Location: | Manchester |
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Salary: | Grade 8/9 (£37,474 to 51,805) until 31/07/23 additional 2% to be paid (£38,223 to £52,841) |
Hours: | Part Time |
Contract Type: | Fixed-Term/Contract |
Placed On: | 30th January 2023 |
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Closes: | 20th February 2023 |
Job Ref: | eArcu-5959 |
An exciting opportunity for a part-time (0.4wte) maternity leave cover for 8 months has arisen to join our speech and language team in the department of Health Professions at Manchester Metropolitan University.
Manchester Metropolitan University is one of the top modern universities for research quality: 30% of our research, across more than 740 academics, has been rated as world-leading. We are the second ranked modern university for research power and 90% of our research impact is world-leading or internationally excellent (Research Excellence Framework, 2021).
The post holder would be expected to deliver teaching on our BSc and MSc pre-registration programmes, support students' clinical development and make a contribution to our allied health research and specifically in speech and language therapy, increasing our 3* and 4* output and our international reputation in this area.
The Faculty of Health and Education is located in the purpose-built Brooks and in the Cavendish building, with first-class facilities for research and teaching in our cognate disciplines. These include the ICON Unit supporting speech & language therapy education, research and partnership working, purpose-built nutrition and dietetics laboratories, sensory labs, a clinical simulation suite and video observation facilities, and a physiotherapy and wellbeing clinic (The Manchester Movement Unit).
In addition, there are outstanding opportunities for developing clinical and research collaborations with physiotherapy, dietetics, nutrition, nursing and psychology through our Research Centre in Health, Psychology and Communities and with colleagues in Healthcare Science and Exercise and Sport Science. Our research networks are local, national and international and include clinical and research colleagues with an interest in speech, language and communication disorders.
We are looking for:
A secondment arrangement with current employers can be considered.
To apply:
Please submit your CV and covering letter via the online portal. For informal enquiries, please contact Dr Julie Wright, Head of Department at j.m.wright@mmu.ac.uk or for more specific enquiries, Julie Lachkovic, Deputy Head of Department/professional lead for Speech and Language Therapy at j.lachkovic@mmu.ac.uk
You will also receive an additional discretionary payment of 2% per annum, which is in recognition of staff contribution to the University's achievements and which will be added to your base salary each month until 31st July 2023.
Manchester Metropolitan University is committed to supporting the rights, responsibilities, dignity, health and wellbeing of staff and students through our commitment to equality, diversity and inclusion.
We promote applications from all sections of the community, irrespective of background, belief or identity, recognising the benefits that a diverse organisation can bring. We particularly encourage applications from Black and Minority Ethnic candidates, who we recognise are underrepresented in this area.
We recognise the benefits and importance of an environment that supports flexible working and are open to conversations about this throughout the application process.
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