Job Description

Contract Type: Fixed Term Contract Background We are looking for creative, thoughtful and collaborative colleagues with a passion for delivering high-quality education and enhancing the student experience. This is an opportunity to join our growing Psychology team based in Dubai. We welcomed our first student cohort onto our undergraduate BSc programme in 2020 and by autumn 2024 we will be supporting well over 150 undergraduate students. We are also starting a new MSc in Mental Health in September 2024. To underpin this growth, we will grow our staff base, ideally from no later than early in 2025. We will consider applicants at Grade 8 (Assistant Professor) and at Grade 9 (Associate Professor). While we will consider appropriately qualified applicants with expertise in any area of our discipline, applications from candidates with an appetite and aptitude for supporting undergraduate research methods teaching will be looked on favourably, as will applicants with expertise in mental health, neuroscience or human cognition and perception.  This is an exciting opportunity to join an ambitious World Top 100 University as we continue to grow our long-term strategic mission in Dubai, the UAE and the wider region. Our School has an international reputation for the knowledge and skills we develop in our graduates, and for research that answers important questions, stimulates new ideas, and makes a difference to individuals, communities, and societies. We are committed to working across our campuses to meet our linked education and research ambitions and to operate as one School on two sites. Colleagues joining us will be expected to make a significant contribution to the advancement of teaching (policy, practice, standards) of Psychology, and to provide leadership in teaching and learning, and teaching innovation. Management and administration will involve coordinating and supporting activity on the Dubai campus with extensive collaboration and liaison back to our Edgbaston Campus and with colleagues in our School at both locations. Across all of your activities we will expect exemplary academic citizenship, and a persistent emphasis on developing and maintaining generous, mutually respectful and supportive working relationships with all staff and students and ensuring the way you carry out your role impacts positively on how others can carry out theirs. Role Summary The key duties and responsibilities will include but not be limited to: giving lectures and seminars and supervising undergraduate / post-graduate students, course development and innovation, and taking an active part in examinations. The successful applicant will have a PhD in a relevant specialist subject area, as well as postdoctoral experience. We are looking for candidates who will actively contribute to our portfolio and community, through pursuit of research that will bring new opportunities, synergies, and interdisciplinary collaboration. The successful candidate will also have a track record in teaching at a higher education institution. To download the full job description please click here: Grade 8 Grade 9  Informal enquiries to Dr Oliver Bones, lead for Psychology, Dubai Campus, email: To download the full job description and details of this position and submit an electronic application online please click on the 'Apply' button above. Valuing excellence, sustaining investment We value diversity and inclusion at the University of Birmingham and welcome applications from all sections of the community and are open to discussions around all forms of flexible working. Closes: 24/09/2024