Established Professor of Experimental Physics

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TABLE OF CONTENTS

Job Advertisement 3

Background 5

Job Description 9

Eligibility Requirements 11

Competency Framework for Professorship Role at NUI Galway 12

Information on Application and Appointment Procedures 13

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Established Professor of Experimental Physics

College College of ScienceSchool School of PhysicsPost Title & Subject Area Established Professor of Experimental PhysicsPost Duration PermanentLevel Established ProfessorReports to Head of the School of Physics

JOB ADVERTISEMENT

Applications are invited for the post of Established Professor of Experimental Physics in the School of Physics at NUI Galway. This is a senior appointment and the successful candidate will provide dynamic research leadership in the area of instrumentation for Atmospheric / Environmental Physics or Astrophysics¸ contributing to interdisciplinary studies through the either the Centre for Astronomy or the Ryan Institute for Environmental, Marine and Energy Research, as well as to wider academic leadership. Candidates should have a strong commitment to teaching at undergraduate and graduate levels.

Located within the College of Science, the School of Physics comprises 17 academic staff, all of whom contribute to both research and teaching activities. The research activities are organised in three main clusters, Atmospheric/Environmental Physics, Astrophysics and Photonics. Computational and Medical Physics are cross cutting themes. Approximately 12 PhD students graduate annually.

The School graduates approximately 40 Honours B.Sc. students from its four-year undergraduate physics courses annually. The courses include denominated degrees in physics & applied physics, physics with medical physics, and physics with astrophysics. The School also contributes significantly to service teaching across the University, particularly in first year. The total numbers of first, second and third year students are approximately 850, 120 and 50 respectively.

The successful candidate shall possess: A BSc and normally, a PhD in Physics or Astronomy or equivalent. An internationally-recognised track record for research in Atmospheric /

Environmental physics or Astrophysics as evidenced by an exceptional publication and citation record in top-ranking journals, a record of success in competing for significant research funding at national and international levels particularly in the last five years and a strong record of PhD supervision and completion.

Appropriate experience in teaching at third level, ideally as evidenced by experience in the design and delivery of teaching programmes.

Demonstrated excellent leadership, interpersonal and communication skills and the capacity and willingness to act as Head of School for an appropriate period.

Applications from suitably qualified women are particularly welcome. The School of Physics has been awarded ‘Practitioner’ status under the Institute of Physics’ Juno

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Project (www.iop.org/policy/diversity/initiatives/juno/). NUIG is the first university in Ireland to achieve this status.

For informal enquiries, please contact:Atmospheric/Environmental Physics: Prof. Colin O’Dowd, Email colin.odowd@nuigalway.ie tel: +353 (0)91 493306Astrophysics: Prof. Andy Shearer, Email andy.shearer@nuigalway.ie tel: +353 (0)91 493114

Additional information on the School is available at: http://www.nuigalway.ie/physics

Information on the University's Strategic Plan is available at: http://www.nuigalway.ie/president/reports.html

Salary:

Appointments at Established Professor level€106,515 to €136,275

(This appointment will be made on the Established Professor scale in line with current Government pay policy)

(For pre 1995 public sector entrants in Ireland, the D class Salary rates will apply)

Closing date for receipt of applications is 17:00 (GMT) on Thursday, 21st May 2015. It will not be possible to consider applications received after the closing date.

Garda vetting may apply.

Appointments will be conditional on work authorisation validation. Further details are available at www.djei.ie

For more information and Application Form please see website:  http://www.nuigalway.ie/about-us/jobs/ Applications should be submitted online.

Please note that appointment to posts advertised will be dependent upon University approval, together with the terms of the Employment Control Framework for the higher education sector.

National University of Ireland Galway is an equal opportunities employer.

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BACKGROUND

The National University of Ireland was established in 1845 with Physics as one of the founding disciplines. The University now has over 16,000 students and 2,200 staff, organised into five Colleges: Science; Engineering & Informatics; Medicine Nursing & Health Science; Business Public Policy & Law and Arts Social Science & Celtic Studies.

The School of Physics is located within the College of Science and comprises 16 permanent academic staff (2 established professors, 2 personal professors, 3 senior lecturers and 9 lecturers). There are 6 adjunct professors, 4 adjunct lecturers and a number of active emeritus staff. There are 9 technical staff and 3 administrative staff. A number of the technical and administrative staff work in a job-share capacity. In addition there are approximately 25 research staff, including research assistants, engineers, post-doctoral fellows and research administrators. The School is housed in a contiguous area within the main University Concourse building. School researchers also occupy some space in the University’s Ryan Institute.

The vision for the School of Physics is as follows: Promote a stimulating and high quality learning experience in Physics for students,

equipping them for the changing needs of the workplace and preparing them for life-long learning.

Encourage and support the development of leading-edge research in Physics that is nationally leading and internationally competitive, and, where relevant, create an inter-disciplinary research environment in the School and in NUI Galway.

Contribute to the intellectual and material development of the community and of the region.

The School graduates approximately 40 Honours B.Sc. students from its four-year undergraduate physics courses annually. It is expected that this number will increase over the next few years. The courses include our denominated degree in physics with options in applied physics, astrophysics, biomedical physics, and theoretical physics. We also admit students to Physics via an omnibus first year entry. All our undergraduate programmes have a substantial overlapping core of material and are accredited by the Institute of Physics.

The School also contributes significantly to service teaching across the University, particularly in first year. In addition to teaching a full year algebra based physics course to first year Science and Medical students, we teach a one-semester introductory course to engineering students. We contribute to multi-disciplinary undergraduate and taught masters programmes in Occupational Health & Safety. We also contribute to a taught master degree in Medical Physics in conjunction with University Hospital Galway. The total numbers of first, second and third year students attending core physics courses are approximately 850, 120 and 50 respectively. All academic staff in the School contribute to the undergraduate teaching programmes.

Members of the School nominate a Head every four years via an agreed election process, for appointment by the President. The term of office of the current Head runs until January 2017. The Head of School has an executive role and devolves administrative tasks as appropriate to staff in the School. The Head nominates a Deputy Head on an annual basis. There are plenary meetings of the School three times per year

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and monthly meetings of an executive committee as well as sub-committees for learning, teaching & assessment, research & graduate education and physics promotion.

The research activities are organised in three main clusters, Atmospheric and Environmental Physics, Astrophysics and Photonics. There are also cross cutting activities in Computational Physics and Medical Physics. The School graduates approximately 12 PhD students annually.

The Atmospheric and Environmental Physics Cluster comprises 5 academic staff, 14 research staff and 15 postgraduate students. The cluster is the largest contributor to the University’s Ryan Institute – Centre for Climate and Air Pollution Studies. The areas of research centre on Air Pollution, Atmospheric Composition and Climate Change interactions, Air-Sea Exchange, in-door air pollution and occupational hygiene. The Cluster and Centre is active in field studies, including airborne and ship borne missions, and operates the World Meteorological Organisation Global Atmosphere Watch Mace Head research station on the Irish-Atlantic coastline. Mace Head is also a European Monitoring & Evaluation supersite and a part of the Advance Global Atmosphere Gas Experiment network, along with the ACTRIS and ICOS networks. A wide range of in-situ and remote-sensing instruments are deployed at Mace Head covering the following measurements: greenhouse gases, ozone and halocarbon gases, reactive gases (e.g. OH, sulphuric acid); aerosol physics and chemistry, aerosol optical properties and hygroscopic properties; and cloud microphysics. Sophisticated instruments, including aerosol mass spectrometers, LIDARs, cloud radars etc are run operationally and the full Mace Head dataset is webcast in near real time (www.macehead.org). A very recent investment is deploying an operational LIDAR network (North-South-East-West) for ash cloud detection and quantification of trans-boundary air pollution.

The Centre is also active in regional and global climate modelling, air quality assessment and forecasting and ash cloud forecasting and has good access to supercomputing facilities based at the Irish Centre for High-End Computing. The Centre has a good record of funding from the following agencies: Environmental Protection Agency, Science Foundation Ireland, Irish Research Council, Higher Education Authority, Marine Institute, European Commission, European Space Agency, and UK DEFRA

Atmospheric and Environmental - Academic StaffName Research InterestsDr Harald Berresheim Atmospheric composition, oxidation capacity, climate change,

organic aerosol, free radicals, field studies, mass spectrometry, modelling

Dr Miriam Byrne Indoor air pollution transport; dermal exposure assessment; exposure modelling.

Dr Marie Coggins Indoor air pollution and health; occupational exposures; environmental exposures

Prof. Colin O’Dowd Atmospheric aerosol and cloud formation; process and regional climate modelling; remote sensing of atmospheric properties; air-sea exchange.

Dr Brian Ward Ocean-atmosphere greenhouse gas exchange; eddy covariance fluxes; photoacoustic gas detection; upper ocean turbulence; autonomous ocean profiling instrument; upper ocean salinity

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The Centre for Astronomy consists of five permanent staff and 14 postgraduate students and is linked to staff in other schools of the university. The Centre houses national supercomputer facilities and a 3D data visualisation suite. Members of the Centre work at gamma ray, optical and millimetre wavelengths to study neutron stars, the highest energy astrophysical sources, and star formation and destruction process.

Centre members are part of the VERITAS collaboration, an international gamma-ray observational group. The collaboration's recent successes include the detection of VHE gamma rays from the Crab pulsar. In the area of high time resolution astrophysics, a high-speed Stokes polarimeter has been developed which will be used in an extensive study of compact objects including rotating magnetised neutron stars. This observational work complements detailed numerical modelling of pulsar magnetospheres. Star formation is observed using millimetre telescopes such as the JCMT and ALMA and modelled using a 3D radiative transfer code. Star destruction processes are also studied through optical observations and kinematic modelling of asymmetrical planetary nebulae and interacting supernova remnants. The dynamics of globular star clusters are studied via the development of data reduction techniques for crowded field photometry and astrometry.

Two members of the Photonics cluster, Dr Alexander Goncharov and Dr Nicholas Devaney also contribute to the Centre for Astronomy through work in adaptive and active optics.

Centre for Astronomy - Academic StaffName Research InterestsDr Raymond Butler High angular and time resolution optical/IR astronomy;

observations/modelling of open star/globular clusters; image processing algorithms/ pipeline development; virtual observatories.

Dr Gary Gillanders Gamma-ray astronomy; instrumentation for atmospheric Cherenkov imaging telescopes.

Dr Mark Lang Gamma-ray astronomy; instrumentation for atmospheric Cherenkov imaging; computational physics (currently Head of School)

Dr Matt Redman Star formation and destruction processes; molecular clouds; astrochemistry; radiative transfer; supernova remnants; planetary nebulae.

Prof. Andrew Shearer Multi-wavelength observations and modelling of pulsars; instrumentation development for high-time resolution astrophysics(HTRA); HTRA for Extremely Large Telescopes; Virtual Observatories; Medical Image processing;

The Photonics cluster includes 6 permanent staff, 11 research staff and 21 postgraduate students. Its activities include those of the National Centre for Laser Applications (NCLA), the Applied Optics groups, the Tissue Optics & Microcirculation Imaging group (TOMI), the Nano-scale Biophotonics & Imaging group and the Medical Physics group. The NCLA has a broad portfolio of fundamental and applied research on laser material interactions. The group also works closely with industry in technology transfer and training. The research activities of the Applied Optics group are centred on the development and application of adaptive optics. The mission of the TOMI laboratory is to promote better healthcare through research and advancements of biophotonics technology. Their aim is to develop inexpensive, point-of-care tools which will reduce the incidence of mortality of diseases of the microcirculation and cancer via early detection. The focus of the Nano-scale Biophotonics & Imaging group is to investigate minimally invasive novel optical methods for cancer detection and therapy using biophotonics and nanotechnology.

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Photonics Cluster - Academic StaffName Research InterestsDr Nicholas Devaney Adaptive and active optics, optimal algorithms for exoplanet

detection, retinal imaging.Dr Mark Foley Monte Carlo applications in radiotherapy; medical imaging; radiation

physics; and various clinically related projects.Dr Alexander Goncharov

Optical imaging, astronomical and ophthalmic optics, vision correction, modelling of the human eye.

Prof. Martin Leahy Laser Speckle Perfusion Imaging, Optical Coherence Tomography, Optical Micro-Angiography, Photoacoustic Tomography, Tissue Viability Imaging, Raman Spectroscopy

Dr Gerard O’Connor Laser-based micro- and nano-fabrication; laser material interactions; laser processing of semiconductors and metals, laser technology transfer

Prof. Malini Olivo Biophotonics; photonics in photomedicine for applications in oncology, metabolic medicine, infections etc, nanoscale photonics for molecular imaging and biosensing applications in translational nanomedicine.

More information can be found at http://www.nuigalway.ie/physics

We see the Professor of Experimental Physics as a key leadership post.  It is essential to have an individual of senior academic rank, who will act as a champion for Physics over decade-long timescales and provide academic leadership in teaching, research and administration.   The individual appointed should be willing to further the mission of the school and the university as a research-led teaching institution.

We are looking for an individual with extensive research expertise as an experimentalist /instrumentalist/modeler in Atmospheric/ Environmental Physics or Astrophysics.  Within these clusters we have important scientific infrastructure either here or internationally. Mace Head Atmospheric Research Station is wholly owned by NUI Galway and run by the School of Physics. Mace Head is an important piece of European scientific infrastructure that hosts international observational consortia as well as significant in-house research. If an applicant is appointed in the area of Earth Observation / Remote Sensing then s/he would be expected to contribute to the development of the Mace Head research facility and to expand the Earth Observation (EO) activities through national and international funding opportunities (e.g. SFI, ESA, EU H2020). 

We are particularly interested in an individual with experience of developing satellite borne remote sensing instrumentation for either Earth observation and/or astronomical observations. Individuals with experience in ground-based instrumentation are also welcomed. Experience in modeling or large data analytics would be an advantage.

Ideally the successful applicant will be someone who could develop and build upon our strengths in instrumentation and remote sensing, contributing to the Atmospheric/Environmental Physics or Astrophysics clusters. These two areas are compatible with the EU’s Key Enabling Technologies and the University’s Smart Specialisation Strategy. In this case the appointee could attract both national (SFI, EPA, EI) as well as International funding (EU, ERC, ESA).

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JOB DESCRIPTION

Principal Duties and Responsibilities

The post-holder duties will include, but not be limited to, the following:

TeachingTo give instruction and supervision, as directed by the Head of School, to students of the University in courses and programmes organised the School or to which the School contributes to another School or College. Such duties to include curriculum and course design, preparation and delivery of lectures, tutorials, project supervision and general examination and other assessment responsibilities. The post-holder is also required to be available to students for academic counselling and advice. In some disciplines, academic activities may also include laboratory, workshop or clinical instruction, supervision of fieldwork, site visits and other off-campus activities.

The post holder will show a strong commitment to teaching at all levels within the University and will personally engage in undergraduate and postgraduate teaching activities including developing and delivering lecture and laboratory courses.

The post holder will be expected to provide leadership to our post and under-graduate courses.

ResearchTo engage in research and other creative and innovative activity as appropriate to the discipline. The post-holder is required to disseminate their research in academic publications, other outlets as appropriate and to participate in postgraduate supervision. The post-holder is encouraged to engage in initiatives to seek research funding, as appropriate. The post-holder is also encouraged to promote and engage in the development of collaborative research.

The post holder will engage in research and publish in the area of Atmospheric / Environmental Physics or Astrophysics.

The post holder will make applications to funding national and international funding agencies to support his/her research programme, including the support of students and postdoctoral fellows.

The post holder will be proactive in inviting PhD and MSc students to participate in research projects and provide active supervision for them.

Contribution and Scholarly ActivityTo participate in academic administration at School, College and University levels as part of their contribution to the University. To engage with the wider community regionally, nationally and internationally from a civic, economic, social and cultural perspective as a contribution to the life of the University. In representing the University externally, the post-holder is expected to maintain the highest professional standards, thereby enhancing the reputation of the University. The post-holder is expected to engage in scholarly activity such as, but not limited to, refereeing of journals, membership of discipline related advisory bodies and peer review panels and work associated with external examinership.

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The post-holder will be willing to act as Head of School for an appropriate period. S/he will be asked to assume other leadership roles within the School for appropriate periods.

The post holder will represent effectively the research area, the discipline of Physics and the School, within and outside of the University.

The post holder will provide dynamic academic leadership in the development of the designated research area and generally in the promotion of teaching and research within the discipline.

The post holder will have a willingness to participate in the overall life of the University

The post-holder shall carry out these duties under the direction of the Head of the School or of an authorised senior member of the staff of the School.

The post-holder shall be a member of College/Colleges in accordance with University Statutes.

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ELIGIBILITY REQUIREMENTS

Essential Requirements:

BSc and normally, a PhD in Physics or Astronomy or equivalent. An internationally-recognised track record for research in

atmospheric/environmental physics or astrophysics as evidenced by an exceptional publication and citation record in top-ranking journals.

Experience of developing instrumentation and/or modelling for Earth observation or Astrophysics.

A record of success in competing for significant research funding at national and international levels, particularly in the last five years.

A strong record of PhD supervision and completion. Significant experience of teaching at third level including course development. A record of research leadership at an international level. Excellent leadership, interpersonal and communications skills. A capacity and willingness to act as Head of School for an appropriate period.

Desirable Requirements:

Fellowship of professional body. Formal teaching qualification or award. Experience as a PhD external examiner. Experience as an assessor for funding agencies. Experience in the design and supervision of physics practical and/or

computational laboratory courses. Experience in leading outreach activities and in the promotion of the discipline at

local and national levels. Experience in the design and delivery of new teaching programmes, use of

innovative teaching and assessment techniques and monitoring of quality.

The appointment will be made to the School of Physics.

Appointments will be conditional on work authorisation validation.Further details are available at www.djei.ie

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Competency Framework for Professorship Role at NUI Galway

Academic Excellence Leadership Excellence Organisational Excellence Excellence in Research

The Professor is a leader in his / her field and contributes to the direction and development of his / her discipline and body of knowledge through planning and leading research of outstanding quality. S/he leads others to make the most effective contribution to their discipline and encourages cross discipline research collaboration.

Personal Effectiveness

The Professor is passionate and enthusiastic about the discipline/school and is committed to making his / her best personal contribution through employing excellent planning and organising, communication and decision making skills in order to achieve ambitious goals for their discipline/school and to meet the changing demands of the Professorship role.

Thinking Strategically

The Professor is responsible for developing and implementing a strategic approach to the development of the discipline/school. S/he is aware of the wider environment, has the ability to think strategically and to devise and implement changes in line with their strategy.

Excellence in Teaching

The Professor oversees the development of, and participates in, delivering teaching programmes which engage and inspire students at all levels and ensures a strong focus on quality teaching and on the continuous review and development of teaching skills and methodologies in the discipline.

Leading and Managing Others

The Professor is responsible for the delivery of the work programme by getting the best out of others. S/he ensures that good administrative procedures are in place, that work is organised fairly, that there is a highly engaged work environment, and that time is given generously to developing staff.

Collegiate and Community Contribution

The Professor values and works to instil a collegiate approach not only within his / her discipline / school and the University, but across the wider external community. S/he actively seeks to build effectively functioning teams and networks. S/he is approachable, collaborative, and values the contribution of others.

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APPLICATION AND APPOINTMENT PROCEDURES

(Important Information for Applicants)

1. Application

A. How to apply

If you are a current NUI Galway employee please use the NUI Galway Employee

Self Service (ESS) portal to apply for this post. Note that access to the ESS portal is

currently only available on campus. The following is a link to the ESS portal:

http://ess.nuigalway.ie

The following is a link to a User Guide for ESS:

www.nuigalway.ie/hr/documents/internal/nuig_user_guide_academic_internal.pdf

Please ensure that you read the attached guide prior to applying for this post

and allow sufficient time to make your online submission in advance of closing

date.

Please note that closing dates/ times will not be extended for user error.

Late applications will not be accepted.

Non NUI Galway employees

If you are not a current NUI Galway employee please use the NUI Galway online

recruitment portal to apply for this post. The following is a link to the online

recruitment portal:

http://erecruit.nuigalway.ie

The following is a link to a User Guide for the online recruitment portal:

http://www.nuigalway.ie/hr/documents/nuig_user_guide_academic_external.pdf

Please ensure that you read the attached guide prior to applying for this post

and allow sufficient time to make your online submission in advance of closing

date.

Please note that closing dates/ times will not be extended for user error

Late applications will not be accepted.

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Please submit the following documents under the Applicant CV section of the online

form:

a. A cover letter/personal statement outlining why you wish to be considered for

the post and where you believe your skills and experience meet the

requirements for the post of ‘Established Professor of Experimental Physics’

b. A comprehensive CV clearly showing your relevant achievements and

experience in your career to date in relation to the key areas as described in

the Competency Framework for Professorship Roles at NUI Galway.

The completed application document must be submitted online to reach the Human

Resources Office no later than 17:00 (GMT) on 21st May 2015. Please note that an

application will ONLY be considered if documents a and b above are fully

completed and received by the closing date.

All applicants will receive an acknowledgement of application. If you do not receive

an acknowledgement of receipt of your application or if you have any other queries

regarding the application process please contact recruit@nuigalway.ie or telephone

091-492151.

B. Incentivised Scheme for Early Retirement (ISER):

It is a condition of the Incentivised Scheme for Early Retirement (ISER) as set out in

Department of Finance Circular 12/09 that retirees, under that Scheme, are debarred

from applying for another position in the same employment or the same sector.

Therefore, such retirees may not apply for this position.

C. Pension Entitlements:

This is a pensionable position. Details of the applicable Pension Scheme will be

provided to the successful candidate. The Pension element of this appointment is

subject to the terms and conditions of the Pension scheme currently in force within

the University. This Scheme may be amended or revised by the Irish Government or

its agents at any time.

The Public Service Superannuation (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 2004 set a

minimum retirement age of 65 and removed the upper compulsory retirement age for

certain New Entrants to the Public Sector on or after 1 April 2004. Effective from 1st

January 2013, The Single Public Service Scheme applies to all first-time new

entrants to the public service, as well as to former public servants returning to the

public service after a break of more than 26 weeks.

Retirement age set, initially, at 66 years; this will rise in step with statutory changes

in the State Pension Contributory (SPC) age to 67 years in 2021 and 68 years in 2028.

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Compulsory retirement age will be 70.

D. Declaration:

Applicants will be required to declare whether they have previously availed of a

public service scheme of incentivised early retirement. Applicants will also be

required to declare any entitlements to a Public Service pension benefit (in payment

or preserved) from any other Public Service employment and/or where they have

received a payment-in-lieu in respect of service in any Public Service employment.

E. Collective Agreement: Redundancy Payments to Public Servants :

The Department of Public Expenditure and Reform letter dated 28th June 2012 to

Personnel Officers introduced, with effect from 1st June 2012, a Collective

Agreement which had been reached between the Department of Public Expenditure

and Reform and the Public Services Committee of the ICTU in relation to ex-gratia

Redundancy Payments to Public Servants. It is a condition of the Collective

Agreement that persons availing of the agreement will not be eligible for re-

employment in the public service by any public service body (as defined by the

Financial Emergency Measures in the Public Interest Acts 2009 – 2011) for a period

of 2 years from termination of the employment. Thereafter the consent of the Minister

for Public Expenditure and Reform will be required prior to re-employment. People

who availed of this scheme and who may be successful in this competition will have

to prove their eligibility (expiry of period of non-eligibility) and the Minister’s

consent will have to be secured prior to employment by any public service body.

F. Department of Health and Children Circular (7/2010)

The Department of Health Circular 7/2010 dated 1 November 2010 introduced a

Targeted Voluntary Early Retirement (VER) Scheme and Voluntary Redundancy

Schemes (VRS). It is a condition of the VER scheme that persons availing of the

scheme will not be eligible for re-employment in the public health sector or in the

wider public service or in a body wholly or mainly funded from public moneys.

The same prohibition on re-employment applies under the VRS, except that the

prohibition is for a period of 7 years, after which time any re-employment will

require the approval of the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform. People

who availed of either of these schemes are not eligible to compete in this

competition.

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G. Declaration

Applicants will be required to confirm whether they have previously availed of a

public service scheme of incentivised early retirement and/or the collective

agreement outlined above. The above represents the main schemes and agreements

restricting a candidate’s right to be re-employed in the public service. However it is

not intended to be an exhaustive list and candidates should declare details of any

other exit mechanism they have availed of which restricts their right to be re-

employed in the public service. Applicants will also be required to declare any

entitlements to a Public Service pension benefit (in payment or preserved) from

any other Public Service employment and/or where they have received a payment-

in-lieu in respect of service in any Public Service employment.

H. Work Permits:

Work permits are permits which are granted to non-EU/EEA Citizens to allow them to

work in Ireland legally. It's an illegal offense to work in Ireland without a work permit

and both the employer and the employee are held responsible.

For more information on work permits and for future updates, visit the Enterprise,

Trade and Employment website www.entemp.ie

2. Assessment Procedure

(a) Board of Assessors

Applications will be considered by a Board of Assessors, which will shortlist and

interview candidates and report to the College, the Academic Council and Údaras na

hOllscoile.

All applications and other materials submitted by applicants will be treated in strict

confidence by all panel members and others involved in the administration of the

recruitment. No information about the identity of applicants, or details of their

applications, will be released to others, except where it is necessary as part of the

selection process. For example, shortlisted applicants will be asked to present to the

Board of Assessors and Members of College and Members of College may view the

full copy of all applications received (including those shortlisted and not shortlisted)

for an academic post by making a request/appointment to the HR Office.

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(b) Presentation & Interview Dates

Candidates will be advised of arrangements in due course. We endeavor to give as

much notice as possible for interview dates etc., candidates should make themselves

available for interview and presentation on the date(s) specified by the University.

Candidates who do not attend for interview or other test when and where required by

the University or who do not, when requested, furnish such evidence as the University

requires in regard to any matter relevant to their candidature, will have no further

claim to consideration

(c) Expenses

Expenses are paid to candidates invited to the Assessors’ Interview (see (a) above).

For further information see the University policies on expenses at the following link

http://www.nuigalway.ie/financial_accounting/policies_procedures.html

(d) Referees

Referees listed on the application forms of shortlisted candidates will be contacted

prior to interview.

(e) Offer

All candidates will in due course be notified of the outcome of their application. The

Human Resources Office will offer the post to the candidate appointed once the

appointment has been made by the University Appointing Authority.

The successful candidate will be required to submit evidence of age, original

qualifications and may be required to complete a medical examination. Once a

conditional job offer has been made, the candidate will be asked to complete a pre-

employment health questionnaire that the University’s Occupational Health Service

will use in order to assess medical fitness to undertake the duties of the post.

The information provided on the questionnaire will be used (i) to assess the

candidates medical capability to do the job applied for; (ii) to determine whether any

reasonable adjustments may be required to accommodate any disability or impairment

which the candidate may have; and (iii) to ensure that none of the requirements of the

job for which the candidate applied would adversely affect any pre-existing health

conditions the candidate may have.

3. Appointment

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The appointment will be made by the President, following adoption of the report of

the Board of Assessors by the College of Science. (In the event that the College does

not adopt the report, the appointment will be made by the President, following

adoption of the report of the Board of Assessors by the Academic Council. In the

event that the Academic Council does not adopt the report of the Board of Assessors,

the decision as to the appointment, will be made by Údaras na hOllscoile (The

University Governing Authority). All candidates will in due course be notified of the

outcome of their application. The Human Resources Office will offer the post to the

candidate appointed once the appointment has been made by the University

Appointing Authorities.

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