Lecturer / Senior Lecturer in Public Health at Canterbury Christ Church University

Applications are invited for a Lecturer / Senior Lecturer in Public Health. If you are an experienced public health academic, are enthusiastic about supporting public health students’ learning and research we would be pleased to hear from you. 

You will join an ambitious academic team with shared research and professional interests, public health entrepreneurship, improvement and implementation within the public health setting, and in mental health and wellbeing. Most of the time you will support our global public health students, however interprofessional education is a key part of our learning and teaching approach and you will teach other students on health, social care and public health programmes. We would particularly welcome applicants who would be interested in supporting the expansion of our postgraduate courses and research. 

The Role 

The role would require you to join a proactive, dynamic team that provides teaching and related scholarly activities. Mostly, we would like you to contribute to teaching our postgraduate students studying MSc Global Public Health, but you will also be teaching on our BSc (Hons) Public Health and Health Promotion and BSc (Hons) Mental Health, Wellbeing & Society courses. Our portfolio also includes a number of short courses in public health and PhDs.  

As a Lecturer or Senior Lecturer, you will use your previous academic experience, as a public health professional to deliver specialist and generalist knowledge and skills to students at all HE levels. You will use different learning and teaching methods, sensitive to different cultures and students’ ways of learning. Using contemporary evidence, you will prepare students for future careers. Your level of appointment will be in line with your previous experience and the University will offer you career development opportunities. 

You also work within an established and friendly group of academic and professional staff and will contribute to enhancing the work and the reputation of the School as a whole, collaborating inter-professionally and effectively with colleagues in the Faculty, University and externally as appropriate. You will undertake scholarly activity, maintain or work towards being research active and contribute to the School’s enterprise and innovation within the UK and internationally. The nature of this contribution will vary according to your experience and your direction of work will be required to fit with the School’s strategic plans.

You will use your knowledge of best practice in your profession and education methods, combined with excellent communication skills to support students in their learning to become safe, autonomous, competent public health professionals. You will work closely with all stakeholders to co-produce teaching materials to create an inclusive environment for students. You will continue your own personal and professional development as an academic using the evidence base and research to inform teaching.  

Additional Information 

There is every confidence in the short, and long-term sustainability of the University, health courses and particularly the Public Health portfolio of courses. Do please feel free to contact Gail Sheppard if you would like to discuss this in more detail.

Informal enquiries to Gail Sheppard at gail.sheppard@canterbury.ac.uk