Department: Geography
Vacancy ID: 032801
Closing Date: 19-Jan-2025
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.
The Department of Geography is seeking an excellent candidate to join our staff as a Research Assistant. This person will join the team working on a Research Ireland / Taighde Eireann (Formerly Science Foundation Ireland) Discover award in conjunction with the European Space Education Resource Office Ireland – an outreach project with national scope entitled “5*S: Space, Surveyors and Students: STEM and the Sustainable Development Goals”. This project focuses on developing methods for introducing students to Copernicus, spatial data and the UN SDGs and is a collaboration between Maynooth University (Departments of Geography and Education), TU Dublin, Esri Ireland, the Society of Chartered Surveyors Ireland and Taite Eireann. The person appointed will have a proven remote sensing skillset and experience of working with Copernicus imagery appropriate to career stage. Candidates must demonstrate the capability for independent, problem focused thinking and be enthusiastic about showcasing space data such as Copernicus. The successful candidate will be expected to visit project partners and schools all around the country and therefore a full EU driving license and access to their own car are essential.
Salary
Research Assistant Level 1 (2024): €31,962 – €33,203 p.a. (3 points)
Appointments will be made in accordance with public sector pay provisions.
Application Procedure
Closing Date
23:30hrs (local Irish time) on Sunday 19th of January 2025.
Please note all applications must be made via our Online Recruitment Portal at the following link:
https://www.maynoothuniversity.ie/human-resources/vacancies
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
