Lecturer in Mental Health

About the Role

We are offering an exciting opportunity to become a Lecturer 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.

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.

About You

You will have a PhD or professional doctorate in forensic psychology and be a chartered member of the Division of Forensic Psychology, as well as relevant Jobs experience in teaching at undergraduate or postgraduate level. We will also consider applications from chartered psychologists who do not have a PhD but do have relevant teaching experience. You should be a team player, committed to delivering high-quality undergraduate and postgraduate teaching and administration. 

About the School/Department/Institute/Project

The Wolfson Institute of Population Health (WIPH) is an exciting and dynamic environment, home to 450 staff, 100 PhD students and 500 postgraduate taught students. It harnesses expertise across a wide range of population-based research and education activities and is an internationally recognised centre of excellence in population health, primary care and preventive medicine.  The Institute is organised into six research centres which, though complementary and following the Institute’s strategic plan, also have Centre-specific objectives and requirements.

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.

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