Post Title: Professor in Social Work
SBU/Department: School of Health and Social Work,
FTE: 0.4 (working14.8 hours a week)
Duration of Contract: Permanent
Salary: AM1 - 2 £67,344 - £77,764 pro rata pa depending on skills and experience
Annual Leave: 35 days pro rata pa plus standard public holidays and an additional 4 days including our closure between Christmas & New Year
Location: Hatfield
Main duties
To provide strategic direction, cohesion and research leadership as a senior academic, thereby contributing to the success of the School and to support, contribute and lead a cumulative programme of research and generate significant research grant income through local, national and international collaborative projects. The postholder will sustain and develop a reputation and a research team at the forefront of social work research and undertake cross-sector working to benefit populations with a history of marginalisation or poorer social care and wellbeing outcomes.
Skills and experience
You need a strong national profile in Social Work with a developing international trajectory and have lead authorship/role in the preparation of recent high quality, peer reviewed outputs reflecting independent research and demonstrating 3-4* significance. You will have developed and submitted successful and substantial applications for external research funding as the lead or co-applicant.
Qualifications
PhD in Social Work or related subject and current membership of external bodies relevant to the field
Please view the job description 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.
Appointment to this role may require an Academic Technology Approval Scheme (ATAS) certificate.
Applications must consist of a full CV and a synopsis, of between 1,000 and 2,000 words detailing achievements, professional standing and future plans in their chosen field of endeavour, making specific reference to the criteria:
i. contribution by research, learning and teaching, enterprise and entrepreneurship, to the furtherance of knowledge, advancements of the subject or their application to society.
ii standing in the subject or profession;
iii their academic leadership.
Appointment to a Professorship
Read the ‘University Policy and Regulations – Professorships’ document to ensure you are fully aware of the requirements on, and for the appointment of, a Professor at the University.
As this is a Professorship appointment the names and contact details of three academic referees of appropriate standing in the field are required, who may be approached prior to interview.
DISCLOSURE AND BARRING SERVICE
The University requires that the successful applicant who is offered employment may require a DBS at a later date due to the nature of the work involved.
Overseas applicants and UK applicants who have lived abroad
Successful applicants from overseas will be required to produce a criminal records check, or 'Certificate of Good Character', from any country in which they have been resident, consecutively or cumulatively, in the previous 10 years.
Informal Enquiries: Professor Karen Beeton,
k.s.beeton@herts.ac.uk
Closing Date: 17 Oct 2024
Interview Date: 11 Nov 2024
Reference Number: 061636
Date advert placed: 19 Sept 2024
Apply online at
https://www.jobs.herts.ac.uk/go/061636