Lecturer or Senior Lecturer in Psychology (EHT0995-0419)

Your discipline. Your passion. Our success, together. 

About You 

Applications are invited for three posts, at Lecturer or Senior Lecturer level. The appointments will be at Lecturer Grade 8 or Senior Lecturer Grade 9 or 10. You will normally have a good honours degree in Psychology (with GBC) and have completed a PhD in any area of Psychology.  You will have successful teaching experience in Higher Education. Senior Lecturer applicants should also demonstrate high quality research (3*/4* in REF terms).

You will have excellent communication skills, ambition for excellence and your ability to develop relationships at all levels will ensure that you quickly establish yourself within this creative and inclusive department.

About the Role

Working as part of an innovative team, you will teach across our range of undergraduate programmes, equipping students to be competitively placed to enter further training or careers in Psychology. You will also contribute to the Department’s growing research reputation and to the continuing development of its subject-level TEF portfolio.  

Rewards/Benefits

We want you to feel happy when you come to work and proud when you go home.

From the moment you join us you have the opportunity to enhance your skills. We offer various routes for progression, a range of specialist development sessions and academic development opportunities along with an award winning and comprehensive staff health & wellbeing programme (HR Excellence Awards 2017). This means you will receive a full academic induction, be enrolled if appropriate on our PGCTHE, benefit from the Edge Hill University CPD scheme (UKPSF) and our annual University Learning and Teaching day all to support your professional development. 

This is just a taste of what we are able to offer you at Edge Hill University.

About Us

“A great success story… an institution that improves and impresses year after year” – Times Higher Education. 

We are recognised for our outstanding achievements in student satisfaction, staff engagement, graduate employment and innovation as well as our strengthening research profile, investment and growth. The Times Higher ‘University of the Year’ award also celebrated our distinct role in “transforming lives” – reflecting a distinctive philosophy of creating opportunity from excellence.

The University has been ranked Best University Workplace (Times Higher Education 2015), judged Best UK Employer (European Business Awards 2016) and highly commended in Times Higher Education Leadership and Management Awards 2017 for Workplace of the Year.

Based on an award-winning campus in West Lancashire, Edge Hill University offers a stimulating and empowering environment for ambitious and high performing professionals.

For informal enquiries about this vacancy you may wish to contact: Professor Rod Nicolson, Head of Psychology Department at Rod.Nicolson@edgehill.ac.uk

At Edge Hill University we value the benefits a rich and diverse workforce brings to our community and therefore welcome applications from all sections of society.

Closing Date: 05 May 2019
Category: Academic