Lecturer in Psychology (Maternity Cover)

Salary: Grade 8 - £35,326 to £40,927 per annum together with USS benefits

Contract: Fixed Term Maternity Cover until 31^st August 2023. Full-time

Location: This position will be based at the Singleton Campus

Swansea University is seeking to appoint a Lecturer in the School of Psychology, on a temporary basis, to cover a period of maternity leave. The appointment will be on a Teaching Academic Career Pathway.

The School of Psychology is developing new, innovative, and digital approaches to its teaching. Applicants with experience, skills, and/or an enthusiasm for working in a team developing this approach would be particularly welcome. Expertise in biological or cognitive areas of psychology are a focus for this post due to the nature of the cover. The applicant will be expected to cover research methods training at MSc level and biological processes at BSc Year 1 level, in addition to providing mentoring support. The post requires high quality delivery of teaching and student learning and a commitment to enhancing the overall student experience.

The School has been highly successful in recruiting students over the past several years, and has a flourishing undergraduate and postgraduate teaching programme. It also has a thriving research community with particular research strengths in many areas of psychology, including a range of applied areas of research. In REF 2021 Psychology at Swansea was rated as having 78% of our research being world-leading or international excellent (4*/3*) and scoring 100% 4* for our research environment conducive to producing research of world-leading and internationally excellent quality.

Applicants must meet all the essential criteria on the job description.

Swansea University recruits staff on Academic Career Pathways where there are three enhanced academic strands (Enhanced Research; Enhanced Teaching and Scholarship; and Enhanced Innovation and Engagement). This post is on the Enhanced Teaching pathway. For more information on Academic Career Pathways, please click here

The University is committed to supporting and promoting equality and diversity in all of its practices and activities. We aim to establish an inclusive environment and welcome diverse applications from the following protected characteristics: age, disability, gender reassignment, marriage and civil partnership, pregnancy and maternity, race (including colour, nationality, ethnic and national origin), religion or belief, sex, sexual orientation.

Please note this job is also being advertised to a pool of colleagues internally as part of our University commitment to employee redeployment. Should this post be filled from this route then you will receive an email confirming this. If you do not receive an email, please assume that your application is still in process.

To apply please click here Lecturer in Psychology (Maternity Cover) (swansea.ac.uk)

Applicants are asked to provide a completed online application providing evidence against the essential criteria in the recruitment documentation. Applicants should also attach to the application their curriculum vitae

For informal enquiries please contact Stephen Johnston, Head of School: e-mail: s.j.johnston@swansea.ac.uk

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