Teaching Fellow in Psychology; FTE

Post

Title:

Teaching Fellow in Psychology

SBU/Department: Health, Medicine and Life Sciences – Psychology Sport and Geography

FTE: 0.5fte (working 18.5 hours per week)

Duration of

Contract:

1 year Fixed Term Contract

Salary: UH6 £ 33,002pa to £38,784pa (pro rata) by annual increments on achieving designated skills and experience

Annual Leave: 35 days pro rata plus standard public holidays and an additional 4 days including the closure of our office between Christmas and New Year

Location: College Lane Campus, Hatfield

Do you enjoy teaching students and supporting their learning? Do you have a passion for psychology and its application? We pride ourselves in providing students with excellent teaching and support that allows them to explore the diverse career options offered by psychology. The team here has a range of expertise as academics and practitioners.

The role involves designing and delivering engaging teaching and assessment to support the learning and application of psychology for undergraduate and postgraduate students. As a lecturer, you will be involved in the programme development, committees and boards. You will also provide academic and pastoral care that supports student success.

• Experience of delivering engaging training and teaching.
• Expertise in clinical psychology, biological psychology, health psychology, social psychology, psychology and the workplace, personality and individual differences or qualitative research.
• Experience in designing and delivering engaging teaching is essential.
• Adopted usage of IT, planning, organising and managing conflicting priorities.

Educated with a Degree in Psychology or related discipline, or equivalent qualification. A Post Graduate qualification would be advantageous.

Please view the job description and person specification for a full list of the duties and essential criteria. Please attach a personal statement showing clearly how your skills and experience match the Person Specification.

Internal applicants – please ensure you apply via your employee self-service portal.

We regret that we are unable to offer UKVI sponsorship for this post; applicants will either hold UK Right to Work or demonstrate access to UK Right to Work before an offer is made.

Dr Colleen Addicott, Psychology Subject Group Lead –

Dr Martyn Morris, Head of Department PSG –

Closing Date: 02 February 2026

Interview Date: w/c 16 February 2026

Reference Number: REQ
000477

Date advert placed: 19 January 2026

Our vision is to transform lives: UH is committed to Equality, Diversity and Inclusion and building a diverse community. We welcome applications from suitably qualified and eligible candidates regardless of their protected characteristics, and recognise there are different ways applicants may achieve the criteria in this document. We offer a range of employee benefits including generous annual leave, flexible location opportunities within the UK, discounted Sports Village memberships and free Active Staff sessions, personal and professional development and family-friendly policies.

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