Reader or Professor (Teaching and Research) - UOD1594

Do you have a passion for transforming lives through education and research in a growing School of Health Sciences?

The role

We are seeking exceptional candidates to enhance research and education excellence in the School of Health Sciences, to strengthen our academic leadership capacity and oversee the development of research programmes within the School.

Candidates will have an international reputation for excellent and impactful research, underpinned by substantial successful external grant funding as Principal Investigator, and evidence of world leading (4* REF) research publications.

The ideal candidate will undertake excellent research aligned with the School’s primary research themes: Understanding health, Innovation in health and/or Improving health service delivery.

Current research is organised in five groups: healthy active ageing; improvement and implementation research; long term conditions; substance use; and mother, infant and child health research. Our research groups work collaboratively within and across complementary topic or methodological areas.

The post includes teaching and research contributions, dependent on existing grant funding and the needs of the School. We welcome applications from people who meet the essential criteria and we are keen to attract applicants with applied health sciences research expertise and experience.

Key components of the role include:

• Collaborative research including leading large funding proposals, undertaking research and producing high quality publications
• Attracting and supervising postgraduate students
• Excellence in education and the student experience
• Other high-quality research, leadership and engagement activities Essential and desirable criteria for the posts are set out in the further particulars.

About you

We are looking for someone committed to high quality impactful research and teaching excellence. You will be passionate about research and be motivated to provide the very best experience for our students. We are open to any health-related background/expertise and are particularly interested in applicants who can demonstrate strong methodological expertise.

You may be a registered health professional or researcher currently working in a clinical area, education or research. You must be educated to PhD level.

About us

We have a vibrant academic community, delivering a range of education programmes and undertaking world-leading research that directly enhances health outcomes. We are expanding and we offer an exciting opportunity to develop an academic career in a supportive environment that strongly encourages innovation and professional development. We offer a positive induction into our community and you can hear this first-hand from recent recruits here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YEBbdTuERLA https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dGxJaiviGGg

The School has campuses in Dundee and Kirkcaldy. Successful candidates can negotiate which of these will be their base. However, candidates must travel between campuses for teaching and other activities. We support hybrid working. Our inclusive workplace offers family friendly policies, staff networks for BAME, disabled and LGBTQ+ staff, membership of Athena SWAN, and the Race Equality Charter.

To arrange an informal discussion about the post, please contact healthsciences-schooloffice@dundee.ac.uk

Interviews for this appointment are scheduled for Thursday 29 August 2024. Where possible the interviews will be in person in Dundee.

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