Assistant Lecturer in Podiatry in the Division of Dietetics, Nutrition, Biological Sciences, Physiotherapy, Podiatry and Radiography

Hours: 14 hours per week (0.4FTE)

Contract: Open ended (Teaching and Scholarship)

This is an exciting opportunity to become part of the School of Health Sciences at Queen Margaret University, Edinburgh. This role offers the chance to shape learning experiences and contribute to high-quality education working within an innovative, supportive, and technology-enhanced teaching environment.

You will join a dynamic, collaborative, and forward-thinking team, delivering and developing our portfolio of undergraduate and postgraduate programmes in the field of Podiatry. There will also be opportunities to contribute to teaching, curriculum development and scholarship across the wider Division, School and University depending upon your experience and interests.

The School of Health Sciences hosts a vibrant range of professionally accredited programmes such as Physiotherapy, Nutrition, Dietetics, Therapeutic and Diagnostic Radiography, Podiatry, Occupational Therapy, Art Therapies, Speech and Hearing Science, Nursing and Paramedic Science. This diverse community creates rich opportunities for multi-professional and interdisciplinary education, practice and research – something we are proud to foster and continuously develop.

To be considered for this role you must:

• Hold a qualifying degree as a Podiatrist and be registered with the HCPC as a Podiatrist
• Have recent and relevant experience of working as a podiatrist demonstrating a knowledge ofcontemporary podiatry practice
• Have demonstrable recent experience of facilitating learning in a clinical context
• An understanding of current professional requirements for Podiatry education in the UK
• Please review the essential and desirable criteria.

We are seeking someone who is committed to student success, enthusiastic about educational development, and keen to contribute to collaborative teaching in a diverse academic community.

To arrange an informal discussion, please contact Professor Jackie Waterfield, Head of Division; email jwaterfield@qmu.ac.uk

Should you wish to apply for this vacancy please visit Vacancy Page and download the job description and complete an application form.

If you have any queries regarding the application process or require any special assistance, please contact Human Resources by email recruitment@qmu.ac.uk

The closing date for this position is 29^th March 2026

Interviews will be held online on the 14^th April 2026

This role does not meet the minimum requirements set by UKVI to enable sponsorship of migrant workers. Therefore, we cannot progress applications from candidates who require sponsorship to work in the UK.

As a university, we are committed to the Concordat to Support the Career Development of Researchers alongside Concordat to Support Research Integrity  and  were, in fact, the first Scottish Higher Education Institute (and part of the first UK cohort of institutes) to publicly declare our commitment to its principles.

Queen Margaret University is committed to equality of opportunity for all by providing a supportive, flexible and inclusive working environment, and we welcome applicants from diverse backgrounds. Please have a look at our Diversity, Wellbeing and Inclusion Calendar

We are proud to hold an Athena SWAN Bronze Award which recognises the advancement of gender equality at QMU. Find out more about Athena SWAN here

We have a number of family-friendly policies and are happy to consider job share applications.

We are a Disability Confident Employer, should you require any specific arrangements during the recruitment process please contact Human Resources on recruitment@qmu.ac.uk

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