Reporting to: 

Dean of School of Business and Humanities

Key Relationships: 

• All Academic Colleagues in the School of Psychology and Early Education
• Academic Council
• Vice Dean Business
• Registrar
• Director of Quality and Institutional Effectiveness
  
• Director of Student Services
• The student body
• Director of Marketing and International Development
• Vice President Academic Affairs & Research

Key Responsibilities:

Academic Oversight and Planning:

• Assume management responsibilities, as agreed with the Dean of the School, for providing effective oversight of permanent and associate faculty involved in delivering the School’s Psychology and Early Education programmes.
• Oversee and coordinate the timetabling and allocation of teaching responsibilities in collaboration with the Dean.
• Drive excellence in learning and teaching across the Psychology and Early Education subject areas of the School, fostering high-quality educational outcomes.
• Ensure the effective implementation and continuous oversight of NCI’s QA policies and procedures for Psychology and Early Education programmes, maintaining the highest standards of quality and compliance.
• Champion the student voice, actively engaging with student cohorts to enhance pedagogies, improve the student experience, and support their development.
• Oversee and manage the College’s apprenticeship programmes within the School of Psychology and Early Education, ensuring alignment with institutional objectives and standards.
• Maintain and strengthen relationships with relevant professional bodies, securing accreditation and enhancing support for the School’s Psychology and Early Education programme portfolio.
• Lead the development and revalidation of Psychology and Early Education programmes, under the direction and guidance of the Dean of the School of Business and Humanities, ensuring their relevance and rigor.
• Collaborate effectively with other internal Schools and Departments to promote interdisciplinary initiatives and enhance institutional synergy.
• Contribute strategically to new Psychology and Early Education programme planning and development, including the expansion of Erasmus and other international collaborations and partnerships.
• Participate actively in Academic Council, Academic Operations, and the Learning, Teaching, and Assessment Committee, providing valuable input to institutional governance and decision-making.
• Provide Subject Leadership, offering comprehensive academic oversight across all levels and modules within the discipline.

Key Attributes:

• A PhD qualification is essential.
  
• Evidence of subject expertise in Psychology, Early Education, or a relevant discipline.
• Evidence of success in innovation in learning, teaching, and curriculum development within Psychology and Early Education.
• Evidence of leadership and management in an academic environment.
• Clear understanding of pedagogies, assessments, quality of provision, income generation, accreditations, and research.
• Experience of in-programme internships and career progression activities.
• Ability to contribute to the development of School and College strategy.
• Evidence of programme validation or revalidations desirable.
• Evidence of research output and a personal research strategy.
• Commitment to the Mission of NCI: “to change lives through education.”

Desirable Criteria:

• Previous Programme Directorship experience
• Extensive expertise and an established record of research excellence, including experience of generating external funding and successful management of research grants

Essential Criteria:

• Knowledge of the Athena Swan Charter and experience promoting gender equality, diversity, and equity

Conditions of Service

Tenure: Permanent contract of employment.

Salary: €70,400 – €101,382 (Senior Academic & Managerial)

Location: Based at Mayor Street Lower, International Financial Services Centre, Dublin 1.

Working Hours: Minimum of 35 hours per week (five-day week), with potential evening and weekend work as required.

Annual Leave: The annual leave allowance is 34 days.

National College of Ireland is committed to fostering an inclusive and diverse workplace where all individuals are valued and respected. We encourage applications from candidates of all backgrounds and provide equal opportunities for everyone, regardless of race, ethnicity, gender, disability, sexual orientation, age, religion, or any other protected grounds.

The successful applicant will be subject to Garda Vetting and must not have any convictions under the Sex Offenders Act 2001.

Application Process:

Please follow the Link to the New Recruitment NCI website to submit your application. Closing date for all applications is 5pm 24th April 2025.

Vice-Dean of Humanities, School of · National College of Ireland

Or

By sending your CV and Cover Letter directly to recruitment-cdolan@ncirl.ie 

Kindly reference Job ID: 000705 in your application

Note: The functions and responsibilities assigned to the Vice-Dean of Humanities School of Business and Humanities are based on the current stated role and objectives of the College. These functions and responsibilities may alter in line with operational and strategic plans, and priorities of NCI.

The Importance of Confidentiality

We would like to assure you that protecting confidentiality is our number one priority. You can expect that all enquires, applications and all aspects of the proceedings are treated as strictly confidential and are not disclosed to anyone, outside those directly involved in that aspect of the process.

Candidates' Obligations

In submitting a completed Curriculum Vitae and supporting documentation, candidates are declaring:

• That all the particulars furnished in their application are true and correct without omission and that they are aware of the qualifications and particulars for this position.
• That to the best of their knowledge that there is nothing in relation to their conduct, character or personal background of any nature that would adversely affect the position of trust in which they would be placed by virtue of this appointment.
• Their irrevocable consent to NCI making such enquiries as deemed necessary in respect of their suitability for the post in respect of which their application is made.
• Their acceptance and confirmation of the entitlement of NCI, as appropriate to, reject their application, or to terminate their employment (in the event of a contract of employment having been entered into on foot of this competition) if they have omitted to furnish NCI with any information relevant to their application or their continued employment or where they have made any false statement or misrepresentation relevant to this application or their continuing employment with the College. #

Candidates should note that they may be required to submit documentary evidence in support of any particulars given by them in their application for the post.

Data Protection Acts 1988 to 2018 and the Freedom of Information Acts 1997 to 2014 as amended

Data collected for the purposes of recruitment activities

NCI conducts recruitment processes to fill vacancies within the college. When applying for these competitions applicants are asked to submit a range of documents, e.g., a completed application form, CV and/or a personal statement or cover letter. For the purposes of recruitment activities, we will not collect any personal data that we do not need to assess your candidature for a role with us.

Legal Basis for Processing

NCI ’s legal basis for the processing of this data is a combination of individual consent, contractual necessity and legal obligations.

Withdrawal of Consent

Applicants can withdraw their consent for the processing of their personal data at any time by notifying the College. It is important to note that withdrawal of consent prior to the completion of the process will be considered as a withdrawal of the application.

What we do with your data

People who are directly employed by NCI and are based in Ireland process all the personal data collected for both recruitment and HR purposes.

Shortlisting

HR draft up the shortlisting documents and provide the initial screening to determine if a person meets the essential criteria of the competition. A shortlisting panel is generally made up of two senior grade staff members from the relevant department for which the role is being recruited.

Sharing of your data

Where you have been successfully shortlisted for a post, each interview panel member will be furnished with a copy of the relevant information of those who will be attending interview in order that they can review applications in advance of the interview process. All such information will be returned to NCI and shredded following the competition process. Some of the interview panel will be external interviewers, who are not employees of NCI but are engaged for the purpose and are strictly subject to the rules and policies of the College. #

Access

Applicants can request and receive access to their data at any time and can request and receive a copy of this data, in electronic/transferable format.

Erasure

Applicants can request the data held be erased. In this case, the application for a position is considered withdrawn.

Rectification

Applicants can have any incorrect information corrected.

Objection / Withdraw

Applications can object to this information being processed and/or can request to withdraw from the application process

Complain

Applicants can make a complaint to our internal Information Governance and Data Protection Officer

NCI Information Governance and Data Protection Officer

National College of Ireland, Mayor Street, IFSC, Dublin 1

Tel (Direct): + 353 1 4498 523 ; Tel (Reception): + 353 1 4498 500

And/or make a complaint to the relevant authority

Data Protection Commission, 21 Fitzwilliam Square South, Dublin 2, D02 RD28

Tel: +353 (0) 761 104 800

National College of Ireland is an equal opportunities employer and is a Member of the Athena SWAN Charter. NCI is committed to serving our diverse community and welcomes applications from underrepresented groups.