Department: Anthropology
Vacancy ID: 045044
Closing Date: 25-Nov-2026
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 expert academic and practitioner to join our staff as an Assistant Lecturer in Human Security. The person appointed will have a proven record of teaching, training, research, and policy work, appropriate to their career stage. They will be expected to make a contribution to the teaching programme of the Department and Institute, particularly the design and delivery of workshops in human security for senior diplomatic, security, and government personnel in Ireland, the EU and elsewhere. They will have a proven record of programme delivery, workshop and dialogue facilitation, and evaluations. The person appointed will focus on human security and related areas, such as societal resilience, and align this work with the Edward M. Kennedy Institute’s ongoing role with the European Security and Defence College and relevant national and international governments.
Assistant Lecturer (2026) Salary Scale: €43,025 - €56,566 p.a. (pro rata 0.5FTE) (7 points)
Appointments will be made in accordance with public sector pay provisions.
Closing Date:
23:30hrs (local Irish time) on Wednesday, 25th November 2026
Applications must be submitted by the closing date and time specified above. Any applications which are still in progress at the closing time on the specified closing date will be cancelled automatically by the system.
Late applications will not be accepted.
Maynooth University is an equal opportunities employer
The position is subject to the Statutes of the University
