Lecturer Public Health in the Division of Dietetics, Nutrition, Biological Sciences, Physiotherapy, Podiatry and Radiography

This is a unique opportunity to join the public health team in the School of Health Sciences at Queen Margaret University, Edinburgh, providing a high quality and transformative educational experience to students. You will have a key role in the team developing and delivering the first undergraduate degree in Public Health in Scotland. With a focus on a competency informed curriculum and accredited by the International Union for Health Promotion and Education (IUHPE), this degree will open opportunities for graduates in health promotion and in health policy, in government, in community health organisations, and in health-focused charities.

We are building a portfolio of partnerships to support student work-based placements in all years of the programme and currently have offers from partners such as Active Schools, Local Leisure services and NHS providers, including Public Health Scotland. An understanding of working as a public health practitioner or the ability to demonstrate knowledge of contemporary public health practice is essential. We are also looking for expertise in one or more of these areas: Data analysis, Big Data, Epidemiology, Public health management, Service improvement.  You will also have the opportunity to contribute to our online Masters programmes and work with our Institute for Global Health and Development (IGHD) team.

The school, with its breadth of professional programmes, delivers Nutrition, Dietetics, Public Health as well as Therapeutic and Diagnostic Radiography, Physiotherapy, Podiatry, Occupational Therapy, Art Therapies, Speech and Hearing Science, Nursing and Paramedic Science. As such it is in a unique position to offer you opportunities for multi-professional and interdisciplinary learning and teaching and research.

To apply for this role, you must have a postgraduate degree relevant to the area of Public Health and a broad understanding of the discipline of Public Health practice in addition to the areas of expertise noted above. Please review the essential and desirable criteria on the job description.

To arrange an informal discussion, please contact Professor Jackie Waterfield, Head of Division; email jwaterfield@qmu.ac.uk  

Should you wish to apply for this vacancy please visit Vacancy Page and download the job description and complete an application form.

If you have any queries regarding the application process or require any special assistance, please contact Human Resources by email recruitment@qmu.ac.uk 

Completed application forms should be returned by Tuesday 20^th June and interviews will be held online on the 10^thJuly 2023

This role does meet the minimum requirements set by UKVI to enable sponsorship of migrant workers.

As a university, we are committed to the Researcher Development Concordat and were, in fact, the first Scottish Higher Education Institute (and part of the first UK cohort of institutes) to publicly declare our commitment to its principles.

Queen Margaret University is committed to equality of opportunity for all by providing a supportive, flexible and inclusive working environment, and we welcome applicants from diverse backgrounds. Please have a look at our Diversity, Wellbeing and Inclusion Calendar.

We are proud to hold an Athena SWAN Bronze Award which recognises the advancement of gender equality at QMU. Find out more about Athena SWAN here.  We have a number of family friendly policies and are happy to consider job share applications.

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