KINGS COLLEGE LONDON: Postdoctoral Analysis Affiliate and Educating Fellow in Inhabitants Psychological Well being

About us

In April 2024, IoPPN, King’s Faculty London established a nationwide Inhabitants Well being Enchancment Cluster (PHIC) with a deal with psychological health, funded by UKRI. This submit will probably be located at KCL, working with and throughout this huge disseminated UK-wide partnership spanning 10+ universities and different organisations throughout the nation, alongside individuals with lived expertise.

In regards to the function

This submit is an thrilling alternative for a postdoctoral researcher with a robust background in inhabitants health education and research to contribute to a newly established nationwide Inhabitants Well being Enchancment Cluster (PHIC) with a deal with psychological health, funded by UKRI. The postholder could have the information and abilities to each ship and consider coaching (lectures, seminars, workshops and on-line coaching programs) and likewise conduct research in inhabitants psychological health, with equal weight given to teaching and research roles.

The initiative is led by King’s Faculty London, in partnership with Thrive LDN. This specific function will probably be primarily based collectively at two websites: the Division of Psychological Drugs (Institute of Psychiatry, Psychology & Neuroscience, Denmark Hill campus) and Inhabitants Well being Sciences (School of Life Sciences and Drugs, Man’s campus). That is an interdisciplinary initiative which goals to enhance population-based psychological health. The initiative consists of three problem areas (1. Youngsters and younger individuals, 2. Suicide and self-harm prevention, and three. A number of long-term situations) and 4 cross-cutting platforms (1. Coverage, implementation and lived expertise, 2. Knowledge, linkages and causal inference, 3. Inequalities, 4. Coaching and capability building).

The postholder will play a central function in Platform 4 and will probably be tasked with growing an interdisciplinary coaching programme to help the event of the subsequent era working in inhabitants psychological health. The Cluster as a complete could have a robust nationwide foundation in partnerships with community organisations, native authorities, public health and folks with lived expertise and the postholder will want to have the ability to take into account methods to share studying alternatives throughout this broad vary of stakeholders.

The postholder will probably be anticipated to develop and lead on coaching co-developed with Platform and Problem leads within the cluster, together with coaching in qualitative and quantitative strategies coaching and involvement.

The function may also present an thrilling alternative for the postholder to develop research on this space, drawing from the broader themes and experience within the initiative.

The postholder will probably be anticipated to contribute to community conferences, away-days, convention and different networking occasions. The postholder will help the supply of related content material to different Cluster members and materials for exterior audiences.

The applicant could have a demonstrable monitor document of writing clearly for educational audiences and will probably be anticipated to additionally lead analyses and preparation of peer reviewed manuscripts and might also contribute to, or lead, different dissemination actions in partnership with different Cluster members.

Profitable shortlisted candidates could also be requested to current a brief presentation and full a activity related to the function.

This submit is cut up throughout two schools – Institute of Psychiatry, Psychology & Neuroscience.and  School of Life Sciences & Drugs and the post-holder will probably be anticipated to work on-site (Man’s campus, London Bridge, and IoPPN, Denmark Hill Campus). As well as, given the nationwide remit of the function, there will probably be alternatives for travel and dealing with nationwide companions.

It is a full time submit (35 Hours per week), and you may be supplied a hard and fast time period contract till thirty first March 2028.

In individual interviews at London Bridge are at the moment scheduled for twenty eighth June.

The profitable applicant will probably be anticipated to work on campus at the very least 4 days per week and should be prepared to travel throughout accomplice areas throughout the nation for key conferences and occasions.

About you

To achieve success on this function, we’re on the lookout for candidates to have the next abilities and expertise:

Important standards

1. A PhD in a related self-discipline [e.g. public health, mental health epidemiology or population health]
2. Understanding of the UK public health context
3. Proof of unbiased research, utilizing quantitative or qualitative strategies, in public health or psychological health
4. Information / expertise of psychological health research
5. Expertise in managing, delivering or growing academic programmes
6. Expertise of efficient engagement with a various vary of scholars / stakeholders
7. Wonderful presentation and communication skills (each written and verbal)

Fascinating standards

1. Proof of academic scholarship and research
2. Expertise of working in a public health associated subject
3. Information / expertise of superior quantitative analytic strategies together with use of large-scale datasets for research, or in qualitative / blended strategies approaches, and / or affected person and public involvement in research
4. Proof of publication of research in peer-reviewed journals
5. Related qualification in education / Fellowship of the HEA (or equal)

Full particulars of the function and the abilities and expertise required, could be discovered within the hooked up job description which supplied on the subsequent web page.

Additional info

We satisfaction ourselves on being inclusive and welcoming. We embrace variety and wish everybody to really feel that they belong and are linked to others in our community.

We’re dedicated to working with our employees and unions on these and different points, to proceed to help our individuals and to develop a various and inclusive tradition at King’s.

We ask all candidates to submit a replica of their CV, and a supporting assertion, detailing how they meet the important standards listed within the advert. If we obtain a robust subject of candidates, we could use the fascinating standards to decide on our ultimate shortlist, so please embrace your proof towards these the place potential.

To learn how our managers assessment your software, please check out our ‘ How we Recruit’ pages.

Interviews are as a result of be held on twenty eighth June.

This function doesn’t meet the necessities of the House Workplace and subsequently we aren’t in a position to provide sponsorship for candidates who require the fitting to work within the UK.

This submit is topic to a Disclosure and Barring Service clearance.