Lecturer in Public Health (Maternity cover)
Public Health, Policy & Systems
Job reference: 117753
Salary: £39,906 - £59,966 per annum
Closing date: 06-Nov-2026 23:30
Hours of work: Full-time
Tenure: To cover a period of maternity leave, expected to be until May 2027
We are looking to appoint a lecturer in Public Health (Grade 7 or Grade 8, Teaching and Research) within the Department of Public Health, Policy and Systems to contribute to our teaching, impact and research or scholarship activity.
You will have for Grade 8 a strong record of internationally excellent publications and demonstrable capacity for developing and contributing to secure research funding. For grade 7 you must meet all the essential criteria; for grade 8 all the essential and most of the desirable criteria must be met.
For both grades, your research programme will be expected to align with, and complement, the Department’s existing areas of strength and strategic priorities for research, impact and the Research Excellence Framework.
You will have with a strong quantitative analysis background, will contribute to teaching in the School of Medicine, the Masters in Public Health (MPH) programme and new programmes such as MSc in Global Health Care Management and the Executive MPH, ensuring alignment with institutional standards and contributing to cross-cutting educational priorities.
All academic staff are also expected to contribute to departmental administration, as allocated by the Head of Department.
Although the university has a hybrid working system, the expectation is that the successful applicant appointed to this role will work more than 60% on campus.
Our commitment to Equality, Diversity and Inclusion
We are committed to enhancing a workforce as diverse as our community and particularly encourage applicants who are of minoritised genders and ethnic backgrounds, living with a disability, and/or are members of the LGBTQIA+ community.
