hours of FTF teaching. Teaching Fellows may also be expected to contribute to undergraduate and postgraduate research supervision at an appropriate level.

Application Procedure:

Candidates should submit the following documentation via email to Lorraine Ivers at E: recruit.polsci.sssp@tcd.ie  indicating “Teaching Fellow in International Relations” in the subject line by 5 pm, Thursday, 10^th April 2025.

1. Cover letter – 1 x A4 pages maximum.
2. A full curriculum vitae.
3. Names, affiliation, and contact details of 2 referees (with their email addresses included);
4. Teaching statement (summarising teaching experience and approach – 1 x A4 pages maximum).

Please Note: Candidates who do not submit the requested information will not be considered for shortlisting.

Informal enquiries: Please contact Dr Constantine Boussalis, Head of Department, (Associate Professor in the Department of Political Science) at boussalc@tcd.ie

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Trinity is an equal opportunities employer, and we encourage applications from talented people of all backgrounds.

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