Lecturer in Global Mental Health

at  Kings College London

Job id: 104985. Salary: £52,874 - £61,921 per annum, including London Weighting Allowance.
Posted: 23 January 2025. Closing date: 20 February 2025.
Business unit: IoPPN. Department: Health Services & Population Research.
Contact details: Professor Barbara Barrett. Barbara.m.barrett@kcl.ac.uk
Location: Denmark Hill Campus. Category: Academic & Teaching.
About Us
We’re inviting applications for a Lecturer to join our team in the Centre for Global Mental Health (CGMH), to lead the delivery of the Global Mental Health programme and to develop their academic career. The Centre is part of the Health Service and Population Research Department within the Institute of Psychiatry, Psychology and Neuroscience (IoPPN), King’s College London.
About the role
We invite applications from high-potential individuals with a promising early career. The ideal candidate will have a good publication record, successful grant applications, and a commitment to excellence in teaching and administration. The Lecturer in Global Mental Health will be programme and academic lead for the MSc in Global Mental Health, responsible for delivering consistently excellent educational provision and student experience. As an academic they will be expected to apply for grants and manage their research activities, including the line management of researchers. They will be expected to write and contribute to publications in high impact scientific journals and to disseminate research and generate impact.
This is a full time contract (35 hours per week), and you will be offered an indefinite contract.
About You
To be successful in this role, we are looking for candidates to have the following skills and experience:

Essential criteria

• PhD qualified in subject area related to global mental health
• Knowledge and understanding of the UK higher education system
• Experience of delivering excellent teaching and assessment for postgraduate and/or undergraduate students, in person and/or online
• An established record of securing grant applications and a clear plan for future research career
• Evidence of high-quality published research
• Experience of supervising dissertations for undergraduate, Masters’ and/or doctoral students
• Ability to work effectively in a team and build national and international research collaborations
• Direct experience of conducting research in low or middle-income countries
• Highly effective verbal and written communication skills, to convey conceptual and complex ideas and information, alongside good organisational and administrative skills.

Desirable criteria

• Higher Education accreditation/qualification (e.g., Advance HE Fellowship or PGCAPHE).
• A commitment to ongoing professional development in education practice
• Experience of providing pastoral support and guidance to postgraduate and undergraduate students.
• Ability to contribute to the Department’s teaching strategy.

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Further Information
We pride ourselves on being inclusive and welcoming. We embrace diversity and want everyone to feel that they belong and are connected to others in our community.
We are committed to working with our staff and unions on these and other issues, to continue to support our people and to develop a diverse and inclusive culture at King’s.
We ask all candidates to submit a copy of their CV, and a supporting statement, detailing how they meet the essential criteria listed in the advert. If we receive a strong field of candidates, we may use the desirable criteria to choose our final shortlist, so please include your evidence against these where possible.
To find out how our managers will review your application, please take a look at our ‘How we Recruit’ pages.
We are able to offer sponsorship for candidates who do not currently possess the right to work in the UK

Please refer the Job description for details