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Opportunity: Craig Dobbin Visiting Professor in Canadian Studies

Opportunity: Craig Dobbin Visiting Professor in Canadian Studies

An opportunity for a visiting professorship position has become available in Canadian Studies at the University College Dublin, Ireland. It is a temporary 10 month position, and the successful candidate will be expected to start September 1, 2018.
Closing date: 17:00hrs (Local Irish Time) on Wednesday, 8th November 2017

The Craig Dobbin Chair of Canadian Studies was instituted from an endowment made to University College Dublin by Dr Craig Dobbin. The post is designed to promote Canadian Studies in UCD and the wider academic community in Ireland.  The successful candidate will have a significant track record of teaching and research, at a senior level, relating to Canada in a discipline that is represented within the UCD College of Arts and Humanities.  Preference will be given to a candidate whose research interests will enhance current research programmes within UCD and research links between UCD and Canada.

Full Professor Salary Scale: €110,060 to €139,501 per annum.
Appointment will be made on scale and in accordance with the Department of Finance guidelines

Applications must be submitted by the closing date and time specified. Any applications which are still in progress at the closing time of 17:00hrs (Irish Local Time) on the specified closing date will be cancelled automatically by the system. UCD are unable to accept late applications.

Prior to application, further information (including application procedure) should be obtained from the UCD Job Vacancies website:
http://www.ucd.ie/hr/jobvacancies

Hours of work for academic staff are those as prescribed under Public Service Agreements. 

For further information please follow link below and Job Description attached:
http://www.ucd.ie/hr/t4cms/Academic%20Contract.pdf

Informal Enquires can be made to:
Dr. J.Paul Halferty, Director, UCD Centre for Canadian Studies: paul.halfery@ucd.ie

UCD do not require assistance from Recruitment Agencies. Any CV's submitted by Recruitment Agencies will be returned.