Lecturer / Senior Lecturer in Public Health

The role

We are seeking to appoint an enthusiastic Lecturer or Senior Lecturer in Public Health to work within the Centre for Public Health in the Bristol Medical School, Department of Population Health Sciences. This post provides an excellent opportunity for a public health researcher with outstanding potential to develop a successful career in academic public health within a thriving and supportive environment. We are open to receiving applications from those with broad expertise in Public Health but would be particularly keen to receive applications from candidates with research interests and experience in Addiction including nicotine dependence and dependence on prescribed medicines.

What will you be doing?

The successful candidate will provide teaching and assessment (plus the related administration) on health improvement aspects on the undergraduate MBChB Medicine and the MSc in Public Health. The successful candidate will produce their own research, in line with the research strategy of the Centre for Public Health. This will include grant capture and the production of papers published in high quality journals, as well as supporting collaborative research with immediate colleagues and those in the wider Faculty and beyond.

You should apply if

You should apply if you have a relevant postgraduate degree - a PhD (or professional equivalent) in Public Health or a related discipline and good knowledge and expertise in Public Health (including Addiction) and the ability to teach, assess and research this discipline.

Additional information

Contract type: Open ended with funding until 30/09/2027

Work pattern: Part time / 0.8 FTE

Shift pattern: 28 hours per week 

This advert will close at 23:59 UK time on 01/10/2024

For informal queries please contact: Professor Kyla Thomas, email: kyla.thomas@bristol.ac.uk 

Our strategy and mission

We recently launched our strategy to 2030 tying together our mission, vision and values.

The University of Bristol aims to be a place where everyone feels able to be themselves and do their best in an inclusive working environment where all colleagues can thrive and reach their full potential. We want to attract, develop, and retain individuals with different experiences, backgrounds and perspectives – particularly people of colour, LGBT+ and disabled people - because diversity of people and ideas remains integral to our excellence as a global civic institution.

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