Widening Participation Data Analyst

Department: Access Office

Vacancy ID: 044663

Closing Date: 08-Nov-2026

The Role Maynooth University is committed to a strategy in which the primary University goals of excellent research and scholarship and outstanding education are interlinked and equally valued. Our greatest impact on society is through inspiring and educating creative, inquisitive and critically engaged minds. We have a reputation for authentic, strengths-based access initiatives, supporting participation, engagement, and progression for all students.

We recognise that individual student needs vary greatly and that in addition to our universal student supports, dedicated support for complex additional needs is hugely beneficial in ensuring student success. Our Maynooth Access Programme (MAP) Student Advisory service is a key part of how we support the access, retention, and success of students from groups identified in the National Access Plan 2022 -2028 (NAP) as having low participation in higher education. These groups include students from socio-economically disadvantaged backgrounds, mature students, further education award holders, lone parents, refugees and protection applicants, care-experienced students, students with disabilities, and members of the Traveller and Roma communities.

We are seeking a Widening Participation Data Analyst who will have responsibility for supporting the identification, gathering, analysis and presentation of relevant widening participation student data/statistical reports related to National Access Plan target groups (outreach, access, progression, retention) to support university strategy, benchmarking, process monitoring, decision making and evidence-informed policy and practice. The post will play a key role in strengthening institutional capacity for monitoring, impact measurement and reporting, working across the Access Office, Institutional Research and Data Office, and Access/EDI structures.

Reporting to the MAP Strategic Development Manager within the Maynooth Access Programme (MAP) the Widening Participation Data Analyst will be based in the Maynooth Access Office as part of a multidisciplinary team that includes outreach and student support professionals, clinical and technical specialists, and administrative staff.

Salary Administrative Officer II (2026): €47,387 - €67,129 (9 points)

Appointments will be made in accordance with public sector pay provisions.

Closing Date 23:30hrs (local Irish time) on Sunday, 8 November 2026 .

Please note all applications must be made via our Online Recruitment Portal at the following link:

https://www.maynoothuniversity.ie/human-resources/vacancies

Applications must be submitted by the closing date and time specified above. Any applications which are still in progress at the closing time on the specified closing date will be cancelled automatically by the system.

Late applications will not be accepted.

Maynooth University is an equal opportunities employer