Lecturer in Arts Therapies and Play Therapy

Division: Division of Occupational Therapy & Arts Therapies

Hours: 10.5 hours per week (0.3FTE) Fixed Term (18 Months)

Grade 8: £41,931 - £52,841 per annum (with possible progression to £59,450 per annum)

Ref: CVOT002A

We are seeking an enthusiastic and motivated individual to join the Arts and Play Therapies team, to work with the Play Therapy programme delivered in collaboration with With Kids. Applications are welcomed from suitably qualified Arts or Play Therapists who possess practice, education, and research experience. You will hold a postgraduate degree; have relevant post qualification experience and evidence of active continuing professional development. You will possess interpersonal skills that will enable you to display leadership and innovation, and you will work effectively with colleagues, learners, and networks.

This position of Lecturer in Arts Therapies and Play Therapy requires the successful candidate to contribute to the planning, delivery and evaluation of learning, teaching, and assessment to integrate the QMU Person-centred Practice and Dissertation modules into the Play Therapy programme, as well as actively engage in research and scholarly activities. This will involve some flexibility to work between the With Kids team in Glasgow and the arts therapies teams in QMU.

For an informal discussion, please contact Dr Philippa Derrington, Interim Deputy Head of Division (Occupational Therapy and Arts Therapies) pderrington@qmu.ac.uk or Emma Maclean, Lecturer in Music Therapy and Collaborative Academic Lead for Play Therapy emaclean@qmu.ac.uk.

Should you wish to apply for this vacancy please download the job description and complete an application form.

The closing date for this position is 23:59 on Sunday 9th July 2023.

Interviews are scheduled for 2nd / 3rd August 2023.

No unsolicited agency referrals please.

This role does not meet the minimum requirements set by UKVI to enable sponsorship of migrant workers. Therefore, we cannot progress applications from candidates who require sponsorship to work in the UK.

As a university, we are committed to the Researcher Development Concordat and were, in fact, the first Scottish Higher Education Institute (and part of the first UK cohort of institutes) to publicly declare our commitment to its principles.

Queen Margaret University is committed to equality of opportunity for all by providing a supportive, flexible and inclusive working environment, and we welcome applicants from diverse backgrounds. Please have a look at our Diversity, Wellbeing and Inclusion Calendar.

We are proud to hold an Athena SWAN Bronze Award which recognises the advancement of gender equality at QMU. Find out more about Athena SWAN here. We have a number of family friendly policies and are happy to consider job share applications.