APPLICATIONS INVITED FOR

Assistant Professor in Sport and Exercise Sciences, University of Limerick

Contract Type: Tenure Track (five year fixed term). During the term of the contract the successful applicant will have the opportunity to apply for tenure in accordance with the University’s Policy and Procedures for Granting Multi-annual Status to Tenure Track Academic Staff

Salary Scale: €44,120 – €60,419 p.a. pro rata

Department of Physical Education & Sport Sciences
Faculty of Education & Health Sciences
University of Limerick.

Further information for applicants and application material is available online from: http://www.ul.ie/hrvacancies/

Informal Enquiries 

Prof Giles Warrington
Head
Department of Physical Education & Sport Sciences
University of Limerick
Email: giles.warrington@ul.ie

Applications must be completed online before 12 noon, Irish Standard Time on the closing date.

Academic staff who currently hold a Tenure Track contract with the University of Limerick, or who have previously held a Tenure Track contract with the University of Limerick, are not eligible to apply for another Tenure Track position.

The University of Limerick supports blended working

Please confirm that you are currently eligible to work in Ireland. Applications by candidates who are not eligible to work in Ireland will not be processed.

Please email erecruitment@ul.ie if you experience any difficulties

Applications are welcome from suitably qualified candidates. The University of Limerick holds a Silver Athena SWAN award in recognition of our commitment to advancing equality in higher education. The University is an equal opportunities employer and is committed to selection on merit welcoming applicants from all sections of the community. The University has a range of initiatives to support a family friendly working environment, including flexible working. “The University of Limerick has implemented a “Smoke and Vape Free Campus Policy”. Smoking and vaping in all forms is prohibited.”

The Physical Education and Sport Sciences (PESS) department is a vibrant and rapidly growing department in the Faculty of Education and Health Sciences at the University of Limerick. The Department has a clear mission to be a research-led center of excellence in Physical Education (PE), Coaching and Sport & Exercise Sciences (SES). PESS department ranked 48th in the 2021 Shanghai Global Rankings for ‘Sport Science Departments/Schools’. The department’s strengths lie in the expertise of its staff, the quality of its academic programmes, high quality teaching spaces and the applied nature and relevance of these programmes.