Associate Professor (Teaching) in Digital Health & Entrepreneurship (Maternity Cover)

About us

The UCL Global Business School for Health (GBSH) at UCL East campus is an innovative business school in preparing future healthcare leaders to disrupt and reimagine global health systems. GBSH is dedicated to training and developing the next generation of leaders in the global health economy by building on UCL’s proud tradition of cross-disciplinary academic excellence in education and research. GBSH develops talent from all sectors – policy makers, technologists and entrepreneurs – to challenge conventional thinking, to improve health outcomes and address health inequalities world-wide.

With a vision for public good, GBSH is dedicated to health as the most important global issue in the 21^st Century which is impacting communities and economies worldwide. Its ambition is aligned to the UN Sustainable Development Goal of ‘Universal Health Care for All’. At GBSH, we bring together global perspectives from diverse healthcare systems, industry partners and sector networks.

GBSH is an interdisciplinary academic entity that is located within UCL’s Faculty of Population Health Sciences which is committed to innovating and improving health worldwide.

About the role

The postholder will play a critical role in overseeing the delivery of our Digital Health and Entrepreneurship taught MSc. programme. This is an exciting opportunity to lead one of our most popular programmes at the UCL Global Business School for Health. The programme focuses on developing skills, knowledge and competencies in digital health and entrepreneurship.

This post is to cover maternity leave for 12 months in the first instance.

About you

The successful candidate should have PhD in computer science, digital therapeutics, digital health or a related health technology area to the programme or equivalent experience and have the ability to deliver research-led, effective, engaging and inclusive undergraduate and/or postgraduate teaching.

What we offer

As well as the exciting opportunities this role presents we also offer some great benefits some of which are below:

• 41 Days holiday (including 27 days annual leave 8 bank holiday and 6 closure days)
• Defined benefit career average revalued earnings pension scheme (CARE)
• Cycle to work scheme and season ticket loan
• On-Site nursery
• On-site gym
• Enhanced maternity, paternity and adoption pay
• Employee assistance programme: Staff Support Service
• Discounted medical insurance

Our commitment to Equality, Diversity and Inclusion

As London’s Global University, we know diversity fosters creativity and innovation, and we want our community to represent the diversity of the world’s talent. We are committed to equality of opportunity, to being fair and inclusive, and to being a place where we all belong.

We therefore particularly encourage applications from candidates who are likely to be underrepresented in UCL’s workforce.

These include people from Black, Asian and ethnic minority backgrounds; disabled people; LGBTQI+ people; and for our Grade 9 and 10 roles, women.

You can read more about our commitment to Equality, Diversity and Inclusion here : https://www.ucl.ac.uk/equality-diversity-inclusion/

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