Lecturer in Gerontology
(2 year fixed contract)
Location: Highfield Campus
Salary: £30,728 to £45,053
Full Time Fixed Term
Closing Date: Friday 18 July 2014
Reference: 417914CC
We are seeking to appoint a Lecturer in Gerontology with experience in research in the field of ageing in one or more of the following fields: social policy in the UK, Europe or international; in China or in south-east Asia.
You will be a part of the University of Southampton, an institution in the top 1% of world Universities and one of the UK's top 15 research-intensive universities. We have an international reputation for research, teaching and enterprise activities.
You will work in the Department of Gerontology, situated in Social Sciences within the Faculty of Social and Human Sciences. The Faculty brings together a unique range of disciplines and is committed to tackling the world's biggest challenges through interdisciplinary research.
Gerontology staff members were returned with Social Sciences staff under the 2008 RAE Social Policy and Administration (UoA40), which was ranked third in the UK.
You will to teach on the MSc in Gerontology (face-to-face students and Distance Learning) and MSc Global Ageing and Policy (Distance Learning), co-supervise MSc students and, where appropriate, supervise PhD students. You will also engage in high quality research and publication and have opportunities to collaborate in existing major research council funded programmes within the Centre for Research on Ageing.
You will have a Degree and PhD in Gerontology or in one of the Social Sciences or in a discipline closely related to the study of ageing and the lifecourse (eg. Social Policy, Demography, Sociology, Health, Social Care, Psychology, Geography) and have relevant teaching and research experience. A commitment to working across traditional disciplinary boundaries, both in research and teaching is valued. We would expect you to have a background in ageing and the ability to strengthen existing expertise in this area and contribute to the teaching of students in receipt of Commonwealth Scholarships.
The research interests and recent publications of current members of staff in the Academic Unit of Social Sciences, including further information the Centre for Research on Ageing, can be found on our website (www.southampton.ac.uk/ageing). More general information on the Academic Unit of Social Sciences can be found at: www.southampton.ac.uk/socsci
The position is tenable from 1 July 2014 or as soon as possible thereafter.
Informal enquiries should be addressed to Professor Maria Evandrou, Director of the Centre for Research on Ageing, via email: maria.evandrou@southampton.ac.uk
Application procedure:
You should submit your completed online application form at www.jobs.soton.ac.uk. If you need any assistance, please call Charlene Tyson (Recruitment Team) on +44 (0) 23 8059 6803. Please quote reference 417914CC on all correspondence.