"LifeLab Knowledge Exchange and Enterprise Fellow (LifeLab Teacher)"

LifeLab Knowledge Exchange and Enterprise Fellow (LifeLab Teacher)

University of Southampton - Life Lab

Placed On: 11th November 2025

Closes: 14th December 2025

Job Ref: 3180825VB-2R

Are you an experienced educator looking to support an exciting programme working with children to inspire them to live healthier lives? Do you have a background in Education?

We are looking for a professional and proactive individual to support the LifeLab programme. We are expanding our offer to schools, including to primary schools and as such are looking for an additional teacher to support the delivery of our secondary phase LifeLab programme. You will primarily be involved with supporting the day-to-day delivery of the LifeLab programme; liaising with teachers, delivering the LifeLab activity day, delivering the Teacher Professional Development day and all associated administrative tasks. There will be opportunities to support the development of new resources for educational engagement of children and young people, increasing their scientific literacy, using relevant contexts. There are opportunities to support development of our online delivery as well if this was an area of interest.

You will have experience of teaching science in secondary schools and/or colleges and be confident in developing and delivering teacher professional development. The successful candidate will also support the management and coordination of the “Meet the Scientist” portion of the LifeLab activity days. Working across a variety of internal and external stakeholders, this excellent opportunity requires strong writing and communications skills, alongside a commitment to team working.

About LifeLab

The LifeLab programme's mission is to engage with children and young people, supporting them in understanding the science behind health messages. We aim to help young people consider how their current lifestyle choices impact their health now, in their future, and potentially for their future children.

About our team

We are a dedicated and committed team looking for an enthusiastic and well-motivated team player to join us. The successful candidate will be passionate about improving young people's health outcomes through education and research.

This role will be based at LifeLab at University Hospital Southampton.

This is a full-time (1.0 FTE), fixed-term appointment for 12 months in the first instance. This role is subject to appointment on Spinal Point 28 for Level 4 £36,636 per annum.

It is anticipated that interviews will be held 18th December 2025

For an informal discussion or to arrange a visit, please contact Lisa Bagust l.j.bagust@soton.ac.uk

Further details:

We are committed to equality, diversity and inclusion and welcome applicants who support our mission of inclusivity.

Apply by 11.59 pm GMT on the closing date. For assistance contact Recruitment on +44(0)2380 592750 or recruitment@soton.ac.uk quoting the job number.