Job Title : Technical Officer (Part-time 0.8 FTE)Pay Scale : Technical Officer Merged Closing Date : 05-Feb-2025 12:00Contact Email : About Trinity:Trinity is Ireland's leading university and is ranked 87th in the world (QS World University Rankings 2025).
Founded in 1592, the University is steeped in history with a reputation for excellence in education, research, and innovation, which has been inspiring generations of thinkers for over 400 years.
Trinity College Dublin- an introduction Post Summary* The purpose of the post is to provide a complete range of IT support in both the MacOS and Windows environment, including the installation, maintenance and upgrades and user support for various software packages used in both teaching and research activities.
Hardware expertise will also be a requirement and the work will involve significant interaction with both academic staff and students.
The successful candidate will join a team of technical staff and will report locally to the Chief Technical Officer and ultimately to the Head of School.
The role of the Technical Officer will work with all professional and academic staff across the school.
The School of Psychology currently has 40 academic staff and 15 staff across the professional and technical teams.
Most of the growth in the last two decades can be accounted for by three factors: the establishment of a suite of nine self-financing postgraduate courses, the set-up of the Global Brain Health Institute (GBHI), and the establishment of three Chairs based on external funding (benefactions and research grants).
The School is now associated with four research groupings in addition to TCIN and GBHI: the Trinity Research in Childhood Centre (TRiCC), the Centre for Innovative Human Systems CIHS), the Trinity Centre for Global Health (TCGH), and the Centre for Psychological Health (CPH).
The School offers one four-year undergraduate programme: a Single Honor course (quota: approx.
40 Irish students and 5 international students).
We have always attracted and continue to attract large numbers of high-quality applicants.
Our undergraduate programme is amongst the most in-demand programmes offered by the College and is within the top 10 programmes in terms of the admissions' points' requirements (Trinity College Dublin Minimum Entry Levels 2023).
Our postgraduate provision includes Professional Doctorates in Clinical and Counselling Psychology, Research Doctorates and a range of taught postgraduate Masters and Diploma programmes including a conversion course.
We currently have over 500 students in our vibrant student community.
Post status: 2 Year, Fixed-Term Contract Hours of Post: 0.8 FTE, 29.2 hours per week (Full time hours 36.5 hours per week) Salary: Appointment will be made on the Technical Officer Pay Scale Salary Scale] at a point in line with Government Pay Policy [€38,845 to €59,162 per annum pro-rata 0.8 FTE] New Entrants to the Public Sector will be appointed on Point 1 of the Scale, €38,845 per annum Qualifications for New Staff (from 1 January 2007) Entry to the profession will require relevant Honours degree.
National Certificate on Entry- Qualifications for Existing Staff (before 1 January 2007) The preferred candidate if an MSc holder on entry, with a minimum of 3 years' experience (that must be relevant), may be appointed at Senior Technical Officer level.