Lecturer/Senior Lecturer in Health Promotion (0.50 full-time equivalent)

Opening Date:
16 Nov 2020
Closing Date:
8 Dec 2020
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This is an exciting opportunity to join our vibrant team of academics who are dedicated to the learning and teaching of Health Promotion students.

The role will include undertaking the teaching and learning activity relating to the MSc Health Promotion programme as well as teaching and learning sessions relating to health promotion on our undergraduate programmes. There will also be engagement of learning and teaching across wider programmes in the School of Health Sciences depending on the experience of the post holder (e.g. BSc. Nutrition, Bsc. Public Health).

Our lecturers develop and utilise a range of teaching methods to support student learning in both theory and practice, and act as a personal tutor; using listening, interpersonal and pastoral care skills. We work in partnership with students, academics, researchers, service users and service colleagues to deliver high quality learning and teaching based contemporary research findings and practice.

In order to be successful in this post, should have:

  • A good (1 or 2:1) relevant first degree in health promotion or a related discipline.
  • A postgraduate higher degree in health promotion or a related discipline.
  • A Higher Education teaching qualification and/or a HEA Fellowship is required or will need to be achieved within the first 12 months.
  • Up-to-date, sound knowledge of current developments in health promotion, including behaviour change global public health agendas, professional and policy developments and the range of generic skills required to teach the subject.
  • A keen interest in engaging in related research and enterprise opportunities.

If you have a PhD or Doctorate you will be eligible to register as a University supervisor as well as have access to a range of support for research & enterprise development including research mentoring.

For informal enquiries please contact, Academic Lead for Post-Graduate Programme, Lucy Redhead: L.Redhead@brighton.ac.uk

This post is based at our Falmer campus site, and travel to other university sites will also be required.