Salary:

Grade 8 £65,091- £74,613 per annum, including London Weighting Allowance;

Reader £66,884 - £74,613 per annum, including London Weighting Allowance.

About the role

At a pivotal moment for rehabilitation, population health and health-services research, the appointee will provide academic leadership in public health and rehabilitation science within the Department of Population Health Sciences (soon to be the Department of Physiotherapy & Rehabilitation Science). They will develop an internationally excellent, impactful research programme addressing the delivery, organisation, evaluation and implementation of rehabilitation and physiotherapy-related care, with particular attention to function, recovery, long-term conditions, frailty, ageing, disability, health inequalities and patient/carer outcomes.

The postholder will help shape and lead public health research across the King’s Population Health Institute, the School of Life Course & Population Health Sciences, and King’s Health Partners, including collaborative grant development, postgraduate supervision, and cross‑disciplinary partnerships - enhancing King’s contribution to policy and society locally, nationally and globally.

As strategic lead for the MSc Public Health (Online), they will integrate research into lectures, seminars and asynchronous learning, champion inclusive digital pedagogy, and provide excellent pastoral support that inspires future public health leaders and evidence‑based practitioners.

This is a full time role (35 hours per week), and you will be offered an indefinite contract.

About You

To be successful in this role, we are looking for candidates to have the following skills and experience:

Essential criteria

• PhD in Public Health, rehabilitation science, physiotherapy, health services research, implementation science, epidemiology, behavioural science, clinical sciences or a closely related discipline
• Professionally trained and registered as a Public Health professional
• Strong track record of high quality, peer reviewed publications and a clear, independent research agenda aligned to public health priorities as well as success in securing competitive external research funding (or clear trajectory toward it)
• Evidence of external research funding as PI/Co-I, or a strong trajectory toward competitive funding, in areas relevant to rehabilitation, public health, clinical practice, service delivery or implementation
• Record of teaching and assessment in higher education, health professions education, rehabilitation science, public health, research methods or related fields
• Demonstrable expertise in digital/online and blended learning with evidence of inclusive educational practice that improves access, participation, and student success
• Proven academic leadership with mentoring of staff and supervision of postgraduate students, contributing to a positive research/learning culture
• Recognised teaching qualification and/or Higher Education Academy (Advance HE) accreditation (FHEA/SFHEA) or equivalent, or commitment to obtain within 12 months

Desirable criteria

• Experience with accreditation processes (e.g., APHEA or equivalent)
• Experience designing CPD, short courses, or professional training programmes

Reader-level expectations across criteria include greater external visibility and esteem (e.g., editorial boards, guideline/policy contributions, invited keynotes); stronger evidence of leading large/complex grants and multi partner consortia; track record of supervising to completion and mentoring colleagues to promotion/recognition and demonstrable impact on policy/practice and contributions to REF relevant outputs and impact casework.