Lecturer/Senior Lecturer

The Department of Psychology is seeking a candidate with demonstrable research quality and teaching ability in health psychology. 

Research excellence will be the primary consideration for filling this vacancy, with expertise in health psychology or a health-related behavioural science. 

We welcome candidates with research strengths in any relevant area of health psychology. We are particularly keen to receive applications from candidates who complement existing research strengths (e.g., pain, digital health, addiction), or have research interests in health epidemiology and/or health inequality. Candidates will contribute to the teaching of our MSc in Health Psychology.

The University’s research strategy focuses on international excellence, while tackling major global challenges pertaining to three areas of research strength and focus: Health and Wellbeing, Sustainability, and Digital.

• With a degree in psychology and a PhD in an area related to Health Psychology.
• With strong communication skills, you will have a breadth and depth of knowledge to lead course development and scholarship activities.
• You will bring with you experience with impact related to your research and teaching.

We have one vacancy available, and it is offered on a full time (36.5 hours per week) permanent basis. As part of the application process, you will be asked to state which post you wish to be considered for (Lecturer or Senior Lecturer).

Informal enquiries can be directed to Deputy Head of Department (Research), Prof Ed Keogh ([email protected] ) and/or Director of Studies for MSc Health Psychology, Dr. Charlotte Dack ([email protected] ). 

More information about the Department can also be found at http://www.bath.ac.uk/psychology/ .

Our Department of Psychology is world-renowned for its excellence in research and teaching, regularly appearing in the top 5 in national league tables (e.g., The Complete University Guide). Research in the department occurs across more than six sub-disciplines in psychology, including health, clinical, cognitive, developmental, environmental, forensic, and social psychology. 

The department resides in a purpose-built £30 million building, containing 10,000 square feet of state-of-the-art labs for interview, social group observation, EEG/ERP, virtual reality, psychobiology, eye-tracking, pain, cross-modal, and computerised testing.

• a very generous employer contributory pension scheme
• generous annual leave allowance with an additional 5 discretionary days so that you can enjoy a positive work life balance
• we are a family-friendly University and with an increasingly agile workforce, are open to flexible working arrangements
• an excellent reward package that recognises the talents of our diverse workforce
• a wide range of personal and professional development opportunities
• a number of support options available for new and existing staff to help with the cost of some immigration expenses which you may be eligible for: Relocation allowance, Visa Reimbursement, Interest-Free Loan.

We aim to be an inclusive university, where difference is celebrated, respected and encouraged. We have an excellent international reputation with staff from over 60 different nations and have made a positive commitment towards gender equality and intersectionality receiving a Silver Athena SWAN award. We truly believe that diversity of experience, perspectives, and backgrounds will lead to a better environment for our employees and students, so we encourage applications from all genders, backgrounds, and communities, particularly from under-represented groups, and value the positive impact that will have on our teams.

We are very proud to be an autism friendly university and are an accredited Disability Confident Leader; committed to building disability confidence and supporting disabled staff.

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We are constantly seeking to reduce the unconscious bias that enters any assessment process, with the goal of creating an inclusive and equal assessment process. To support this, personal details will be removed from application forms at the initial shortlisting stage.