Senior Lecturer in Global Health & Health Systems Science (E&R) – Strand, London, WC2R 2LS
About Us
King’s Global Health Partnerships works with health facilities, academic institutions and governments to strengthen health systems and improve the quality of care in five countries: Somaliland, Sierra Leone, the Democratic Republic of Congo, Zambia and The Gambia. We bring together health, academic and international development expertise from King’s College London, the UK’s National Health Service (NHS) and our international partners to:
- Educate, train and support healthcare workers
- Strengthen healthcare and training institutions
- Enhance national health policies and systems
We connect UK and African health professionals, providing training, mentoring and hands-on support; and undertake collaborative research to inform policy and practice. We also support our partners by providing access to funding, networks and development opportunities. Through these long-term partnerships and our global volunteering scheme we promote skills and knowledge exchange, and mutual learning that contribute to building a stronger health workforce and improved quality of healthcare both internationally and in the UK. KGHP is based within the School of Life Course & Population Sciences. The
School of Life Course & Population Sciences is one of five Schools that make up the Faculty of Life Sciences & Medicine at King’s College London. The School unites experts across 5 departments, Women and Children’s health, Nutritional Sciences, Population Health Sciences, Ophthalmology and Twins & Genetic Epidemiology, overall covering the complexities of life course health & disease from individual cells molecular genetics to whole population level. Our research links the causes of common health problems to life’s landmark stages, treating life, disease and healthcare as a continuum. We are interdisciplinary by nature and hugely successful: 91 per cent of our research submitted to the Subjects Allied to Medicine (Pharmacy, Nutritional Sciences and Women’s Health cluster) for REF was rated as world-leading or internationally excellent. We use this expertise to teach the next generation of health professionals and research scientists. Based across King’s Guy’s, St Thomas’, Waterloo and Denmark Hill campuses, our academic programme of research, teaching and clinical practice is embedded across all SLCPS departments.
About the role
The Senior Lecturer in Global Health and Health Systems Science post will grow and strengthen the department’s capacity in health systems and the health workforce in low- and middle-income country settings, using their expertise to inform and improve efforts to re-engineer health services in the UK. The post is on the Education and Research academic pathway, and is expected to have a balanced portfolio of academic activities, covering education, research and academic leadership and citizenship. The post holder will have a growing national and international profile, with evidence of leadership skills and promise. The post holder will support strategic leadership of global health education (MSc, intercalated BSc, short courses), teaching on undergraduate and postgraduate programmes within the School of Life Course & Population Health Sciences (SLCPHS), including the development of new online and executive education courses. They will advance King’s College London’s strategic aims by leading high-quality research that addresses the delivery, organisation and evaluation of healthcare and global health, combining methodological rigour with real-world impact. The post holder will also direct the work of King’s Global Health Partnerships (KGHP) to strengthen growth and further increase impact, as well as to build a research portfolio integrated with this work and establish the KGHP to have wider influence on policy and practice at both national and global levels. The Senior Lecturer will develop excellent networks across the School of Life Course & Population Health Sciences (SLCPHS), Faculty, the wider University, across King’s Health Partners, working closely with the King’s Population Health Institute and the King’s Global health Institute. They will be a collegial collaborator, both in teaching and research. This activity will include collaborative grant development, postgraduate supervision, and cross-disciplinary partnerships – enhancing King’s contribution to policy and society locally, nationally and globally. They will support early career researchers to develop teaching portfolios and participate in a variety of research teams. They will need to deliver a growth agenda in one or more areas of health systems strengthening that supports research within School and Faculty of Life Sciences & Medicine. This is a full post (35 hours per week), and you will be offered an indefinite contract.
