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Senior Lecturer / Lecturer in Sport and Exercise Sciences - Faculty of Health and Life Sciences

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Global Academy Jobs
Location
United Kingdom
Salary
£35,844 - £51,034
Closing date
Nov 4, 2019

Job Details

Northumbria University, Newcastle, is a research rich, business focused professional university with a global reputation for academic excellence. Located in Newcastle upon Tyne and with a campus at the heart of London's financial district, Northumbria University is located in the UK's best two cities for students. At Northumbria, we are global in our scope and reach, with operations in Malaysia, London, Sri Lanka, Indonesia and Singapore and we remain the largest English provider in Hong Kong. The University continues its strong commitment to internationalisation, including its valuable and long-standing links with Europe. Northumbria is ranked 48th in the Guardian league table 2019 and ranked in the top 150 under-50 global university rankings.

The Faculty of Health and Life Sciences is passionate about the principles and application of science and technology in all its forms and strives to be excellent in research, teaching and innovation. The Department of Sport, Exercise and Rehabilitation has particular strengths in health and wellbeing, the role of exercise and physical activity in the management of chronic health conditions, exercise recovery and neuromuscular adaptations, and the optimisation of human performance.

Working within the Department of Sport, Exercise and Rehabilitation, you will provide expertise in the area of Sport and Exercise Science. The Department will consider high quality applications in any area of related teaching and research but are particularly looking for candidates with expertise in sport or clinical biomechanics, exercise physiology, clinical exercise science, sport and exercise nutrition, sport and exercise psychology or coaching. This role will include designing and delivering high quality teaching activities, undertaking individual and joint research to produce high quality, internationally recognised, academic outputs and participating in external activity to generate income and promote the subject.

You must hold a first degree and be either qualified, or soon to be qualified, to doctoral level, in a relevant subject, have expertise in the relevant subject area with specialist knowledge gained through research excellence. A proven ability to deliver high quality research informed teaching within an appropriate field and evidence of research outputs which are of high quality and are consistent with criteria for inclusion in future Research Excellence Framework submissions are essential for this role.

For informal enquiries about this post please contact Professor John Saxton: john.saxton@northumbria.ac.uk . Tel: 0191 227 3371

To apply for this vacancy please click 'Apply Now', and submit a covering letter, CV including research / education statements, and grants and publications list. Please highlight your highest quality research outputs (please indicate a rank from 1 to 5) up to a maximum of 5, since 1 January 2014. In addition, candidates are asked to provide copies of the top 2 research outputs (Journal / book chapter / practice-based portfolio). Where possible candidates are asked to combine all of these documents into a single file.

Northumbria University takes pride in, and values, the quality and diversity of our staff. We welcome applications from all members of the community. The University holds an Athena SWAN Bronze award in recognition of our commitment to improving employment practices for the advancement of gender equality and is a member of the Euraxess network, which delivers information and support to professional researchers.

Please note this vacancy will close on 03/11/2019

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