Please note a full application including a covering letter detailing your experience alongside a CV is required for applications to be considered. Please be advised applications made without providing a cover letter will not be accepted.

Background

An excellent opportunity to join our friendly team has opened up for an enthusiastic part-time Senior Lecturer. If you are a forensic psychologist with Chartership with the BPS and/or registered with the HPCP and would like to be part of our diverse and vibrant academic department, and share your expertise in working in forensic settings with our Stage 1 MSc Forensic & Investigative Forensic Psychology students as well as students across our other courses, this post is for you. This role is part-time, and can fit around other work commitments or responsibilities with most (or all) of the hours allocated to Thursdays, which is the day our MSc Forensic & Investigative Psychology runs it’s applied modules and sessions.

The Role

The successful candidate will support our current course director of the BPS accredited MSc Forensic & Investigative Psychology course (Stage 1) and contribute to teaching across our other undergraduate and postgraduate courses as agreed with your line manager, as well as be able to supervise undergraduate and postgraduate student projects or contribute to other student experience related responsibilities as per your interests. In addition, you might be asked to help with additional administrative roles, as appropriate.

The Person

Applicants should be a BPS chartered forensic psychologist, or a forensic psychologist registered with the HCPC, with practice experience. Experience of teaching in the University sector would be advantageous, and you should be interested in contributing to our scholarly and research activity in the team or conduct research of your own interest.

How will you work?

We are committed to supporting flexible methods of working wherever possible. Campus attendance will vary on a day-to-day basis and across the year but must purposefully align to the service being delivered and to the needs of our students, staff, and stakeholders. It is expected that the majority of your working time will be spent on campus>.

How to apply

Start date for applications: 11th December 2024
Closing date for applications: 20th January 2025
Interviews are to be held: w/c 3rd February 2025

If you require further information regarding the post please feel free to contact Anke Franz, anke.franz@canterbury.ac.uk (strictly no agencies, thank you) quoting reference number REQ 05430

Please note, Canterbury Christ Church University reserve the right to bring the closing date of this position forward where a high volume of applications is received.

Additional Information

Canterbury Christ Church University truly welcomes fresh perspectives and new voices. We want you to bring the real you to work, so we are committed to building a genuinely inclusive working environment where everyone is welcomed and where everyone can have a true sense of belonging. Our spirit of community will help us to eliminate discrimination and will enable us all to thrive in a culture that is underpinned by fairness and justice. We therefore seek people to join us who will proactively support and shape this aim and contribute in their own unique way. If this is you, then we are waiting to hear from you. #yourCCCU

Our University is deeply committed to shaping sustainable futures as a key part of its mission and values. If you share this passion, we encourage you to join us in making CCCU a more socially and environmentally conscious, sustainable place to study and work

Employment Visa Clarification: According to the UK Government Points Based System, this position does not fulfil the requirements for sponsorship under the Skilled Worker Route application.

Please ensure you include contact details of two employment referees in your application, one of which must be your current/ most recent line manager.

Please note applications must be made online via the University website; details sent directly via email cannot be considered.

Prior consideration will be given to applicants in the University’s redeployment pool. No agencies, thank you.