Senior Lecturer in Lived Experience Involvement in Research

Overview

In this role you will provide strategic leadership in lived experience involvement in health research, building a distinctive programme across education, research and stakeholder engagement. You will work with senior staff to advance participatory approaches, PPIE and co-production in mental health research. You will lead advisory boards, contribute to teaching and supervise students, and develop a cross‑university network focused on lived experience involvement. This is an opportunity to shape best practices and influence impact through inclusive, participatory scholarship.

Pay / Benefits

• Indefinite contract
• London weighting
• Salary £65,091 – £74,613 per annum
• Full-time (35 hours per week)
• Support for research and teaching activities

Responsibilities

• Strategic leadership of lived experience involvement and engagement best practice
• Develop a portfolio of empirical and methodological research on lived experience involvement and participatory qualitative methods
• Lead and support lived experience advisory boards and panels
• Lead and contribute to educational activities, including undergraduate and postgraduate teaching and supervision
• Develop and organise a cross-university network focused on lived experience involvement in research

Key requirements

• PhD awarded in relevant subject area
• Experience with methodological and theoretical scholarship on lived experience involvement and participatory research
• Experience providing strategic leadership in lived experience involvement and engagement in research
• Experience in line management and supervising staff and students to develop PPIE/lived experience involvement plans for funded projects
• Track record of securing external research funding and plan for developing a funded portfolio related to lived experience involvement
• Excellent written, oral and interpersonal skills with a record of peer-reviewed publications and collaborations
• Experience of leadership in education and teaching/supervision at undergraduate and postgraduate levels
• Evidence of knowledge mobilisation, policy engagement or public/community engagement in lived experience/participatory/qualitative health research

• Reflective, values-led mindset
• Team-oriented
• Strong ethical understanding in involving lived experience participants
• Qualitative research methods
• Participatory research
• PPIE (patient and public involvement and engagement)

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