Post Specification

Post Title: Assistant Professor* in Conflict Resolution and Reconciliation Specific Purpose contract to cover the period 1st January 2015 – 30th Post Status: Sept 2015 Irish School of Ecumenics, Confederal School of Religions, Peace Department/Faculty: Studies and Theology, Faculty of Arts, Humanities and Social Sciences Irish School of Ecumenics at , 683, Antrim Location: Road, Belfast, BT15 4EG Northern . This appointment will be made on the Department of Education and Skills Lecturer salary scale at a maximum point of 8 on the salary Salary: scale i.e. a maximum of €50,708 for those in the Public Sector and a maximum of €45,637 per annum for new entrants into the Public Sector Closing Date: 12 Noon on Wednesday 10th September 2014

Post Summary: The School seeks to appoint an Assistant Professor in Conflict Resolution and Reconciliation to teach mainly at postgraduate level on its Conflict Resolution and Reconciliation MPhil programme, under the overall direction of the Head of Department and in consultation with the Course Coordinator. The post is based in the ISE campus Belfast. As well as teaching on the MPhil, the appointed person will be expected to supervise MPhil dissertations and participate across the range of the School’s activities, attending the Dublin campus of ISE and Trinity College as necessary.

The successful candidate will be a person with expertise in the social/political sciences or religious studies/theology or other relevant discipline, with an interest in conflict resolution, peace studies or reconciliation. The post holder will supervise postgraduate students in her or his own field and in a range of cognate areas beyond their immediate field.

The successful candidate will be expected to produce work of international significance in her or his field and will be research-active according to the research strategy, norms and criteria of Trinity.

Informal Enquiries Informal enquiries are welcome and may be made to Ms. Aideen Woods, Administrator, Irish School of Ecumenics email: [email protected]

Post Specification: The person appointed will, under the direction of the Head of Department –

 Undertake with vision and commitment the activities of Masters teaching and supervision and research work in relevant fields in the School’s Conflict Resolution and Reconciliation course.  Contribute to other courses offered by the School.  Contribute to the administrative requirements and responsibilities.  Relate professionally to the staff and student body and to the School in its complexity and integrity.  Participate in the planning and development of the School’s existing programme in consultation with the other staff of the School.  Assist with the on-going student recruitment.  Teach at postgraduate level within an interdisciplinary environment, students from a range of cultural and international backgrounds and ages, according to normative pedagogical modes and practice.  Carry out independent research and supervision of research.  Contribute to the research ethos, strategy and policies of college and of the Confederal School of Religions, Peace Studies and Theology and the Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences in which ISE is located, collaborating as appropriate.  Contribute to conferences at national and international level.

The above duties are not exhaustive and will be reviewed and revised as deemed necessary. As most posts undergo change, it will be necessary for the job specification to reflect such change.

Person Specification: S/he will have:  Completed a Ph.D.  Evidence of actual and of intended research output.  The ability to teach postgraduates in lecture, seminar and tutorial settings, to organize and conduct student fieldwork, to organise courses, supervise dissertations and fulfil designated student assessment requirements, such as essay and thesis marking.  Competence in supervising students in a wide range of topics.  Excellent communication skills;  Readiness to work enthusiastically and collegially in a thoroughly interdisciplinary environment and willingness to contribute to other courses offered by the School.

Qualifications: Essential  Ph.D. qualification in Conflict Resolution and Reconciliation.  Demonstrable academic experience commensurate with the post.

Knowledge & Experience (Essential & Desirable)

Research Essential  Evidence of research achievement and potential in the form of monographs and articles in peer-reviewed journals and/or publications of similar standing.

Desirable  Participation in research seminars and conferences nationally and internationally, both by invitation to provide a lecture and as participant contributor.  To pursue and complete a strategic research and publishing plan.  Proven or potential ability to attract external grant funding.

Teaching Essential  Successful track record of teaching at postgraduate and undergraduate level.  Competence in intercultural contexts of learning  Willingness to contribute to the teaching activities of the School including extra mural teaching.

Desirable  Experience of supervising undergraduate and postgraduate essays, projects and dissertations.  Experience of developing new modules and teaching material.  Experience of using new teaching media.  Capability in working effectively in an interdisciplinary environment.  Experience of designing and providing student fieldwork opportunities integrated with academic courses.

Administration Desirable  Experience of module and programme management and development.  Experience of organising research seminars, public events, recruitment activities.

Other Essential Attributes  Ability to work effectively as a member of a team.  Excellent communication.  Reliable organisational skills.  Competence in use of electronic media.

Skills & Competencies:  Ability to work effectively as a member of a team and collaborate with colleagues at an inter- disciplinary level and participation at School, Faculty and College-wide fora.  Demonstrate vision and commitment.  Demonstrated potential to manage and develop courses in a University setting.

 Excellent communication skills.  Tried and tested organizational skills with efficiency in course-related administration.

The Irish School of Ecumenics (ISE), Trinity College Dublin is a department within the Faculty of Arts, Humanities and Social Sciences, in the Confederal School of Religions, Peace Studies and Theology which contains two other departments – the School of Religions and Theology and the Loyola Institute. ISE is a cross-border department with offices and Masters Courses in Dublin and Belfast. The Belfast-based Masters course in Conflict Resolution and Reconciliation is provided for approximately 15-20 students per year. The Belfast office also houses doctoral students and a range of social and ecumenical educational outreach programmes sponsored by the ISE Trust.

ISE’s teaching and research is centred on understanding conflict and the possibilities for peace, reconciliation and dialogue in many different contexts, including the political, the global, the religious and the local. Academic staff in ISE teach and research in the interdisciplinary fields of Peace Studies, Reconciliation Studies, Conflict Resolution, Intercultural Theology, Interreligious Studies and Ecumenics.

Further information on the Irish School of Ecumenics http://www.tcd.ie/ise/

ISE offers M.Phil. Courses in three main areas: Intercultural Theology and Interreligious Studies; International Peace Studies (both in Dublin); and in Conflict Resolution and Reconciliation (Belfast), as well as a part-time Postgraduate Diploma in Conflict and Dispute Resolution Studies (Dublin). Modules engage with textual, normative and religious aspects of world faiths; Muslim-Christian and Jewish-Christian comparative theology; theological and non-theological factors in religious identity; gender and human rights themes; ethics in international affairs; comparative studies in conflict and peacebuilding (e.g., Ireland, Palestine, Sri Lanka, South Africa); religions and ethics in the global sphere. In its extensive Ph.D. programme, students specialize in diverse areas of Religion and Politics; Interreligious Studies, Politics of Development, Peace and Conflict, Intercultural Theology, Globalisation and International Relations, Ecumenical Theologies and Theologies of Reconciliation. ISE engages in collaboration with other departments – most recently with Sociology and Gender and Women’s Studies– and is involved in Trinity’s interdisciplinary Research Centres such as the International Institute for Integration Studies (Social Sciences), and the Long Room Hub (Arts and Humanities) and the Post-Conflict Justice Centre (Social Sciences and Arts and Humanities).

Modules currently delivered in Belfast include: Research Skills, Conflict Analysis and Models of Intervention, Dynamics of Reconciliation, Conflict Resolution Skills, Conflict Transformation, Comparative Peace Processes, Social Research for Transformation, Reconciliation in , Community Learning and Reflective Practice in Northern Ireland, Theology of Reconciliation, Post Conflict Justice and Truth Commissions.

Modules in Dublin include: Research Methods I; Politics of Peace and Conflict; International Politics; Religions and Ethics in a Pluralist World; Conflict Resolution and Non-Violence; Human Rights in Theory and Practice; United Nations and Peacekeeping; Gender, War and Peace; Armed Conflict, Peacebuilding and Development; World Christianity and Interreligious Dialogue; Translating God(s): Intercultural Theology and Interreligious Studies; Issues in Buddhist

Christian Dialogue; Christian Seeds on Hindu Soil; Muslim God, Christian God: Islam and Muslim Christian Comparative Theologies; Authority, Judaism and Jewish Christian Relations; Ecumenics as Intercultural Theology; Nature, Grace and the Triune God; Northern Ireland: Conflict, Religion and the Politics of Peace; Engaging in Religious Fundamentalism; Religion and International Relations.

Number of Lecturers

There are nine core teaching staff; and six full or part-time administrative support staff.

Number of Researchers

All academic staff within the School are research active; there is one Senior Research Fellow; one Visiting Research Follow, one post-doctoral Fellow, the Michael Hurley Research Fellow.

Number of Students

80-100 students on average each year across all courses.

Current Externally Funded Research Projects

Slándáil Project

Dr Carlo Aldrovandi is currently involved in an EU funded project ‘Slándáil: the Impact of Social Media in Emergencies - Capability Project’ (2014-2017). This project will investigate cost- effective and ethically correct ways in which social media information can be used to enhance the performance of emergency management systems.

The Slándáil Project is a collaborative project between the Schools of Ecumenics and Computer Science & Statistics at Trinity, and involves universities in Padua, Leipzig and Ulster together with first responders and technology providers in Italy, Germany, Ireland and the UK. More information about the Slándáil Project is available here: http://slandail.eu. ISE will undertake and oversee collaborative research on key ethical and human rights aspects concerning the societal impact of using social media during natural disaster emergencies.

Translating God(s): Comparative Theology in Europe

This four-year research project (2010-2014), financed by a Marie Curie Grant of the FP7 European Research Framework of the European Research Council, studies recent developments and scholarship in Anglo-American comparative theology and explores its transatlantic transfer and reception in Europe, not only stimulating its own fields of intercultural theology, theology of religion, and interreligious studies, but also advancing distinct European comparative theological scholarship.

Religions, Theology and Cultural Engagement and Visioning for the 21st Century funded by the Irish Research Council.

Trinity College Dublin Founded in 1592, Trinity is at the nexus of tradition and innovation, offering undergraduate and postgraduate programmes across 24 schools and three faculties: arts, humanities, and social sciences; engineering, maths and science; and health sciences. Spread across 47 acres in Dublin’s city centre, Trinity’s 17,000-strong student body comes from all 32 counties of Ireland, and 16% of students come from outside the country. Of those, 40% are from outside the European Union, making Trinity’s campus cosmopolitan and bustling, with a focus on diversity.

As Ireland’s leading university, the pursuit of academic excellence through research and scholarship is at the heart of the Trinity education. Trinity is known for intellectual rigour, excellence, interdisciplinarity, and research-led teaching. Home to Nobel prize-winners such as scientist Ernest Walton and writer Samuel Beckett, Trinity draws visitors from across the world to its historic campus each year, including to the Book of Kells and Science Gallery which capture the university’s connection to both old and new.

Trinity accounts for one-fifth of all spin-out companies from Irish higher education institutions, helping to turn Ireland into an innovation-intensive, high-productivity economy. That culture of innovation and entrepreneurship is a defining characteristic of our campus as we help shape the next generation of job creators.

Trinity has developed significant strength in a broad range of research areas, including the 19 broadly based multi-disciplinary thematic research areas.

Ireland’s first purpose-built nanoscience research institute, CRANN, houses 150 scientists, technicians and graduate students in specialised laboratory facilities. Meanwhile, the state-of- the-art Biomedical Sciences Institute is carrying out breakthrough research in areas such has immunology, cancer and medical devices.

The Old Library, which houses the Long Room, in Trinity is the largest research library in Ireland, with a collection of six million printed items, 500,000 maps, 80,000 electronic journals, and 350,000 electronic books. Some of the world’s most famous scholars are graduates of Trinity, including writer Jonathan Swift, dramatist Oscar Wilde, philosopher George Berkeley, and political philosopher, and political theorist Edmund Burke. Three Trinity graduates have become Presidents of Ireland - Douglas Hyde, Mary Robinson and Mary McAleese.

Trinity is the highest ranked university in Ireland, and among the world’s leading higher education institutions.

The Selection Process in Trinity

. The Selection Committee (Interview Panel) will include members of the Academic community together with an External Assessor who is an expert in the area.

. Applications will be acknowledged by email. If you do not have confirmation of receipt within 1 day of submitting your application online, please get in touch with us immediately and prior to the closing date/time.

. Given the degree of co-ordination and planning to have a Selection Committee available on the specified date, the College regrets that it may not be in a position to offer alternate selection dates. Where candidates are unavailable, reserves may be drawn from a shortlist.

. Outcomes of interviews are notified in writing to candidates and are issued no later than 5 working days following the selection day.

. In some instances the Selection Committee may avail of telephone or video conferencing.

. The College’s selection methods may consist of any or all of the following: . Interviews . Presentations . Psychometric Testing . References

. It is the policy of the College to conduct pre-employment medical screening/full pre- employment medicals.

. Information supplied by candidates in their application (Cover Letter and CV) will be used to shortlist for interview.

Equal Opportunities Policy Trinity College Dublin is an equal opportunities employer and is committed to the employment policies, procedures and practices which do not discriminate on grounds such as gender, civil status, family status, age, disability, race, religious belief, sexual orientation or membership of the travelling community.

Pension Entitlements This is a pensionable position and the provisions of the Public Service Superannuation (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 2004 will apply in relation to retirement age for pension purposes. Details of the relevant Pension Scheme will be provided to the successful applicant.

Applicants should note that they will be required to complete a Pre-Employment Declaration to confirm whether or not they have previously availed of an Irish Public Service Scheme of incentivised early retirement or enhanced redundancy payment. Applicants will also be required to declare any entitlements to a Public Service pension benefit (in payment or preserved) from any other Irish Public Service employment.

Applicants formerly employed by the Irish Public Service that may previously have availed of an Irish Public Service Scheme of Incentivised early retirement or enhanced redundancy payment should ensure that they are not precluded from re-engagement in the Irish Public Service under the terms of such Schemes. Such queries should be directed to an applicant’s former Irish Public Service Employer in the first instance.

Application Procedure

Candidates should submit a cover letter together with a full curriculum vitae to include the names and contact details of 3 referees (email addresses if possible), your list of publications and a research plan (summarising research to be carried out in the next two years and including details for funding to be sought - 2 pages), and a teaching statement (summarising teaching experience and approach - 2 pages) by e-Recruitment:

APPLICATIONS WILL ONLY BE ACCEPTED BY E-RECRUITMENT

If you have any query regarding this, please contact:

Claire Levingstone, Recruitment Officer, Human Resources, House No. 4, Trinity College Dublin Tel: +353 1 896 4832 Email:[email protected]