This is an exciting opportunity to join the newly developed ºÚÁÏÍø³Ô¹Ï±¬ÁÏ Mental Health Research Group (MHRG) at the ºÚÁÏÍø³Ô¹Ï±¬ÁÏ. The MHRG is funded for an initial 5 years by the NIHR (National Institute for Health Research). 

The focus of our work is applied research aimed at improving health and wellbeing of children and young people aged 12-25 in the local region. The work of the centre will be guided by our lived experience advisory panels and stakeholder groups. 

You will be joining at the very start of this initiative and will have an exciting opportunity to contribute to the development of the Public Involvement and Engagement work of the MHRG. The role will also involve linking in with the Public Engagement Unit at the ºÚÁÏÍø³Ô¹Ï±¬ÁÏ, including working together on activities where relevant to ensure good team working and foster a co-ordinated engagement strategy between the work of the Mental Health Research Unit and the wider university. 

About you 

• Practical experience of Patient and Public Involvement and Community Engagement (PPIE).
• Experience of involvement work in health and social care research.
• Good communication skills with a range of different audiences/stakeholders
• Experience of digital approaches to engagement work.
• Able to build and maintain good working relationships with key partners.

Further Information

This role is offered on a full time (36. hours per week) on a fixed term basis with an expected end date of 31/12/2029. 

For informal discussions about the role please contact Dr Pamela Jacobsen (Senior Lecturer) on pcj25@bath.ac.uk

What we can offer you:

• a very generous employer contributory pension scheme
• generous annual leave allowance with an additional 5 discretionary days so that you can enjoy a positive work life balance
• we are a family-friendly University and with an increasingly agile workforce, are open to flexible working arrangements
• an excellent reward package that recognises the talents of our diverse workforce
• a wide range of personal and professional development opportunities
• a number of support options available for new and existing staff to help with the cost of some immigration expenses which you may be eligible for: Relocation allowance, Visa Reimbursement, Interest-Free Loan.

Find out more about our benefits.

We consider ourselves to be a university where difference is celebrated, respected and encouraged. We have an excellent international reputation with staff from over 60 different nations and have made a positive commitment towards gender equality and intersectionality receiving a Silver Athena SWAN award. We truly believe that diversity of experience, perspectives, and backgrounds will lead to a better environment for our employees and students, so we encourage applications from all genders, backgrounds, and communities, particularly from under-represented groups, and value the positive impact that will have on the university. We are committed to maintaining a safe and secure environment for our students, staff, and community by reinforcing our commitment.

We are very proud to be an autism friendly university and are an accredited Disability Confident Leader; committed to building disability confidence and supporting disabled staff.

Find out from our staff what makes the ºÚÁÏÍø³Ô¹Ï±¬ÁÏ a great place to work. Follow us and on Twitter for more information.

Closing Date: 16 Jan 2025

Department: Management, Specialist and Administration

Salary: £37,999 to £45,163

The Department of Psychology is seeking to recruit Lecturers who have demonstrable research quality, with international reach, and the ability to contribute to teaching in our undergraduate and postgraduate programmes while advancing our research and teaching portfolio. Research in the department occurs across more than six major subdisciplines in psychology, including clinical, cognitive, developmental, environmental, health, and social and the department is looking to recruit a candidate with expertise in these areas.

We welcome candidates with research strengths in any relevant area of psychology that fit with our key areas of research. We are particularly keen to receive applications from candidates who complement our research in the following areas of psychology: Addiction, Autism (with a child/youth focus), Digital applications (e.g., Artificial Intelligence), Environmental Psychology, Pain Psychology, and Youth Mental Health.

In this role you will:

• Prepare and deliver teaching on the department's undergraduate and postgraduate programmes. This will include developing the teaching material, delivery of lectures, seminars and tutorials.
• Alongside the supervision, assessment and marking of coursework and research dissertations, you will provide advice and support to students, as well as undertake teaching-related management and administration duties.
• This role may also involve undertaking student placement visits as well as supporting the relevant teams map our curriculums to the BPS curriculum in preparation for accreditation.

The successful candidate:

You will: 

• Be committed to and have experience of delivering high quality teaching.
• Bring experience with impact related to your research and teaching.
• Show evidence of inclusive teaching practice and student engagement.
• Be able to evidence effective working in interdisciplinary teams.
• Have experience supervising undergraduate and postgraduate dissertations.

Further information

These roles are offered on a full-time (36.5 hours per week) permanent basis. 

Informal enquiries can be directed to the Head of Department Prof Mark Brosnan (pssmjb@bath.ac.uk) and/or to the Deputy Heads of Department Prof Ed Keogh (pssemk@bath.ac.uk) or Prof Sarah Halligan (slh54@bath.ac.uk).

Interviews will take place 03 and 04 February. 

What we can offer you:

• a very generous employer contributory pension scheme
• generous annual leave allowance with an additional 5 discretionary days so that you can enjoy a positive work life balance
• we are a family-friendly University and with an increasingly agile workforce, are open to flexible working arrangements
• an excellent reward package that recognises the talents of our diverse workforce
• a wide range of personal and professional development opportunities
• a number of support options available for new and existing staff to help with the cost of some immigration expenses which you may be eligible for: Relocation allowance, Visa Reimbursement, Interest-Free Loan.

Find out more about our benefits.

We consider ourselves to be a university where difference is celebrated, respected and encouraged. We have an excellent international reputation with staff from over 60 different nations and have made a positive commitment towards gender equality and intersectionality receiving a Silver Athena SWAN award. We truly believe that diversity of experience, perspectives, and backgrounds will lead to a better environment for our employees and students, so we encourage applications from all genders, backgrounds, and communities, particularly from under-represented groups, and value the positive impact that will have on the university. We are committed to maintaining a safe and secure environment for our students, staff, and community by reinforcing our commitment.

We are very proud to be an autism friendly university and are an accredited Disability Confident Leader; committed to building disability confidence and supporting disabled staff.

Find out from our staff what makes the ºÚÁÏÍø³Ô¹Ï±¬ÁÏ a great place to work. Follow us and on Twitter for more information.

Closing Date: 19 Jan 2025

Department: Education & Research

Salary: £46,485 to £55,295

This is an exciting opportunity to join the newly developed ºÚÁÏÍø³Ô¹Ï±¬ÁÏ Mental Health Research Group (MHRG) at the ºÚÁÏÍø³Ô¹Ï±¬ÁÏ. The MHRG is funded for an initial 5 years by the NIHR (National Institute for Health Research). The focus of our work is applied research aimed at improving health and wellbeing of children and young people aged 12-25 in the local region. 

The ºÚÁÏÍø³Ô¹Ï±¬ÁÏ Mental Health Research Group has four main work packages/themes: 

1. Creating and testing simple and widely available support for common mental health issues such as anxiety and depression. This includes using digital treatments. 
2. Improving understanding, awareness, and treatment for mental health difficulties in young people who have conditions such as autism and ADHD. 
3. Understanding how many of young people in the region have issues with smoking, drinking, and drug use, and developing new ways to help reduce the harm this may cause their mental health. 
4. Finding ways to help young people who have had difficult early experiences, to stop this leading to poor mental health when they get older. 

The successful applicants will work to specified projects but also draw on their unique skill set, with the opportunity to work across a range of work packages. The research of the MHRG involves quantitative, qualitative, and mixed methods approaches, including analysis of secondary data, designing and conducting new programmes of work, reporting and dissemination. Previous experience of research on the topic of children and young people’s mental health is desirable, but not essential as we primarily wish to recruit people with commitment and enthusiasm to the topic area, and relevant research skills. 

We have a clear commitment to skills training and career development for all research staff working in the MHRG. You will have the opportunity to work under the supervision of world-leading clinicians and academics. The ºÚÁÏÍø³Ô¹Ï±¬ÁÏ MHRG is partnering with the Universities of Bristol and Exeter (as part of the GW4 network) to deliver this project and there will be ample opportunities to work with researchers at our partner institutions. 

We have several full-time (1.0 FTE) posts available for an initial period of 3 years, with the possibility of extension for a further 2 years. We are also open to applications from people seeking part-time roles and/or flexible working patterns. The minimum time commitment would be 2 days/week (0.4 FTE). 

Due to the requirements of the post, regular in-person attendance at the ºÚÁÏÍø³Ô¹Ï±¬ÁÏ is required. Some team members will be expected to travel to undertake research activities in the local area of ºÚÁÏÍø³Ô¹Ï±¬ÁÏ and North-East Somerset, Swindon, and Wiltshire. This post is therefore not suitable for someone looking for a remote position. 

About you 

We are looking to recruit candidates with a range of skills and experience (please note, we would not expect a single candidate to have expertise in all areas). We are looking to match project work with individual strengths and expertise. We are seeking to recruit people with a clear commitment to compliance with relevant ethical and regulatory frameworks, and to producing robust and reproducible research (open science). Candidates must enjoy working as part of a team, value inter-disciplinary research and engagement with diverse stakeholders. 

Key areas include, but are not limited to:

Group 1

• Quantitative approaches including longitudinal analysis, analysis of large datasets and/or data science
• Data management skills
• Ecological momentary assessment methods

Group 2

• Qualitative methodologies including multi-perspectival analysis
• Participatory research/co-production with an emphasis on hard to reach and underserved populations
• Skills in engagement with young people with complex mental health difficulties/neurodivergent presentations

Group 3

• Clinical Trials methods (including pilot/feasibility trials)
• Knowledge of social and healthcare systems and policies
• Digital interventions

Group 4

• Evidence synthesis (including identifying, reviewing, and summarising what is currently known about a particular question) including meta-analysis and qualitative synthesis methods
• Dissemination strategies including use of social media
• Skills in engaging with end users of research, including policy makers, regulatory bodies, clinical commissioners and other key stakeholders

We welcome applications from candidates with lived experience (either personal or as a loved one/family member) of the areas within our research remit including mental health difficulties, substance misuse, neurodiversity, and Looked After Children (LAC). We aim to make this an inclusive recruitment process. Interviews will be conducted online, and we will provide interview questions in advance. 

For an informal discussion of these roles please contact the Director of the MHRG (Dr. Pamela Jacobsen, pcj25@bath.ac.uk) or Deputy Director (Professor Ailsa Russell, ajr39@bath.ac.uk). Campus visits can be organised with sufficient advance notice.

What we can offer you:

• a very generous employer contributory pension scheme
• generous annual leave allowance with an additional 5 discretionary days so that you can enjoy a positive work life balance
• we are a family-friendly University and with an increasingly agile workforce, are open to flexible working arrangements
• an excellent reward package that recognises the talents of our diverse workforce
• a wide range of personal and professional development opportunities
• a number of support options available for new and existing staff to help with the cost of some immigration expenses which you may be eligible for: Relocation allowance, Visa Reimbursement, Interest-Free Loan.

Find out more about our benefits.

We consider ourselves to be a university where difference is celebrated, respected and encouraged. We have an excellent international reputation with staff from over 60 different nations and have made a positive commitment towards gender equality and intersectionality receiving a Silver Athena SWAN award. We truly believe that diversity of experience, perspectives, and backgrounds will lead to a better environment for our employees and students, so we encourage applications from all genders, backgrounds, and communities, particularly from under-represented groups, and value the positive impact that will have on the university. We are committed to maintaining a safe and secure environment for our students, staff, and community by reinforcing our commitment.

We are very proud to be an autism friendly university and are an accredited Disability Confident Leader; committed to building disability confidence and supporting disabled staff.

Find out from our staff what makes the ºÚÁÏÍø³Ô¹Ï±¬ÁÏ a great place to work. Follow us and on Twitter for more information.

Closing Date: 05 Jan 2025

Department: Education & Research

Salary: £37,999 to £45,163 pro rata per annum

An exciting opportunity has arisen for a Centre Manager to join the newly developed ºÚÁÏÍø³Ô¹Ï±¬ÁÏ Mental Health Research Group (MHRG) at the ºÚÁÏÍø³Ô¹Ï±¬ÁÏ. The MHRG is funded for an initial 5 years by the NIHR (National Institute for Health Research) and will focus on improving health and wellbeing of children and young people aged 12-25 in the local region. The ºÚÁÏÍø³Ô¹Ï±¬ÁÏ MHRG is partnering with the Universities of Bristol and Exeter to deliver this work. 

The MHRG is looking to recruit a Centre Manager who will take on a key leadership role in planning and delivering the centre’s overall strategy and who will be responsible for: 

• the day-to-day management and operations of the MHRG which will include overseeing all aspects of administration and support for research including financial reporting, networking, communications and capacity building activities.
• leading on the development and implementation of a positive research and operating culture form the outset.
• liaising with academic, managerial, and administrative staff across the MHRG, the ºÚÁÏÍø³Ô¹Ï±¬ÁÏ, and with representatives of external organisations including local NHS services, education, local authorities, and third sector organisations
• This role will also be responsible for the line management of the MHRG’s professional services staff. 

About you 

You will: 

• Have relevant experience delivering projects involving several key stakeholders both internal and external.
• Ideally have experience of/or willingness to become proficient in research governance relevant to health and social care contexts.
• Can demonstrate relevant experience successfully implementing new /streamlining existing key administrative and technological processes to improve operational efficiency.
• Thrive working in a dynamic environment as part of team.

Further information

Please note that this role is offered on a full time, fixed term basis for five years. We are also open to applications from people seeking part-time, job share, or flexible working conditions. 

Any informal enquiries about this post can be directed to Dr Pamela Jacobsen, Director of MHRG (pcj25@bath.ac.uk) or to Prof Ailsa Russell, Deputy Direct of MHRG (ajr39@bath.ac.uk). 

What we can offer you:

• a very generous employer contributory pension scheme
• generous annual leave allowance with an additional 5 discretionary days so that you can enjoy a positive work life balance
• we are a family-friendly University and with an increasingly agile workforce, are open to flexible working arrangements
• an excellent reward package that recognises the talents of our diverse workforce
• a wide range of personal and professional development opportunities
• a number of support options available for new and existing staff to help with the cost of some immigration expenses which you may be eligible for: Relocation allowance, Visa Reimbursement, Interest-Free Loan.

Find out more about our benefits.

We consider ourselves to be a university where difference is celebrated, respected and encouraged. We have an excellent international reputation with staff from over 60 different nations and have made a positive commitment towards gender equality and intersectionality receiving a Silver Athena SWAN award. We truly believe that diversity of experience, perspectives, and backgrounds will lead to a better environment for our employees and students, so we encourage applications from all genders, backgrounds, and communities, particularly from under-represented groups, and value the positive impact that will have on the university. We are committed to maintaining a safe and secure environment for our students, staff, and community by reinforcing our  commitment.

We are very proud to be an autism friendly university and are an accredited Disability Confident Leader; committed to building disability confidence and supporting disabled staff.

Find out from our staff what makes the ºÚÁÏÍø³Ô¹Ï±¬ÁÏ a great place to work. Follow us  and  on Twitter for more information.

Closing Date: 05 Jan 2025

Department: Management, Specialist and Administration

Salary: £37,999 to £45,163