Public Engagement Lead (CH12324)

Job title Public Engagement Lead

Department Psychology

Salary Starting from £37,999, rising to £45,163

Grade Grade 7

Contract Type Full Time, Fixed Term

Placed on Friday 20 December 2024

Closing date Thursday 16 January 2025

Interview date Thursday 06 February 2025

Reference CH12324

Applicant Visa Guidance Skilled Worker visa: guidance for applicants (bath.ac.uk)

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This is an exciting opportunity to join the newly developed Bath Mental Health Research Group (MHRG) at the University of Bath. 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 University of Bath, 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.

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 [email protected]

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 Safer Recruitment 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.

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We are constantly seeking to reduce the unconscious bias that enters any assessment process, with the goal of creating an inclusive and equal assessment process. To support this, personal details such as your name, may be removed from application forms at the initial shortlisting stage.