Lecturer in Dietetics & Human Nutrition

Salary: Lecturer Grade F £36,636 - £46,049

            Lecturer Grade G £47,389 - £56,535

Newcastle University is a great place to work, with excellent benefits. We have a generous holiday package; plus the opportunity to buy more, great pension schemes and a number of health and wellbeing initiatives to support you.

The School of Biomedical, Nutritional and Sport Sciences, part of our Faculty of Medical Sciences, is seeking to appoint a passionate and committed Lecturer in Dietetics and Human Nutrition on a permanent basis.

The School is a lively, friendly community with research, innovation and teaching strengths across nutrition and dietetics, sport and exercise science and biomedical sciences. The School has seen significant growth and development in recent years including over £57 million investment in new state-of-the-art teaching and laboratory facilities located within the Dame Margaret Barbour Building and the Sports Centre.

As a Lecturer in Dietetics and Human Nutrition, you will be significantly involved in the development and delivery of a range of high-quality teaching and learning activities supporting our HCPC approved and BDA accredited MDiet Dietetics programme, alongside contributions to other undergraduate and postgradute programmes within the School. 

The role includes developing and delivering teaching activities, marking assessments, UG and/or PG project supervision, providing pastoral support and participating in the management and administration of the degree programme(s) as required. The successful candidate will contribute to the School’s academic community through educational leadership, scholarship, professional engagement and the ongoing development of innovative teaching and learning approaches.  Applicants will be HCPC registered dietitians with experience in clinical and/or community practice, and will demonstrate an interest in supporting the development of the future dietetic workforce.

Further information about the School is available at https://www.ncl.ac.uk/bns/.

The University seeks to be ‘sustainable in all that we do’. The School seeks to fulfil its roles in the most sustainable way possible and following University policy and guidance. The School promotes the embedding of sustainable practices in the workplace. This includes offering opportunities to:

• be involved with initiatives including the Green Impact team and Sustainability network
• contribute to LEAF (Laboratory Efficiency Assessment Framework) accreditation
• embed sustainability as a cross-cutting theme through the Leading Edge Curriculum

The University has developed an Academic Job Summary Guidance document which summarises the range of activities that academic colleagues may be expected to perform.

Informal enquiries may be made to Professor Emma Stevenson emma.stevenson@ncl.ac.uk or Susan Lennie susan.lennie@ncl.ac.uk

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