Lecturer or Senior Lecturer in Health Psychology

Salary: Lecturer: £37,474 - £40,931 per annum

             Senior Lecturer: £42,155 - £51,805 per annum

Post number: ZZ007854

Closing date: 26 February 2023

Interview date: 24 March 2023

The Department of Psychology offers a vibrant academic community with an excellent teaching environment and opportunities for professional development of staff. We are a collegiate Department committed to equality/diversity/reducing ‘awarding gaps’ in HE. We provide an exceptional educational experience for our students stemming from a research-informed teaching ethos, highly effective and supportive personal-tutoring across UG/PGT courses and work-placement opportunities for UG students. We consistently achieve excellent progression rates/low withdrawal rates across our courses.

Our Department comprises of four research centres/groups; the Quality of Life, Health and Well-Being Research Group, the Centre for Interaction, Development and Diversity, the Centre for Comparative and Evolutionary Psychology, the International Centre for Research in Forensic Psychology. Facilities include EEG, eye tracking/psychophysiology labs, virtual reality/motion detection labs, interviewing suites and a baby/infant lab. More details of our research groupings can be found here. We are committed to the values of open/reproducible science and are working to support transparent research practices.

Applications are invited for a permanent, full-time Lecturer/Senior Lecturer in Health Psychology. Preference will be for candidates who are HCPC-registered Health Psychologists (or working towards HCPC registration). We are seeking a motivated/collegial individual, to join a dedicated and expanding team to deliver high-quality teaching/supervision on our BSc Psychology and MSc Health Psychology degrees and should be engaged in high-quality research in Health Psychology. The successful applicant will contribute to administrative tasks within the Department.

Although the post is available as either a Lecturer or Senior Lecturer in Health Psychology, only one appointment will be made. Please note each post has a different person specification/job description. You should also indicate in the ‘reasons for applying section’ whether you wish to be considered for the Lecturer or Senior Lecturer position.

A full list of key responsibilities and skills can be found in the job descriptions.

We would like to appoint colleagues to be in post as soon as possible.

For an informal discussion of the above post, including the possibility of a fractional contract, please contact lucy.akehurst@port.ac.uk, Head of Department.

The University of Portsmouth believes this role may be eligible for sponsorship with UKVI under the Skilled Worker Route visa. Please familiarise yourself with the requirements set out before applying for this role. If you are unable to meet the requirements for sponsorship you will need to confirm details of an alternative visa to work in the UK when applying for this role.

We are strongly dedicated to embedding equality, diversity and inclusion (EDI) within our community. As an Athena SWAN and Race Equality Charter award holder, a member of Stonewall and a Disability Confident Employer we are passionate about creating a welcoming and inclusive environment, regardless of your background. We welcome applications from all talented people. In addition, we want our workforce to be representative of our diverse student population. Please see our EDI Framework and objectives.

Information about us and our benefits.

For detailed information about the vacancy: ZZ007854 - Lecturer or Senior Lecturer in Health Psychology.docx

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