Senior Lecturer in Biomedical Science (Cancer Biology/Genetics)

FTE: 1 FTE (working 37 hours per week)

Duration of contract: 3-year fixed-term

Salary: UH8 £46,049pa to £58,225pa by annual increments on achieving designated skills and experience

Annual Leave: 35 days 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

Our School of Health, Medicine and Life Sciences (HML) brings together excellence in health, medical and life sciences education with world-leading research, and has an excellent track record of collaborating with a wide range of industry partners across all our disciplines to produce highly skilled graduates with real work experience.

Main duties and responsibilities

The successful candidate for this post will work within the Bioscience, Agriculture, and Nutrition Subject Group in undertaking teaching, learning, assessment, and module leadership. As a module leader you will be responsible for facilitating and advising on the work of your module team and proactively highlight areas of improvement within the programmes of study, designing and developing new teaching materials as appropriate. There is some flexibility in the teaching contribution but will include: cancer biology, cancer immunotherapy, genetics, and cell biology (eukaryotic) as required across a range of modules and programmes. The successful candidate will undertake research and scholarly activities as appropriate, including identifying sources of funding and contribute to funding applications.

Skills and experience required

You will possess breadth or depth of specialist knowledge in the discipline of Cancer Biology, Eukaryotic Genetics, and Cell Biology (eukaryotic) to develop and deliver teaching. Additionally, an appreciation and understanding of the educational needs of students and an understanding of students’ prior learning experiences and how these might influence their current educational expectations is essential for this role. You will have good interpersonal skills and the ability to create excellent working relationships with the ability to communicate effectively, clearly and supportively with both students and academic colleagues.

Qualifications required

You will be educated with an undergraduate degree or equivalent qualification in Biomedical Science or a related discipline and be educated with a postgraduate qualification, i.e. Masters and/or PhD (completed or close to completion, e.g. has submitted final thesis) in Cancer Biology or a relevant field or significant experience.

Please view the job description and person specification for a full list of the duties and essential criteria. Please attach a personal statement showing clearly how your skills and experience match the Person Specification.

Internal applicants – please ensure you apply via your employee self-service portal.

An appointment to this role may require an Academic Technology Approval Scheme (ATAS) certificate.

Please note, this post cannot be visa sponsored unless you can evidence a good honours first degree plus a PhD / Doctorate. A criminal record check may also be required.

Contact Details/Informal Enquiries: Please contact Dr Simon Baines, Subject Group Leader for Biosciences: Tel: 01707 284549, E-mail: s.baines2@herts.ac.uk  

Closing Date: 18 September 2025

Interview Date: TBC

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