Skip to main content
  1. Home
  2. Research and Innovation
  3. UCC Futures
  4. Future Medicines
  5. Lecturer in Pharmaceutics

Lecturer in Pharmaceutics

Overview

3 x Permanent Whole Time Posts

Applications are invited for three permanent Lecturer in Pharmaceutics posts in the School of Pharmacy UCC.  The successful appointees will initially be supporting the delivery of the industry-focused post graduate programmes in the School, such as the MSc Industrial Pharmaceutical Sciences, Operations & Management and MSc in Pharmaceutical Regulatory Sciences.  The successful appointee will also be expected to contribute to other postgraduate and undergraduate programmes as directed by the Head of School.

In accordance with the University’s strategic objective as a research-led institution, the duties of all academic staff will include research, research-led teaching and contributions to the University, the discipline and the community. The appointee will have demonstrated potential to work within a team and will be tasked with the delivery and advancement of this industry-focused post graduate programme. The appointee will be responsible for teaching the core principles of Industrial Pharmaceutical Science, including areas such as Industrial Pharmaceutical Development, Bio/Pharmaceutical Technology, Bio/Pharmaceutical Processing, Pharmaceutical Manufacturing Sciences and Regulatory Science. This role involves lecturing students enrolled in the MSc Industrial Pharmaceutical Sciences, Operations & Management and MSc in Pharmaceutical Regulatory Sciences, as well as to to other postgraduate and undergraduate programmes at UCC. The appointee will be expected to teach and examine, undertake administrative duties appropriate to the post and will report to the Head of School of Pharmacy. The appointee will hold an academic qualification to PhD/Doctorate level in Pharmaceutics, Industrial Pharmaceutical Sciences or another relevant discipline.

The School of Pharmacy UCC has established a reputation for world-class impactful research and is ranked 101st globally, by the QS World Rankings in the subject of Pharmacy and Pharmacology.  With staff that are ranked among the leading researchers globally in Pharmacy related research, together with state-of-the-art research facilities, UCC provides an excellent environment for ambitious academics to engage in collaborative, interdisciplinary and high-impact research. This Lectureship post is also aligned to the ‘UCC Futures’ and specifically ‘Future Medicines’ – a research cluster that brings together a team of basic, applied and clinical researchers, working across disciplines to translate next generation medical solutions to diagnosis and treatment of disease. Applications are particularly welcome from candidates with impactful, internationally recognised research expertise in drug formulation/drug delivery/nanomedicines in disease areas of high unmet clinical need.

Please note that Garda vetting and/or an international police clearance check may form part of the selection process.

For an information package including full details of the post, selection criteria and application process see https://ore.ucc.ie/. The University, at its discretion, may undertake to make an additional appointment(s) from this competition following the conclusion of the process.
 
Informal enquiries can be made in confidence to Head of the Head of School, Professor Brendan Griffin, Email: Brendan.Griffin@ucc.ie

This position is being filled as part of UCC Futures - Future Medicines.

What is UCC Futures – Future Medicines 

UCC Futures - Future Medicines combines a multidisciplinary team of renowned world leading scientists, engineers and clinician investigators at University College Cork and affiliated hospitals to deliver high-impact, transformational, next generation medicines and medical technologies. 

It leverages the expertise and infrastructure across multiple Schools in UCC’s College of Medicine & Health, in addition to UCC Research Centres and Institutes including APC Microbiome Ireland and our flagship Tyndall National Institute. This unique translational environment will become a magnet for small & medium enterprise and  multi-national corporation investment in the region particularly across the biopharma, healthcare and medtech sectors. 

UCC Futures - Future Medicines is creating step-change advancements in earlier detection, faster prognosis and targeted treatments to reduce the global health burden and improve quality-of-life for patients with chronic conditions, such as cancer, cardiovascular, gastrointestinal, neurological, and inflammatory diseases.

Duties and Responsibilities

UCC is a research-intensive, student-centric and future-focused university. In accordance with the University’s strategic objective as a research led institution, the duties of all academic staff will include research, research-led teaching and contributions to the university, the discipline and the community.

The successful candidate of this position will have demonstrated potential for contributing to the teaching, research, and scholarly activity in industrial pharmaceutical science and carry out other duties appropriate to the post under the general direction of the Head of the School of Pharmacy. The successful candidate will be primarily involved in lecturing on MSc IPSOM and MSc PRS, and may also be expected to lecture on other degree programmes in the School of Pharmacy.

The successful appointee will hold an academic qualification to PhD/Doctorate level in Pharmaceutics, Industrial Pharmaceutical Sciences or another relevant discipline. The successful candidate will also possess the ambition and capability to undertake and publish high-quality, impactful, and internationally competitive research in the pharmaceutics and pharmaceutical science.

The roles and responsibilities outlined below are to be interpreted in the context of the relevant Statutes and where there is any difference arising from interpretation, that statutory provisions take precedent. For the sake of clarity, the relevant elements of the statutes not already incorporated in the numbered sections are appended in italics under each subheading.

Teaching and Examining | Research | Contributions

Teaching and Examining

  • Contribute to and assist in the delivery of research-led teaching, assessment and examining on MSc in IPSOM and PRS and, where appropriate, other degree programmes in the School of Pharmacy UCC and/or abroad with our international partners;
  • Supervise research projects for undergraduate and postgraduate programmes both in UCC and abroad with our international partners;
  • Undertake the development and regular evaluation of modules with reference to content, delivery and assessment;
  • Participate in the development of new curricular initiatives;
  • Demonstrate excellence in teaching and learning and apply innovative teaching and learning methodologies within the School of Pharmacy, and within other academic units in the University, as appropriate;
  • Contribute to the development of online teaching in UCC and promote the integration of online and campus-based teaching programmes;
  • Contribute towards the maintenance of academic standards within his/her discipline
  • to give the students attending his/her ordinary lectures assistance in their studies, by advice, by informal instruction, by occasional and periodic examination, and otherwise, as s/he may judge to be expedient; also, to make such arrangements as s/he sees fit to make to meet students who have individual queries;
  • to give instruction to his/her students and assist them in the pursuit of knowledge
  • to hold, or assist at, all University examinations in the subjects with which s/he is an examiner;

 

Research

  • To undertake research that contributes to the field of Pharmaceutics, Drug formulation and delivery, and pharmaceutical manufacturing sciences;
  • Engage in productive research and scholarship and contribute to the advancement of knowledge, participate in research activities, and publish the research in appropriate peer-reviewed publications;
  • Supervise undergraduate and postgraduate research students (particularly PhD students) both in UCC and internationally where appropriate;
  • Undertake initiatives in generating research income as appropriate to the discipline;
  • Actively nurture research collaborations within UCC, with other research institutions and with the pharmaceutical industry;
  • Engage in other scholarly activities relevant to the research discipline.

 

Contributions

  • Participate in the administrative activities of the department/school, including posts of responsibilities, committees and the academic life of the College and University;
  • Participate as a member of such committees as may be required by the University;
  • Develop links with professional bodies and external agencies, where appropriate;
  • Promote the discipline both inside and outside the University and contribute to the overall intellectual life of the University and society;
  • Carry out other out administrative and other appropriate duties appropriate to the post, as may be assigned by the head of Discipline/School
  • to carry out administrative and other appropriate duties lawfully allocated to them within their department or other academic unit;
  • if a member of the Academic Council, to attend its meetings;
  • to serve upon all the committees to which s/he may be appointed by the Governing Body or the Academic Council, and to assist and co-operate with the Governing Body in such other reasonable ways as the Governing Body may prescribe, for the maintenance of discipline and good conduct among the students, or for the general business of the University;

The above listing is not exclusive or exhaustive and the post holder may be required to undertake duties as can reasonably be expected. All staff are required to be flexible, co-operative and professional within the needs of the post and the Discipline/Department/School, College and University. The University is undertaking a major reform of its internal structures which may necessitate possible future changes in the organisation of its activities.

Selection Criteria

The successful candidate will be expected to have the following criteria:

Qualifications | Teaching and Examining | Research | Contributions | Other

Qualifications

Essential Criteria

  1. A doctorate degree in a relevant discipline such as Pharmaceutics, Industrial Pharmaceutical Sciences or another relevant discipline (e.g. Pharmaceutical nanotechnology, drug delivery).

Desirable Criteria

  1. A primary degree in Pharmacy;
  2. Registration (or be eligible to register) with the Pharmaceutical Society of Ireland;
  3. Qualification in teaching and learning.

 

Teaching and Examining

Essential Criteria

  1. Relevant teaching experience OR evidence of teaching potential, to communicate fundamental principles of Industrial Pharmaceutical Sciences (e.g. Industrial pharmaceutical development, Bio/Pharmaceutical technology, Bio/Pharmaceutical processing, Pharma analytics, Regulatory science) to student on the IPSOM and/or PRS postgraduate programmes;
  2. Evidence of a commitment to excellence in research led teaching;
  3. Evidence of an understanding of and willingness to use modern teaching technologies and potential for innovative teaching and curriculum development;
  4. Evidence of an ability to teach, inspire and supervise students, communicate ideas and concepts in a teaching and learning environment.

Desirable Criteria

  1. An ability to contribute across a range of undergraduate and postgraduate teaching programmes both in and outside the area of research specialisation.

 

Research

Essential Criteria

  1. Demonstrated evidence of high-impact research achievements as indicated by publications output in high quality journals, ideally as first/senior author, and other research outputs appropriate to the particular stage of the candidate’s academic career;
  2. Experience of, or potential for developing, a research programme in a relevant thematic area in UCC Future Medicines;
  3. Evidence of collaboration with external partners on research projects, ideally inter-sectoral (i.e. with industry), inter-disciplinary (e.g. with Research Institutes) and/or with international partners as appropriate to the discipline;
  4. Evidence of, or potential for, attracting independent research grant funding from European Research Council or other funding agencies funding as appropriate to the particular stage of the candidate’s academic career.

Desirable Criteria

  1. Experience of or potential for research supervision (including PhD students);
  2. Evidence of other relevant scholarly activity;
  3. Evidence of, or potential for establishing of research collaboration with the Pharma, Biopharma or medtech industry.

 

Contributions

Desirable Criteria

  1. Administrative experience or evidence of ability to contribute to academic administration;
  2. Experience in or potential to participate in relevant academic and professional associations/bodies as appropriate;
  3. Experience in or potential to the development and delivery of teaching materials to an international audience;
  4. The potential to participate in and contribute to the overall intellectual life of the University, the academic discipline and society at large.

 

Other

Essential Criteria

  1. Relevant experience of working in, or with, companies in the pharma, biopharma or medtech sectors;
  2. Good communication and interpersonal skills;
  3. Evidence of ability to work on own initiative as well as part of a team;
  4. Ability and willingness to work in a collaborative environment;
  5. An understanding of, and empathy with, the concerns of students;
  6. A commitment to the long-term development of the discipline, and potential to engage with industry in the development of projects of common interest.

Candidates are requested to make a personal assessment of these criteria against their own qualifications, skills and abilities to assess whether they should apply for the post.

Please note: Candidates who do not demonstrate that they meet the criteria as detailed above will not be short listed.

The University, at its discretion, may undertake to make an additional appointment(s) from this competition following the conclusion of the process.

Salary Information

Appointment may be made on the Lecturer Salary Scale:
  • Below the Bar: €41,685 - €71,735 (Scale B)/ €43,732 - €68,260 (Scale A)
  • Above the Bar: €78,401 - €101,534 (Scale B) / €74,592 - €96,455 (Scale A).
Salary placement on appointment will be in accordance with public sector pay policy.

Applications for this post

How to apply

Applications for this post are received through UCC's online application portal. You'll be required to set up a profile (if you don't already have one). 

You can find the posts associated with UCC Futures - Future Medicines by selecting 'Academic UCC Futures' in the search by vacancy type field.

Queries relating to the online application process should be referred to uccfuturesrecruitment@ucc.ie, quoting the job title.

What to include in your application

Applications should consist of your academic CV and a cover letter demonstrating your academic and research achievements. We would also like to hear about your research ambitions and how your academic and research profile aligns with the UCC Futures - Future Medicines initiative.

Details of the following should also be included, as appropriate:

  • Publications,
  • Research Interests,
  • Grants and Funding,
  • Teaching Interests and Abilities,
  • Teaching Objectives and Methods.  

Who to contact

We encourage all applicants to contact us prior to making an application for the position. 

  • Contact: Informal enquiries can be made in confidence to Head of the Head of School, Professor Brendan Griffin, Email: Brendan.Griffin@ucc.ie

Deadline for applications

Candidates should apply, in confidence, before 12pm (Irish Standard Time) on Tuesday, 19 August 2025. No late applications will be accepted.

Equality statement

University College Cork is committed to being a fully inclusive global university which actively recruits, supports and retains colleagues from all sectors of society. Equality, Diversity and Inclusion (EDI) are core values under our UCC Strategic Plan 2023-2028. UCC holds a Bronze Athena SWAN award in recognition of our commitment to advancing equality in higher education. We value diversity as well as celebrate, support and thrive on the contributions of all our employees and the communities they represent. We are proud to be an equal opportunities employer and encourage applications from everybody, regardless of age, care-giving status, disability, ethnicity, gender and/or gender identity or expression status, nationality, marital status/civil partnership, pregnancy and maternity, race, religion/creed, and/or sexual orientation. We are committed to supporting all staff through flexible working schemes, family-friendly policies, training and development, and staff networks. We value the enrichment that comes from a diverse community and seek to promote equality, prevent discrimination and protect the human rights of each individual in line with equality legislation. We encourage applicants to consult our Dignity and Respect Policy and learn more about our EDI related initiatives.

UCC Futures - Future Medicines

Choose areas of the website to search
Top