Lecturer in Mental Health (Maternity Cover)

About the Role

We are offering an exciting opportunity to become a Lecturer in Mental Health in Mental Health (Teaching & Scholarship) at the Centre for Psychiatry and Mental Health in the Wolfson Institute for Population Health at Queen Mary, University of London (QMUL). The Centre has an ambitious and growing portfolio of internationally-leading teaching and research across the life span, across Whitechapel and Newham sites.

This is a primarily teaching and scholarship position. The successful candidate will make contributions to student education and experience through curriculum development and the delivery of teaching activities on the MSc in Forensic Psychology and Mental Health.

The position is an 11 month Fixed Term Contract (maternity cover) and will be based at our Whitechapel Campus. Starting salary will be £50,685 (pro rota for part time), inclusive of London Allowance.

About You

You will contribute to the intellectual life of the Wolfson Institute of Population Health and wider institution and research field of mental health. You will make contributions to student education and experience through curriculum development and the delivery of teaching activities in the subject area of mental health. You should ideally have experience of teaching quantitative research methods at either undergraduate or postgraduate level, and should be comfortable supervising MSc level research. You will have a PhD or professional doctorate in a subject related to psychology or psychiatry, or be due to awarded this within the next three months.

About the School/Department/Institute/Project

The School of Medicine holds a Silver Athena SWAN Award. We are committed to the equality of opportunities and to advancing women’s careers. We have policies to support staff returning from long-term absence, for flexible arrangements for staff with parental responsibilities and for childcare support. As part of the School’s commitment to the Athena SWAN principles we strongly encourage applications from women. Valuing Diversity & Committed to Equality.

Details about the Centre for Psychiatry can be found here

About Queen Mary

At Queen Mary University of London, we believe that a diversity of ideas helps us achieve the previously unthinkable.

Throughout our history, we’ve fostered social justice and improved lives through academic excellence. And we continue to live and breathe this spirit today, not because it’s simply ‘the right thing to do’ but for what it helps us achieve and the intellectual brilliance it delivers.

We continue to embrace diversity of thought and opinion in everything we do, in the belief that when views collide, disciplines interact, and perspectives intersect, truly original thought takes form.

Benefits

We offer competitive salaries, access to a generous pension scheme, 30 days’ leave per annum (pro-rata for part-time/fixed-term), a season ticket loan scheme and access to a comprehensive range of personal and professional development opportunities. In addition, we offer a range of work life balance and family friendly, inclusive employment policies, flexible working arrangements, and campus facilities.

Queen Mary’s commitment to our diverse and inclusive community is embedded in our appointments processes. Reasonable adjustments will be made at each stage of the recruitment process for any candidate with a disability. We are open to considering applications from candidates wishing to work flexibly.

Informal enquiries are welcome and should be addressed to Dr Hannah Jones (h.jones@qmul.ac.uk)

The closing date for applications is 7th October 2024. Interviews are expected to be held shortly thereafter.

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