Lecturer / Senior Lecturer in Developmental Psychology

The Department of Psychology is looking for an outstanding scholar at the level of Lecturer or Senior Lecturer in the area of Developmental Psychology, to enhance its world-leading research portfolio and excellent undergraduate/postgraduate programmes. Applicants should have a PhD (or equivalent qualification) in a relevant discipline, an excellent publication record for their career stage and evidence of the ability or potential to attract independent research funding. The ability to organize and carry out teaching, supervision and research training to a high standard is also essential. You will join a vibrant department, which is amongst the largest in the UK, and which has been consistently ranked as one of the outstanding research departments in all seven UK Research Assessment Exercises to date. We have one of the largest centres of postgraduate psychology research in the country and were ranked 7th in the UK for research income in the ESRC’s 2011 Psychology International Benchmarking exercise. Further information about the Department is available at: http://www.sheffield.ac.uk/psychology/