Professor of Economics - Maynooth, Ireland - Maynooth University, National University of Ireland Maynooth

Description

Salary

Professor A: €134,286 – €169,770 p.a. (6 points)

Professor B: €97,259 – €130,000 p.a. (6 points)

The Role

Maynooth University seeks an outstanding academic to join our staff as Professor of Economics. The person appointed will have an excellent record in research, scholarship and publication, in teaching and educational innovation, and in academic leadership. They will be expected to make a strong contribution to the teaching, research and profile of the university, and to provide ongoing leadership for the discipline.

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.

Maynooth's Department of Economics offers an attractive workplace to academic leaders who wish to do their world-class research in an environment where excellence in teaching is valued. The Department is gender balanced, international in membership and outlook, and has a strongly collegiate ethos.

We warmly welcome applications from outstanding researchers in any field of Economics, particularly Macroeconomics and/or Econometrics.

The ideal candidate will have:

Essential

• An outstanding record of research and scholarship, reflected in an excellent publication profile;
• The capacity to offer strong academic leadership within the department, including through research mentoring and/or collaborations;
• An outstanding academic record as a university teacher and an educational innovator;
• Demonstrated ability to secure national and/or European research funding;
• Demonstrated success in securing funding (including external funding) for PhD students;
• Demonstrated capacity to develop and grow taught postgraduate programmes;
• Demonstrated ability to contribute to the internationalisation of research and teaching;
• The capacity to offer strong academic leadership 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.

Desirable

• Strong public service ethos;
• A focus on sustainability in teaching and research;
• Strong interest in policy-relevant research;
• A track record of international collaboration.

For further details including full comprehensive job description please see reference number 027521 on the Maynooth University vacancies page at:

€97,259 to €169,770. Professor A/B, per annum