Senior Lecturer in Psychology

The Psychology Department at The University of Sheffield has an exciting opportunity for an academic with a distinguished track record to join us as a Senior Lecturer. We are seeking applications from ambitious, highly motivated and collegiate individuals who will play an active role in further enhancing the Department’s international reputation for world-leading research and excellent teaching. Academic leadership at all levels is critical to the delivery of the University of Sheffield vision to deliver life-enhancing research, innovation and education that not only transforms the lives of our graduates, but shapes the world we live in. The successful candidate will display the appropriate level of skill and experience, relative to their career stage, to make a full and rounded contribution to this vision.

We are particularly interested in hearing from applicants whose research skills and experience will enhance our existing strengths in the areas of health psychology and behavioural science, human development and cognition, neuroscience, computational modelling, and clinical psychology. We value academic citizenship and expect staff at all levels of seniority to promote principles of equality, diversity and inclusivity and to be team players who make a productive and collegial contribution to departmental life and governance in line with Departmental, Faculty and University strategy.

The Psychology Department at the University of Sheffield is among the largest in the UK and has been consistently ranked as one of the outstanding research departments in all seven UK Research Assessment Exercises to date. Over 90% of our department’s research was classed as internationally excellent or world leading in the 2021 Research Excellence Framework.

We are committed to exploring flexible working opportunities which benefit the individual and University.

We’re one of the best not-for-profit organisations to work for in the UK. The University’s Total Reward Package includes a competitive salary, a generous Pension Scheme and annual leave entitlement, as well as access to a range of learning and development courses to support your personal and professional development.

We build teams of people from different heritages and lifestyles from across the world, whose talent and contributions complement each other to greatest effect. We believe diversity in all its forms delivers greater impact through research, teaching and student experience.

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