Post Title: Executive Director and Centre Development Manager Post Status: Full time – 60 months Department/Faculty: CONNECT/Faculty of Engineering, Mathematics, & Science Trinity College Dublin, the University of Dublin Location: Dunlop Oriel House, Trinity College Dublin, the University of Dublin Fenian St, Dublin 2, Ireland Reports to: Professor Linda Doyle, Director, CONNECT Salary: Appointment will be made on the Senior Administrative Officer 2 salary scale at a point in line with current Government pay policy Closing Date: No later than 12 Noon (GMT) on Friday, 27th March 2015
Description
The successful candidate will be expected to take up post on April 1st or as soon thereafter as possible.
Post Summary
CONNECT is Ireland’s Future Networks and Communications Research Centre. Co-funded by the Irish government through Science Foundation Ireland and by industry, its mission is to research, develop and innovate new communications solutions to address many of the challenges facing society. CONNECT is headquartered in, and led by Trinity College Dublin who are partnered with 9 other Irish academic institutions and 36 companies ranging from large ICT multi-nationals to smaller and emerging indigenous companies.
The post of Executive Director is a crucial post. This person is the second-in-command in the centre and reports directly to the Director and the CONNECT governance board. The Executive Director has all operational responsibilities including personnel, financial management, operations, intellectual property, managing relationships with funding agencies, industrial partners and internally within the University. Please visit jobs.tcd.ie for full job specification and application detail
Nr of positions available : 1
Research Fields
Engineering
Career Stage
Early stage researcher or 0-4 yrs (Post graduate)
Experienced researcher or 4-10 yrs (Post-Doc)
More Experienced researcher or >10 yrs (Senior)
Research Profiles
Not defined
Requirements
| Engineering |
| Computer engineering |
| ENGLISH |
| Excellent |
| Engineering |
| The candidate must have a PhD in a field relevant to CONNECT and have a substantial grounding in scientific research and management. |
| 4 |