Lecturer or Senior Lecturer in Psychology

Edge Hill University - Psychology

Location:	Ormskirk
Salary:	£39,906 to £59,966 per annum
Hours:	Full Time, Part Time
Contract Type:	Permanent

Placed On: 10th February 2026
Closes: 23rd February 2026
Job Ref: EHT0776-0226

About the Role

We are seeking to appoint full-time (or equivalent) permanent Lecturer(s) or Senior Lecturer(s) in Psychology to join the team at an exciting stage of our development. Applicants will hold a PhD in Psychology (or equivalent) and be active researchers with the ability to make a strong contribution to the next Research Excellence Framework (REF) exercise. With the potential to produce internationally excellent research outputs, candidates will also demonstrate a commitment to securing external research funding, research impact, knowledge exchange activities.

You will contribute significantly to delivering an outstanding student experience through high-quality teaching at both undergraduate and postgraduate levels. Applications are welcomed from candidates specialising in any area of psychology, with the ability to teach across expanding areas of the applied psychology curriculum such as forensic, clinical, and/or coaching psychology—will be particularly advantageous. You will be committed to providing an exemplary educational experience and supporting students in developing strong transferable and employability skills.

Applications for part-time appointments will be considered: please state this clearly in your covering letter.

For informal enquiries about this vacancy, please contact Prof Nick Hulbert-Williams, Head of the Department of Psychology, at hulbertwn@edgehill.ac.uk.

About you

You will be an enthusiastic and friendly professional who is excited about making notable contributions to psychological science. You will have excellent communication and interpersonal skills, with a commitment to providing supportive student experience. Through your contributions to teaching excellence, you will inspire our students to achieve their full potential.

With a promising (lecturer) or established (senior lecturer) research profile in psychology, you will be able to demonstrate how your research plans support our ambitious strategy for increasing the quality of our research outputs, external income generation, and extending the reach of our impact and knowledge exchange activities.

You will further enrich our students’ experience through your coaching and mentorship skills, subject knowledge, evidenced through your qualifications and experience. You will join a forward thinking and dynamic team that pushes the boundaries of curriculum development within our discipline.

This post provides an outstanding opportunity for career development for early career or more established researchers. Keeping with our ambitious strategies, you will receive allocation of protected workload time for scholarship, research and knowledge exchange. We will provide mentorship and appropriate professional development helping your research programme flourish in our stimulating and supportive research environment.

At Edge Hill University we value the benefits a rich and diverse workforce brings to our community and therefore welcome applications from all sections of society.

Rewards & benefits

• A minimum of 48 days annual leave per annum, (inclusive of bank holiday and University closure days).
• Relocation and Visa Assistance Policies (subject to eligibility criteria).
• Access to a range of CPD to support your career development, three defined pathways for progression.
• Employee assistance programme access to free confidential counselling sessions, legal & financial advice, health & wellbeing resources.
• Automatic enrolment into Teacher’s Pension Scheme with our employer contribution of 23.68%
• Discounted membership to onsite state-of-the-art sport and leisure facilities
• Beautiful award-winning on-campus working environment.
• Staff benefits scheme, which provides you with discounts across the high street etc.

About us

At Edge Hill University we believe in the life changing opportunities knowledge can create. Since 1885, we’ve been creating access to knowledge for those who may not have had the opportunity to before.