Job Description

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Associate Professor - School of Health and Social Care

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Sighthill
23/07/2025


Associate Professor - School of Health and Social Care


The job requirements are detailed below. Where applicable the skills, qualifications and memberships required for this job have also been included.


Job details

Salary

57,422 - 68,529 per annum

Contractual hours

35

Basis

Full Time

Region

School of Health and Social Care

Package

Excellent Benefits Package

Job category/type

Academic

Date posted

26/06/2025

Job reference

0000022070


Job description


Edinburgh Napier University (ENU) is an
innovative, inclusive and ambitious University, focussed on the
impact of its demand-led teaching and research. We are proud to
be ranked the top modern university in Scotland (THE World
University Rankings 2024) and we are the leading Edinburgh
university for student satisfaction for the last 5 years (NSS
2020-2024). Our research is world leading and we are delighted to
be considered as the top Scottish modern university for research
power and impact (REF, 2021).



The School of
Health & Social Care is a vibrant academic community
for over 3,400 students and 140 staff. Our strategic
aim is to make an enduring impact on
health, care and society in Scotland and beyond. We do
that through the provision of high-quality programmes of
education as well as research/knowledge exchange.



Currently, we are offering an opportunity to
join our fantastic team as an

Associate Professor

. The focus of this role
will be to oversee the School's postgraduate / post-registration
and transnational education portfolio.


The
Role:



As Associate Professor with a remit focused on
postgraduate / post-registration and transnational education, you
will have the opportunity to use your experience and passion for
the development of the healthcare professions, to support
learning and teaching, leading and overseeing the enhancement of
the portfolio, as well as developing your own personal portfolio
of research.



You will be in an excellent position to use
your knowledge and experience of postgraduate/post-registration
healthcare education to refine and enhance the existing School's
portfolio, ensuring the curricula are contemporary,
comprehensive, and innovative in design while making most
efficient use of resource. We already have several programmes
that are designed to attract professionals from across the
healthcare disciplines, and we wish to develop that
further.



Your experience will also allow you to support
the expansion of the portfolio, so that the School is best placed
to equip healthcare professionals with the knowledge and skills
for successful careers in a rapidly dynamic healthcare
environment. Your knowledge of transnational education models and
experience of successfully delivering transnational education
will be essential to allow this part of our academic portfolio to
grow in a considered and sustainable manner.



Upon joining us, you will become part of a
team of motivated, approachable, and professional individuals,
committed to their disciplines, who have a good sense of
camaraderie and expectations about supporting each other using a
partnership approach, with the focus of building each other, and
the organisational objective of building careers.


What we will need
from you:


Doctoral level qualification in a relevant discipline Qualification in nursing, midwifery, physiotherapy or occupational therapy at least to MSc level NMC or HCPC registered or Profile that demonstrates at least national standing and some international engagement Demonstrable experience of success in leading postgraduate / transnational education portfolios Experience of success in meeting professional regulator standards for education in countries out-with the UK. Willingness to travel to support transnational education A passion for teaching, learning and personal/professional development




For a full role profile and comprehensive list
of duties, please click
here.


Benefits we
offer:



Minimum of 46 days annual leave (includes bank
holidays), generous pension scheme (26%), flexible working and
professional development opportunities. Further information can
be viewed
here.

Salary

:
57,422 - 68,529 per annum (Grade 7)


Additional
information:



Closing date: 16th July 2025

Interviews: Week commencing 28th July
2025



For role enquiries, please contact Prof Susan
Dawkes, Dean, School of Health and Social Care at s.dawkes@napier.ac.uk. For
general queries (including the application process and right to
work/sponsorship issues) please contact recuitment@napier.ac.uk



The University is
committed to inclusion, demonstrated through our work in respect
of our diversity awards and accreditations and hold Disability
Confident, Carer Positive and Stonewall Scotland Diversity
Champion status. More details can be found
here. We
are a flexible Employer.



Associate Professor - School of Health and Social Care