Associate Lecturer in Public Health

Do you have a passion for Public Health? Join us as an Associate Lecturer delivering public health classes to our undergraduate bioscience students at Birkbeck, University of London.

The School of Natural Sciences is looking to recruit a part-time, fixed-term Associate Lecturer to teach on the following module:

• Public Health, level 6
• 27 hours of teaching
• Thursdays, 6-9pm in Spring term

Your role will be to deliver teaching to Birkbeck students, in order to enable them to complete their studies successfully, and to undertake all related course administrative duties as required.

Your main responsibility will be teaching as well as preparation of teaching materials, organization, communication with students, student support and assessment marking. You will have knowledge and experience of public health and be qualified to the corresponding level of the award as required to teach (or demonstrate equivalent professional/industry level experience).

You will contribute to teaching on our BSc Bioscience and Health, and BSc Biomedicine programmes, giving an introduction to public health to students who have chosen this module. You will have a strong commitment to undergraduate teaching within the biological and health sciences and to providing support to students that fosters academic growth.

Please refer to the person specification (available on the university's website, accessed by the 'Apply' button) for further selection criteria.

If you have knowledge in these areas, and you are an excellent and innovative teacher with a track record of student engagement, and want to contribute to an impactful educational experience - apply with us at Birkbeck today.

Remuneration:
Payment is based on an hourly rate depending on length of continuous service with the College (starting rate £69.68 per hour inclusive of pro-rata London Allowance and holiday pay) for contact hours worked. This hourly rate is based on the starting point of Grade 7 and is inclusive of a ‘Duties Related to Teaching Multiplier’ at 2.5, which covers preparation, teaching, administration, assessment marking and other examining duties in connection with the course.

Contract:
Fixed-term, January - April 2026, part-time contract. Please submit a CV and statement for consideration. Closing date: Sunday, 21 September 2025, interview date: Wednesday, 8 October 2025.

Enquiries:
If you would like to know more about the role, please contact Tracey Barrett, Programme Director BSc Biomedicine on t.barrett@bbk.ac.uk.

If you have difficulty using the recruitment portal, please contact jobs@bbk.ac.uk providing your name and the job reference number of the position. While we are happy to respond to all informal enquiries, only formal applications through the online system will be considered.

We welcome applicants from all sections of the community. The College is committed to improving the gender and cultural diversity of its workforce, holding an Athena SWAN award and operating Disability Confident & Mindful Employer schemes.

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