Teaching Fellow in Human Nutrition, School of Agriculture and Food Science

Employer: UNIVERSITY COLLEGE DUBLIN (UCD)
Location: Dublin, Leinster (IE)
Salary: £33,666.46 per annum
Closing date: 29 Jul 2024

Academic Discipline: Agriculture, Food & Forestry, Life sciences
Job Type: Academic Posts, Teaching Fellowships
Contract Type: Fixed Term
Hours: Part Time

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Applications are invited for a Fixed Term (until 31st December 2025) post of a Teaching Fellow in Human Nutrition within UCD School of Agriculture and Food Science.

Applications are invited for a part-time Teaching Fellow post in Human Nutrition within the Section `Food Science and Nutrition' in the UCD School of Agriculture and Food Science.

The appointee will join a team of other lecturers who are primarily responsible for teaching the BSc Human Nutrition programme and also contribute to other programmes within the School. The appointee will be expected to contribute to teaching (lectures, tutorials, laboratories), some aspects of taught research project supervision, and assessment. The successful candidate will ideally be a scholar who has a background and research interests aligned to the research strategy of the UCD Institute of Food and Health and have experience of teaching at undergraduate and/or graduate level. The Teaching Fellow is expected to participate in the academic life of the School and contribute to School administration.

Salary: €39,000 Per Annum Pro Rata @ 0.5 FTE

Closing date: 12:00 noon (local Irish time) on the 29th of July 2024.

Applications must be submitted by the closing date and time specified. Any applications which are still in progress at the closing time of 12:00 noon (Local Irish Time) on the specified closing date will be cancelled automatically by the system. UCD are unable to accept late applications.

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

Note: Hours of work for academic staff are those as prescribed under Public Service Agreements. For further information please follow link below:
https://www.ucd.ie/hr/t4media/Academic Contract.pdf

Prior to application, further information (including application procedure) should be obtained from the Work at UCD website: https://www.ucd.ie/workatucd/jobs/

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