Senior Lecturer/Programme Director in Public Health

Keele, West Midlands, United Kingdom KEELE UNIVERSITY We offer a flexible hybrid working pattern, enabling a mix of home and office working. While providing flexibility, the role requires attendance at Keele Campus and is not classed as a fully remote opportunity.

The Opportunity

We are seeking an inspirational and experienced academic leader to join our team as Senior Lecturer/Programme Director for Public and Global Health in Keele University's School of Medicine. This is an exciting opportunity to provide strategic and operational leadership for our Public Health programmes, ensuring an outstanding student experience, academic excellence, and strong graduate outcomes.

The Role

As Programme Director, you will lead the development, delivery, quality assurance, and continuous enhancement of undergraduate and/or postgraduate Public Health programmes. You will work collaboratively with academic colleagues, professional services teams, employers, community stakeholders, and external partners to ensure programmes remain innovative, evidence-based, and responsive to the evolving public health landscape.

The post holder will hold a doctoral qualification (PhD or equivalent) in Public Health or a closely related discipline and will provide strategic and operational leadership for our Public Health programmes, ensuring an outstanding student experience, academic excellence, and strong graduate outcomes.

The successful candidate will (not exhaustive, please refer to the Job Description & Person Specification):

• Provide strategic leadership and management of Public Health programmes.
• Ensure curriculum design and delivery meet institutional, professional, and sector standards.
• Lead programme review, validation, quality assurance, and enhancement activities.
• Monitor programme performance, student progression, retention, attainment, and graduate outcomes.
• Support and mentor academic staff, fostering a culture of excellence and continuous improvement.
• Develop innovative teaching, learning, and assessment approaches that enhance student engagement.
• Maintain strong partnerships with public health organisations, local authorities, NHS providers, voluntary sector organisations, and other stakeholders.
• Ensure the integration of contemporary public health policy, research, and practice into the curriculum.
• Contribute to student recruitment, marketing, and outreach activities.
• Participate in research, scholarship, and knowledge exchange activities aligned with the institution's strategic objectives.
• Represent the programme internally and externally, promoting its reputation and impact.

You will have experience/qualifications in:

• PhD (or equivalent doctoral qualification) in Public Health or a closely related discipline.
• Significant experience in higher education teaching and programme leadership.
• Strong understanding of contemporary public health policy, practice, and priorities.
• Experience of curriculum development, quality assurance, and academic governance.
• Demonstrable leadership and people management skills. Excellent communication, organisational, and stakeholder engagement abilities.
• Commitment to equality, diversity, inclusion, and student-centred learning.
• Evidence of a sustained record of scholarship, research, publication, or knowledge exchange activity.
• Ability to contribute strategically to the growth, development, and reputation of Public Health education.

Please note that the starting salary will typically be at the bottom of the pay scale shown above

The University is committed to operating flexible working practices wherever possible.

The University

Keele University is renowned for its exciting approach to higher education, innovative research, beautiful campus, strong community spirit and excellent student experience. With a turnover in excess of £170 million, over 15,000 students and a total staff of approximately 2000, the University provides high quality teaching across a wide range of academic and vocational subjects and promotes world-class research. Further information can be found at https://www.keele.ac.uk/about/

Keele University values equity and diversity across our workforce and to ensuring our staff community is reflective of the diversity of our student population. In support of these commitments the University welcomes applications from individuals of Black, Asian and ethnic minority backgrounds for all roles.

Please note this appointment is subject to a satisfactory Disclosure and Barring Service check.

How to Apply

For further details regarding this vacancy, please click on either the word or PDF version of the attachments above.

Keele University employees wishing to apply should login to Employee Self Service and click on the 'View current vacancies' link.

For informal enquiries may be addressed to Prof Peter Coventry, Dean, School of Medicine / [email removed] . Applications to this address will not be accepted.

Closing Date: 21 st September 2026

Interviews will be held on: 20 th October 2026

Post reference: KU000005279