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Department of Health Policy
Assistant Professor in Health Policy
Salary is no less than £61,446 per annum and the salary scale can be found on the LSE website.
The LSE Department of Health Policy aims to advance knowledge and understanding of health care systems through undertaking post-graduate and Executive teaching, and through research and scholarship at the highest international quality standards to the benefit of the international and national health policy community. The Department is making an appointment of a new Assistant Professor in Health Policy with an expertise in health systems.
The post holder will contribute to the intellectual life of the School through conducting and publishing outstanding quality research, engaging in high quality teaching as instructed by the Head of Department, and participating in the School and wider Department activities.
The appointed individual will have proven expertise in research into health systems and health policy and a strong track record of internationally excellent relevant publications. They will have a well-developed and viable strategy for future outstanding research that has the potential to result in world-leading publications.
As well as having excellent communication skills they will also demonstrate willingness to engage in collaborative research with other members of the Department, and with related research centres and disciplines. They will be able to undertake research into health systems and health policy that has impact and ability to engage in knowledge exchange.
Applicants should have a commitment to high quality teaching and fostering a positive learning environment for students. With the capability to teach quantitative and/or qualitative health policy courses related to the investigation of health systems at postgraduate level, the successful candidate will have a proven ability to deliver teaching on a range of MSc and Executive MSc programmes offered by the Department.
The successful candidate will have a PhD, or close to completion by start date in a relevant field and will be able to demonstrate a record of good citizenship within the wider academic community. They will be committed to working as part of a team and assisting in the smooth running of the Department and teaching programmes.
The other criteria that will be used when shortlisting for this post can be found on the person specification, which is attached to this vacancy on the LSE’s online recruitment system.
In addition to a competitive salary the benefits that come with this job include an occupational pension scheme, a research grants policy with personal reward options, generous research leave (sabbatical) entitlement, a collegial faculty environment and excellent support, training and development opportunities.
For further information about the post, please see the how to apply document , job description and the person specification
To apply for this post, please go to www.jobs.lse.ac.uk.If you have any technical queries with applying on the online system, please use the “contact us” links at the bottom of the LSE Jobs page. Should you have any queries about the role, please email a.gaddes@lse.ac.uk
The closing date for receipt of applications is 2 July 2023 (23.59 UK time). We are unable to accept any late applications.
Interview date is currently scheduled for 13 July 2023, but is subject to change.