Assistant Professor in Environmental or Plant Science, Tenure Track*
- Employer
- Trinity College Dublin
- Location
- Dublin, Leinster (IE)
- Salary
- on request
- Closing date
- Mar 12, 2019
Job Details
Trinity College Dublin, The University of Dublin is seeking to fill the following fulltime academic position:
Assistant Professor in Environmental or Plant Science, Tenure Track*
This is an open search for a candidate with experience in any aspect of environmental science involving plants and/or fungi and their interactions with water from the individual plant to the global scale including field, experimental, theoretical and/or modelling approaches. The successful candidate will join a thriving research and teaching environment in the Discipline of Botany, School of Natural Sciences which has strong expertise in plant ecophysiology, taxonomy and systematics, plant-atmosphere interactions, plant-pollinator interactions, palaeobiology and tropical ecology.
The successful candidate must have a postdoctoral degree in a relevant research area.
* This is a Tenure Track position which is 5-years in the first instance, permanency is subject to satisfying the tenure requirements.
Appointment will be made on the Lecturer Salary Scale at a point in line with Irish Government Pay Policy [€34,214 to €83,102 per annum]. Appointment will be made no higher than point 8 (i.e. €48,572).
Hours of work for academic staff are those as prescribed under Public Service Agreements: http://www.tcd.ie/hr/assets/pdf/academichours-public-service-agreement.pdf
The successful applicants will be based on the main Trinity Campus, Dublin 2 or designated premises.
Closing Date: Closing Date: 12 Noon (Irish Time), Friday 8th February 2019.
All applications must be made via e-Recruitment at https://jobs.tcd.ie
Trinity is an equal opportunities employer, and we encourage applications from talented people of all backgrounds.
Company
Trinity College Dublin is hiring 40 new Ussher Assistant Professors before the end of 2016 to support the delivery of the University’s new Strategic Plan 2014-19. It is part of Trinity’s strategy to recruit excellent academics in areas where Trinity has proven strengths.
Trinity College Dublin is Ireland’s university on the world stage. Recognised for its transformative research and education conducted at the frontiers of disciplines, Trinity is ranked 78th in the world by the QS World University Rankings 2015.
The pursuit of academic excellence through research and scholarship is at the heart of Trinity’s academic endeavour. Trinity is known for intellectual rigour, excellence, interdisciplinarity, and research-led teaching. Home to Nobel prize-winners such as scientist Ernest Walton, and writer Samuel Beckett and, William C. Campbell the recipient of the 2015 prize in Medicine, Trinity draws visitors from across the world to its historic campus each year, including to the Book of Kells and Science Gallery which capture the university’s connection to both old and new.
Trinity accounts for one-quarter of all spin-out companies from Irish higher education institutions, helping to turn Ireland into an innovation-intensive, high-productivity economy. That culture of innovation and entrepreneurship is a defining characteristic of our campus as we help shape the next generation of job creators and global citizens.
Founded in 1592, Trinity is situated at the nexus of tradition and innovation, offering undergraduate and postgraduate programmes across 24 schools and three faculties: arts, humanities, and social sciences; engineering, mathematics and science; and health sciences.
Trinity is proud of its inclusive ethos and tradition.
On that basis we encourage and welcome talented people from all backgrounds.
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