Please note a full application including a covering letter detailing your experience alongside a CV is required for applications to be considered. Please be advised applications made without providing a cover letter will not be accepted.

Background of department/role

The University’s School of Allied and Public Health Professions is the University’s academic and professional home for the Allied Health Professions, and for all those interested in improving public health and well-being. Our mission is to facilitate, educate and innovate to improve lives. We achieve this through our research, and by providing a portfolio of courses and other learning opportunities that are creative, inspirational and empowering, and which develop knowledge, policy and practice.

Our research work within the School focuses on the improvement of health and care services, health and well-being by co-producing solutions in close collaboration with service users and other stakeholders.  


We offer an exciting portfolio of applied healthcare courses at undergraduate and postgraduate levels alongside internationally renowned applied research in implementation and diagnostic practice and policy. The School provides courses at undergraduate and/or postgraduate levels for the Physiotherapy, Diagnostic Radiography, Medical Ultrasound, Clinical Reporting, Occupational Therapy, Paramedic Science, Speech & Language Therapy, Operating Department Practice, Ophthalmic Dispensing professions.

In addition we offer courses that reflect a Public Health perspective around health promotion, mental health and global public health. We have exciting plans for the growth of both our educational and research programmes and are keen to attract people who share our ambitions to make a difference. 


Our School has Athena SWAN bronze status. We value equality 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.

We have identified six individual leadership behaviours for every member of the School which include developing a shared sense of purpose, supporting each other and celebrating each other’s achievements. We are committed to the development of our colleagues and offer a wide range of professional and academic development opportunities.


The Role


We provide a BSc OT and Apprenticeship course, to widen access to careers within speech and language therapy. Our particular areas of professional and research interests within occupational therapy include implementation and improvement science, health promotion  


We hope to recruit a colleague to join our academic team who shares our passion for supporting the development of occupational therapy, who will contribute to our courses and research developments. You will have the opportunity to work collaboratively with staff in the School of Allied & Public Health Professions and across the Faculty of Medicine, Health & Social Care to advance interprofessional education and research. 


How will you work?



We are committed to supporting flexible methods of working wherever possible and this role is hybrid.


Campus attendance will vary on a day-to-day basis and across the year but must purposefully align to the service being delivered and to the needs of our students, staff, and stakeholders. It is expected that the majority of your working time will be spent on campus.



How to apply

Start date for applications: 01/08/24
Closing date for applications: 26/08/24
Interviews are to be held: September 2024 (TBA)

If you require further information regarding the post please feel free to contact Rebecca Sandys Rebecca.Sandys@Canterbury.ac.uk (strictly no agencies, thank you) quoting reference number REQ04468



Please note, Canterbury Christ Church University reserve the right to bring the closing date of this position forward where a high volume of applications is received.


Additional Information


Canterbury Christ Church University truly welcomes fresh perspectives and new voices. We want you to bring the real you to work, so we are committed to building a genuinely inclusive working environment where everyone is welcomed and where everyone can have a true sense of belonging. Our spirit of community will help us to eliminate discrimination and will enable us all to thrive in a culture that is underpinned by fairness and justice. We therefore seek people to join us who will proactively support and shape this aim and contribute in their own unique way. If this is you, then we are waiting to hear from you. #yourCCCU

Please ensure you include contact details of two employment referees in your application, one of which must be your current/ most recent line manager.

Please note applications must be made online via the University website; details sent directly via email cannot be considered.

Prior consideration will be given to applicants in the University’s redeployment pool. No agencies, thank you.

For more information about this role, please view the job description via the attachments link above.