Department of Media Studies Assistant Lecturer in Media (Specified Purpose Contract) Full Time

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.

We are seeking an excellent academic to join our staff as an Assistant Lecturer in Media. The person 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 teaching programme of the Department and undertake teaching duties on the Department’s undergraduate programmes.

The appointee is expected to be able to coordinate and deliver modules on topics across both practice and theory including: interactive storytelling; digital skills; Film Studies and Media Studies theories and concepts. The appointee will be expected to have an average of two modules per semester and to have responsibilities for coordinating and managing modules, which may include working individually or with a team of tutors/lecturers. Additional duties include: supervision of undergraduate dissertations; management of student administration; participation in departmental administration (Open Days, talks, etc.) as well as Faculty/University service and administration. This is a 10-month post to cover a sabbatical leave.

Principal duties

Teaching:

Undergraduate and postgraduate teaching duties are assigned by the Head of the Department. The duties will include:

• Teaching and assessing students at undergraduate level. This may include lecturing, tutoring, leading practical learning activities, project supervision, and setting, supervising and grading assessments;
• Enhancing and innovating in teaching and assessment practice;
• Contributing as required, to the assurance and enhancement of teaching quality;
• Outreach and promotional activities and the recruitment and selection of undergraduate and post-graduate students;
• Developing and enhancing the curriculum;
• Designing and delivering of new courses.

For further details including full comprehensive job description please see reference number 041363 on the Maynooth University vacancies page at: www.maynoothuniversity.ie/human-resources/vacancies