Lecturer in Nutritional Sciences

About the role

The post-holder will be based in the Department of Nutritional Sciences at King’s College London. You will have a record of applying for research funding and publishing research studies in international peer-reviewed journals in one of our research themes ranging from molecules to populations:

• Molecular & Cellular Nutrition e.g. micronutrient metabolism; nutritional ‘omics (genomics, lipidomics, microbiomics or metabolomics); nutrient sensing and absorption; nutrition in cell models or animal models; food biosciences; and food and microbiome (in vitro or in vivo).
• Diet & Phenotype e.g. clinical trials of nutrients, supplements, foods or whole diets, and impact on physiology or function or outcome in optimisation of health or prevention or treatment of disease; evaluation and synthesis of evidence in nutrition or dietetics
• Population & Global Health Nutrition e.g. population measures of nutritional status including dietary assessment and nutritional biomarkers; nutritional epidemiology; food labelling or food systems; inequalities in nutrition-related diseases including food insecurity; life course nutrition.

We are particularly interested in appointing an academic with research expertise in one of the following areas:

• Food Systems, Food sustainability, and Climate change;
• Food processing, Food additives, or Food Science and impact on health;
• Big data, Nutritional Epidemiology; or
• Health Inequalities, Food Insecurity and Determinants of Eating Behaviour.

The post-holder will have the potential for significant future grant income to support the establishment of a successful and competitive research programme. They will be encouraged to work translationally with other researchers within our Department, School, Faculty, wider College, and nationally and internationally.

The post-holder will teach on all programmes at BSc and MSc level offered by the Department of Nutrition and Dietetics and will undertake module leadership. They will deliver high quality lectures and supervise student projects in nutrition and as a personal tutor will support student wellbeing.

This is a full time post, and you will be offered a fixed-term contract until 30 March 2029.

About You

To be successful in this role, we are looking for candidates with the following skills and experience:

Essential criteria (Grade 6 and 7)

• PhD in Nutrition or closely related area
• Substantial evidence of a broad knowledge of food, nutrition or dietetics (e.g. BSc / MSc degree or postgraduate experience) and an in-depth detailed knowledge of a specific topic relevant to the areas listed in the role description (e.g. from research expertise)
• Record of applying for grant funding
• Record of original research studies of international standard published in peer-reviewed journals
• Experience of designing and delivering lectures or seminars to students
• Committed to equality, diversity and inclusion, actively addressing areas of potential bias.

For Grade 7, we additionally require:

• Record of successfully obtaining grant funding and managing a research grant
• Extensive record of original research studies of international standard published in peer-reviewed journals as first or senior author
• Experience of formal supervision of PhD students
• Extensive experience of teaching, assessment and some module organisation and curriculum development in nutrition or dietetics in higher education

Desirable criteria

• Higher education teaching qualification
• Registered dietitian (with HCPC) or Registered Nutritionist (AfN)
• Strategic thinker, self-motivated, proactive and innovative
• Strongly held commitment to fostering an effective learning environment
• Able to prioritise and deliver high quality work to tight deadlines

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