Lecturer in Psychology Ref 20341
School/department: School of Psychology
Hours: Full-time. Requests for flexible working options will be considered (subject to business needs)
Location: Brighton, United Kingdom
Contract: Permanent
Reference: 20341
Salary: starting at £44,414 to £52,841 per annum, pro rata if part-time.
Placed on: 30 May 2023
Closing date: 30 June 2023. Applications must be received by midnight of this date.
Expected Interview date: week commencing 10 July 2023
Expected start date: 1 September 2023
Job description
The School of Psychology is looking to recruit one full-time, education and research-focused faculty member at Lecturer (Grade 8) level, with expertise in using and teaching qualitative research methods. The candidate’s own research profile will complement or extend existing research strengths in the School of Psychology.
The teaching component of the role will be at both undergraduate and postgraduate levels. Specifically, the successful post holder will be expected to teach the main qualitative data-gathering approaches (including interviews, focus group discussions and secondary data gathering) and a spectrum of methods of qualitative analysis (thematic analysis, discourse analysis, etc.).
The School has seen substantial growth over the past five years and we are recruiting an excellent candidate to join our motivated, energetic, and ambitious faculty, contribute to our high-quality research portfolio, teaching and learning, and to promote outstanding research and student experience. We are particularly keen to receive applications from candidates with a strong research profile, which can be in any relevant area of psychology, who would also be able to teach diverse groups of students. The post holder will also undertake supervision of undergraduate and postgraduate dissertations and PhD supervision.
The University of Sussex is a leading teaching and research institution and is ranked within the top 200 in the world. The School of Psychology at the University of Sussex is one of the most academically diverse and influential centres for the study of psychology in the UK with considerable strengths in both research and teaching. We have a longstanding commitment to equality, diversity and inclusion, and we are proud to hold an Athena SWAN Silver Award (2020) for our work promoting gender equality. Psychology at Sussex was ranked 18th out of nearly 100 institutions in the 2021 Research Excellence Framework and receives excellent student ratings for its undergraduate and postgraduate teaching. We offer a very highly regarded undergraduate degree course and a suite of PGT courses, and we have a substantial group of doctoral students, supported in part by ESRC, BBSRC, and Leverhulme Trust funded doctoral training programmes.
Informal enquiries may be made with the Deputy Head of School, Professor Alison Pike (alisonp@sussex.ac.uk).
The University of Sussex believes that the diversity of its staff and student community is fundamental to creative thinking, pedagogic innovation, intellectual challenge, and our interdisciplinary approach to research and learning. We celebrate and promote diversity, equality and inclusion amongst our staff and students. As such, we welcome applications from all, regardless of personal characteristics or background. All roles are open to flexible work arrangements as part of the university’s commitment to be flexible by default. Applications for a job share are welcome and would be considered fully for this role.
You can find out more about our values and our EDI Strategy, Inclusive Sussex, on our webpages.
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How to apply
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