Assistant Professor/Lecturer in Educational Psychology x2

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.

Jointly led by the Department of Psychology and the Department of Education, the newly established Professional Doctorate in Educational Psychology (D.Ed.Psych.) at Maynooth University is a postgraduate professional programme designed to develop highly skilled, ethical, and reflective educational psychologists.  The programme is grounded in Maynooth University's core values, with a strong emphasis on equality, diversity, and inclusion.  We are seeking two excellent academics to join our staff as Assistant Professors/Lecturers in Educational Psychology.   The persons 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 Professional Doctorate in Educational Psychology including the supervision of postgraduate students in their research and work-based placement.

The appointees 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 appointees will be expected to sustain and conduct research, engage in scholarship of quality and substance and generate publications of international standard. 

The ideal candidate will have:

Essential

• A PhD in Educational Psychology or cognate area;
• Registration or eligibility to register as an Educational Psychologist with the Psychological Society of Ireland, the British Psychological Society, or an equivalent professional body.  
• Specialist current knowledge and expertise in Educational Psychology, and experience of practice as an educational psychologist. 
• A strong academic record in teaching and research;
• A record of scholarly work and publication of international quality in the field of Educational Psychology, demonstrating potential to become a significant contributor in their field;
• Experience of supervising school placement or placement in other relevant professional settings
• Experience of supervising graduate research students;
• Good administrative, organisational, teamwork and communication skills.
• Experience of, and commitment to, working in an interdisciplinary setting;

For further details including full comprehensive job description please see reference number 034061

on the Maynooth University vacancies page at: https://www.maynoothuniversity.ie/human-resources/vacancies

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