Lecturer in Public Health

Job Title: Lecturer in Public Health

Location: Birmingham

Salary: £39,560 - £44,352 per annum – AC2

Job type: Permanent, Full time

UCB is an equal opportunities employer. We are TEF rated Silver, with a Good Ofsted rating.

The Role:

We are seeking to appoint a motivated and knowledgeable Lecturer in Public Health to support the delivery and continued development of public health provision within the Health, Nutrition and Exercise Science portfolio.

This is an exciting opportunity to contribute to the MSc Public Health and to support public health teaching across a range of related subject areas, including health, food and nutrition, psychology, exercise science and wider allied disciplines. This post will support the continued development of public health as a visible, coherent and sustainable area of provision.

This role would suit an academic or practitioner with a strong public health background who is keen to make a meaningful contribution to curriculum development, interdisciplinary teaching and student experience.

If you are passionate about public health education and want to help shape provision in a growing and interdisciplinary area, we would welcome your application.

Benefits:

• Generous allocation of annual leave
• 38 days’ paid leave per year
• 12 Bank Holidays & Concessionary Days
• Excellent Local Government/Teachers’ Pension Scheme
• Employer Contributions

§ Teachers’ Pension Scheme – 28.6%

• Subsidised private healthcare provided by Aviva including a Digital GP Service.
• Employee Assistance Programme inclusive of counselling services, financial wellbeing support and bereavement support
• Annual health MOTs with our Registered Nurse
• Excellent staff development opportunities including professional qualification sponsorship
• A variety of salary sacrifice schemes including technology and cycle.
• Hybrid working opportunities
• Free on-site gym membership

Extra Information:

All applicants for employment at the University will be expected to demonstrate an understanding of the principles of Safeguarding and the PREVENT agenda in the context of further and higher education.

Closing Date – Sunday 22nd November 2026.

Interview Date – Thursday 10th December 2026.

Please click APPLY to be emailed a link to the role on our Careers site, where you need to complete our application form in order to be considered.

Candidates with the experience or relevant job titles of: Lecturer in Public Health, Public Health Lecturer, Senior Lecturer in Public Health, Public Health Academic, Lecturer in Health Sciences, Lecturer in Health and Wellbeing, Lecturer in Health Promotion, Lecturer in Community Health, Public Health Educator, Public Health Teaching Fellow, will also be considered for this role.