Deputy Course Director – MSC in Translational Health at University of Oxford

Applications are invited for a Deputy Director to work with the Course Director of the MSc in Translational Health Sciences, with Dr Anne Ferrey, and team. The MSc is part of the programme in Translational Health Sciences directed by Professor Trish Greenhalgh. It focusses on “the social science of innovation” – the human, organizational and societal issues that influence the adoption, dissemination and mainstreaming of research discoveries.

The course takes an interdisciplinary and applied approach to the challenge of implementing innovations and research discoveries in a healthcare setting. Teaching and supervision are undertaken by a multidisciplinary team including psychologists, clinicians, health economists, sociologists, philosophers and so on. Students are very diverse, but are mostly mid-career, experienced professionals with a variety of backgrounds and experience.

In this role you will support the administration and delivery of the MSc, ensuring the academic success and wellbeing of our students and helping to further develop the success of the MSc.

Responsibilities will include playing a key role in the delivery of the MSc, including supervising postgraduate students; participating in the admissions process; teaching on or co-leading module(s); planning and attending committee and team meetings; and in developing the MSc in areas such as outreach, bursaries, connections with industry and new modules.

You will have a PhD/DPhil in a relevant subject, such as social sciences or health sciences, and post-qualification experience of teaching and supervision, ideally at the postgraduate level. You will be able to communicate well and have experience working with diverse or interdisciplinary teams. This post is set at 40% FTE and would suit a researcher in the social sciences or similar who is undertaking another part-time research post, or has caring responsibilities etc.

You will be based in the IRIHS team, Nuffield Department of Primary Care Health Sciences, Radcliffe Primary Care Building, Woodstock Road, Oxford, OX2 6GG as your normal place of work but you may be able to agree a pattern of regular remote working with your line manager. You will also be able to agree your working pattern as there are no set days, although some flexibility is helpful during intensive teaching weeks.

The position is a fixed-term post for two years in the first instance.

For further information or discuss the post please contact Anne Ferrey (anne.ferrey@phc.ox.ac.uk)

The closing date for applications is noon on Friday 25 August

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