Professor in Social Work

FTE: 0.4 (working 14.8 hours a week)

Salary: AM1 - 2 £67,344 - £77,764 pro rata pa depending on skills and experience

Annual Leave: 35 days pro rata pa plus standard public holidays and an additional 4 days including the closure of our offices between Christmas & New Year

Location: Hatfield

Main duties and responsibilities

To provide strategic direction, cohesion and research leadership as a senior academic, thereby contributing to the success of the School and to support, contribute and lead a cumulative programme of research and generate significant research grant income through local, national and international collaborative projects. In addition, the postholder will sustain and develop a reputation and a research team at the forefront of social work research and undertake cross-sector working to benefit populations with a history of marginalisation or poorer social care and wellbeing outcomes.

Skills and experience required

You need to have a strong national profile in Social Work with a developing international trajectory and have lead authorship/role in the preparation of recent high quality, peer reviewed outputs reflecting independent research and demonstrating 3-4* significance. You will have developed and submitted successful and substantial applications for external research funding as the lead or co-applicant. 

Qualifications required

PhD in Social Work or related subject and current membership of external bodies relevant to the field.

Please view the job description and person specification for a full list of the duties and essential criteria. Please attach a personal statement showing clearly how your skills and experience match the Person Specification.

An appointment to this role may require an Academic Technology Approval Scheme (ATAS) certificate.

Applications must consist of a full CV and a synopsis, of not less than 1,000 and not more than 2,000 words of the candidate’s achievements, professional standing and future plans in their chosen field of endeavour, making specific reference to the criteria: 

• contribution by research, learning and teaching, enterprise and entrepreneurship, to the furtherance of knowledge, advancements of the subject or their application to society
• standing in the subject or profession
• their academic leadership

Appointment to a Professorship at the University of Hertfordshire

Please read the ‘University Policy and Regulations – Professorships’ document to ensure you are fully aware of the requirements on, and for the appointment of, a Reader at the University. 

As this is a Professorship appointment the names and contact details of three academic referees of appropriate standing in the field are required, who may be approached by the University prior to interview. Please include their details in your Personal Statement or supporting documents.

DISCLOSURE AND BARRING SERVICE

The University requires that the successful applicant who is offered employment may require a DBS at a later date due to the nature of the work involved.

Overseas applicants and UK applicants who have lived abroad

Successful applicants from overseas will be required to produce a criminal records check, or 'Certificate of Good Character', from any country in which they have been resident, consecutively or cumulatively, in the previous 10 years. 

Contact Details/Informal Enquiries: Professor Karen Beeton email k.s.beeton@herts.ac.uk

Closing Date: 17 October 2024

Interview Date: 11 November 2024 

Apply online via the above ‘Apply’ button.

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