Senior Lecturer/ Lecturer A or B in Psychology

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Permanent, full time
Expected start date: 1 September 2013

Salary range:  Lecturer A starting at £33,230 and rising to £36,298 per annum. Lecturer B starting at £37,382 and rising to £44,607 per annum. Senior Lecturer starting at £45,941 and rising to £53,233 per annum  

The School of Psychology at the University of Sussex is seeking to appoint a Senior Lecturer/ Lecturer in the area of developmental psychopathology with expertise in the field of behavioural genetics. This post holder will work with Professor Gordon Harold who was recently appointed as Professor of Psychology and Founding Director of the Andrew and Virginia Rudd Centre for Adoption Research and Practice at the University. The post holder will support this major strategic initiative at the University of Sussex and will complement existing expertise within the School of Psychology.

The successful applicant will have an excellent track record of research in the area of developmental psychopathology, experience of working with genetically sensitive research designs and a portfolio of research activity that will facilitate the potential for international research distinction and offer competitive opportunity to secure external research funding. The Lecturer will also demonstrate the skills required to offer teaching at undergraduate and postgraduate level and be prepared to work in a multi-disciplinary research environment.

The University of Sussex is a leading teaching and research institution and is ranked 12th in the UK, 31st in Europe and 99th in the world by the 2012 Times Higher Education magazine's World University Rankings.

The School of Psychology at the University of Sussex is one of the largest centres for the study of psychology in the UK with considerable strengths in both research and teaching. The School was rated 12th in the 2008 Research Assessment Exercise and receives excellent student ratings for its undergraduate and postgraduate teaching. The School offers a highly rated undergraduate degree accredited by the British Psychological Society, a suite of PGT courses and has a substantial group of postgraduate research students, supported in part by an ESRC Doctoral Training Centre.

There are four research groups: Behavioural and Clinical Neuroscience, Cognitive Psychology, Developmental and Clinical Psychology, and Social and Applied Psychology, and a thriving group of postgraduate research students within the school. We also have strong collaborative links with the Schools of Life Sciences, Engineering and Informatics, and with the Brighton and Sussex Medical School, especially through the Clinical Imaging Science Centre

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Closing date for applications: 13 May 2013
Interviews: 29 May 2013