Associate Head / Professor: Psychology

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Division: College of Training, Language & Psychology
Location: York
Wage:
£57,696 to £73,040
each year
Closing Date: Monday 29 April 2024 at midnight
Interview Date:
Friday 10 Might 2024
Reference: 260-23-R

Full time everlasting

Location: York 

Wage at Affiliate Head stage – £57,696 – £68,857 each year

Wage at Professor stage – £68,857 – £73,040 each year

In regards to the College

York St John is an bold, trendy college on the coronary heart of historic York and there has by no means been a extra thrilling time to hitch us. 

 As one of many quickest rising universities within the UK over latest years, now we have a brand new technique for the following decade, emphasising our dedication to widening alternative by the facility of schooling and contributing our abilities to making a fairer world, and a extra affluent area. We’re placing impactful analysis and inspirational studying on the coronary heart of this technique, recognising our tutorial experience as our best asset. 

The College 

Psychology is positioned throughout the College of Training, Language and Psychology, and it sits alongside Counselling, Languages and Linguistics, Preliminary Instructor Training, and Youngsters, Younger Folks and Training.

Psychology is an bold and rising tutorial unit throughout the College. Our key areas of analysis energy are in cognitive, developmental, and social psychology, and neurodiversity and psychological well being. We’re moreover rising our experience in scientific and forensic functions of psychology. In REF2021, over 70% of the Psychology analysis outputs and 100% of affect have been rated as world main or internationally glorious. Our analysis infrastructure consists of devoted labs and technical assist, together with specialised EEG, digital actuality, eye-tracking, and video-observation tools and rooms.

Psychology has grown in employees and pupil numbers in any respect ranges of examine in recent times. We’ve additionally considerably elevated the variety of PGR college students, who’re supported by educating or analysis scholarships. Persistently glorious educating and an inclusive ethos present an distinctive expertise for college students, as demonstrated by a persistently sturdy efficiency within the Nationwide Pupil Survey. Taught programmes in Psychology embrace a collection of BPS-accredited undergraduate levels, taught Grasp’s programmes, and an accredited skilled Doctorate in Counselling Psychology.  

The Function 

We’re in search of a succesful and compassionate tutorial to steer Psychology within the subsequent section of its growth. The profitable candidate will exhibit a longtime analysis profile allied to our current analysis strengths, as demonstrated by printed outputs and exterior grant seize.

 The position holder can have principal accountability for main the Psychology tutorial workforce and can maintain line administration accountability for educational employees within the space, with assist from two Deputy Affiliate Heads. The profitable candidate will symbolize and champion Psychology as a member of the College Tutorial Management Crew, and contribute to the general strategic growth of the College. 

Key Necessities 

The profitable candidate can have a transparent understanding of the challenges of educating and doing analysis in Psychology in increased schooling. They’ll have a longtime analysis profile, and their track-record of excellence in analysis will permit them to mentor and assist the event of early profession researchers. They will even be a inventive and succesful trainer. Importantly, the profitable candidate will share our dedication to social justice and be totally dedicated to offering inclusive academic experiences that enhance the lives of our college students and the broader communities through which they reside. The profitable candidate will likely be a powerful workforce participant who conjures up colleagues and leads with integrity.

It’s important that candidates maintain a doctoral stage qualification. The profitable candidate can have a demonstrable track-record of management of educating and studying and/or analysis and public engagement in increased schooling. 

Purposes are invited from candidates who meet the individual specs for the position of Affiliate Head (Grade 9). Candidates who meet the standards for Professor (Grade 10) at York St John College are additionally welcome to use.

Additional Data

For casual enquiries please contact the Head of College: Professor Rachel Wicaksono ([email protected] ) or the Psychology REF Unit of Evaluation Lead: Dr Jelena Mirkovic ([email protected]).

 Please go to our webpages and our X/Twitter profile to seek out out extra about Psychology at York St John College, together with our employees and our analysis (https://weblog.yorksj.ac.uk/psychology/ ; @ysjpych).

This position is eligible for Expert Employee Visa sponsorship.  For additional data concerning this visa route please go to Expert Employee visa: Overview – GOV.UK (www.gov.uk)

Purposes for job share will likely be thought-about.

For those who require an inexpensive adjustment so as to apply for this place please contact [email protected].  Inside the software type there is a chance so that you can request an inexpensive adjustment on the interview stage of the method, nevertheless when you want to focus on this in additional element at any level  within the course of please don’t hesitate to contact us.

We provide a variety of household pleasant and inclusive insurance policies and amenities to assist employees from completely different backgrounds. As a part of our dedication to offering an inclusive working surroundings, consideration is given to all requests for job share or versatile working preparations. 

Please be aware that CVs usually are not accepted instead of the appliance type.

Our advantages package deal

We provide a variety of worker advantages together with – 

– Glorious annual depart entitlement, together with 5 discretionary college closure days over the Christmas interval

– Incapacity depart (applies to employees who’ve disclosed a incapacity and can also be obtainable to employees with disabled dependants)

– Pension scheme

– Well being Money Plan after six months service

– Worker Help Programme

– Paid depart for Armed Forces Reservists

– On-campus programs, one-to-one tutorials, and on-line assets that will help you develop your digital expertise and work with new software program

– Relocation bills package deal for sure roles

– Reimbursement of Expert Employee Visa software charges and Visa mortgage scheme for extra prices

Additional details about life at YSJ

Learn extra about our tradition, inclusive group, working preparations and advantages for York St John staff right here.  

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We’re dedicated to managing and lowering our environmental affect and to selling sustainable growth wherever we are able to, learn extra right here.

Closing Date –
Monday 29 April 2024 at midnight

Provisional Interview Date –
Friday 10 Might 2024