Graduate Teaching Fellow (Psychology)

FTE: 0.5fte (working 18.5 hours per week)

Duration of Contract: Fixed Term - 2 years

Salary: UH6 £32,546 pa with potential to progress to £38,249 by annual increments

Annual Leave: 35 days pro rata plus standard public holidays and an additional 4 days including the closure of our office between Christmas and New Year

Location: College Lane Campus, Hatfield 

Are you eager to develop your career in higher education?

Would you like to enhance your teaching skills?

Do you have a passion for psychology?

Do you enjoy supporting others to learn? 

We pride ourselves in providing students with excellent teaching and support that allows them to explore the diverse career options offered by psychology. The team here have a range of expertise as academics and practitioners. We would like to build our team with individuals keen to advance teaching and learning for themselves and others. We are particularly keen to build expertise around qualitative, social psychology and/or health psychology. This part-time teaching role comes with support for achieving HEA fellowship. 

Main duties and responsibilities

The role involves supporting the teaching and assessment activities within the subject group. You will work alongside lecturers in the design and delivery of engaging teaching and assessment. You will work with undergraduate and postgraduate students, supporting their learning and pastoral care.

Skills and experience required

You will have excellent interpersonal skills and ability to communicate effectively in a variety of formats to different audiences. You will be able to demonstrate initiative and have the ability to learn new skills. You will have good IT skills and have the ability to deal with conflicting priorities.

Qualifications required

You will be educated with a minimum of an undergraduate degree or equivalent in Psychology or a related discipline or equivalent experience. Ideally you should hold a postgraduate degree.

Please view the job description and person specification for a full list of the duties and essential criteria. Please complete the application questions detailing how you meet each of the essential and desirable criteria. For guidance, please see attached ‘Tips for Application Questions Section’.

We regret that we are unable to offer UKVI sponsorship for this post; applicants will either hold UK Right to Work, or demonstrate access to UK Right to Work, before an offer is made.

Contact Details/Informal Enquiries: Dr Colleen Addicott, c.addicott@herts.ac.uk Psychology Subject Group Lead

Closing Date: 12 August 2025

Interview Date: To be confirmed 

Our vision is to transform lives: UH is committed to Equality, Diversity and Inclusion and building a diverse community. We welcome applications from suitably qualified and eligible candidates regardless of their protected characteristics, and recognise there are different ways applicants may achieve the criteria in this document. We offer a range of employee benefits including generous annual leave, flexible location opportunities within the UK, discounted Sports Village memberships and free Active Staff sessions, personal and professional development and family-friendly policies. #GoHerts

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