Lecturer in Health and Applied Psychology

3 weeks ago

Cardiff, United Kingdom Cardiff Metropolitan University Full time

The opportunity

If you have a record of achievement that demonstrates the commitment, aptitude and enthusiasm to contribute to our global learning community through excellent teaching, scholarship, research and innovation, along with a shared passion for our values and vision, we look forward to receiving your application. We are particularly keen to hear from, and to support, applicants who will help develop our research standing and who will enhance the diversity of our university, our community and our partnerships.

You will be an enthusiastic and friendly professional with excellent communication and interpersonal skills coupled with a commitment to providing an excellent student experience. An established or promising research profile in the field of Cognitive, Clinical, Forensic, Health Psychology and very good teaching experience on relevant programmes is essential. 

To be successful you will further enrich our students’ experience through your expertise and subject knowledge as evidenced through your qualifications and experience.

Principal Duties and Responsibilities

You will be required to make a significant contribution to the delivery of our taught portfolio contributing to the delivery of the Foundation for Social Sciences, BSc Psychology and the MSc in Forensic Psychology and MSc in Health Psychology (and other areas of our core curriculum depending on your areas of expertise and experience). Enthusiastic about student-centred pedagogy, you will contribute to education delivery, including programme management as required, across the range of undergraduate and postgraduate programmes. You will also make a significant contribution to employability, and professional engagement with relevant internal and external organisations, at a regional, national and international level. 

You will be expected to contribute to the research profile of the department and to meet the qualitative and quantitative requirements for submission to the next Research Excellence Framework.

What we are looking for

A good level of knowledge relevant to the subject and professional area. A sound understanding of pedagogy. A sound understanding of research/innovation and scholarly activity. Ability to develop teaching and/or research programmes and the provision of learning support. Ability to design teaching and learning material. Ability to employ appropriate assessment methods. Ability to identify areas for improvement and to use initiative and problem-solving skills to improve performance. Ability to communicate and disseminate complex and conceptual ideas in a variety of ways – presentations at conferences, reports on findings, publications, feedback etc. Experience of HE teaching or equivalent. Experience of providing academic leadership and first line support/mentoring for other colleagues. A good honours degree Doctoral qualification or close to completion Ability to achieve Fellow Status as part of the Higher Education Academy’s Professional Recognition scheme, within agreed timescales (as soon as is practicably possible and definitely within three years of commencement of employment).

You will be an enthusiastic and friendly professional with excellent communication and interpersonal skills coupled with a commitment to providing an excellent student experience. An established or promising research profile and very good teaching experience on relevant programmes is essential. 

To be successful you will further enrich our students’ experience through your expertise and subject knowledge as evidenced through your qualifications and experience.

If you would like to talk with us about this opportunity, please contact Dr Declan Connaughton, Applied Psychology Lead: Cardiff School of Sport & Health Sciences, at

Should a high volume of applications be received, we may need to close this vacancy early. We therefore encourage you to apply as early as possible.

The University is committed to creating a highly inclusive culture. We offer family friendly and flexible working arrangements and a range of staff networks, forums and events to support and develop our people. We warmly welcome applications from those traditionally underrepresented in the higher education sector.

Further information

Visit our staff recruitment website for information about working for us, our culture, benefits, work-life balance and our career progression and development opportunities.

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