Senior Lecturer - Evidence Synthesis

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Salary: £59,390 to £62,994 with progression to £68,817 per annum

Newcastle University is a great place to work, with excellent benefits . We have a generous holiday package; plus the opportunity to buy more, great pension schemes and a number of health and wellbeing initiatives to support you.

Closing Date: 01 November 2026

The purpose of this role is to provide academic leadership in evidence synthesis across the Population Health Sciences Institute, working within a shared leadership model to support the strategic development, integration, visibility and sustainability of evidence synthesis activity across research groups and NIHR infrastructure.

The postholder will lead the development and delivery of a high-quality evidence synthesis education portfolio across postgraduate and continuing professional development programmes, ensuring that evidence synthesis methodologies are embedded within curricula and aligned with emerging research and policy needs. They will contribute to the development of future evidence synthesis capacity through teaching, supervision, mentorship and curriculum innovation.

Alongside this educational leadership, the postholder will build a coherent programme spanning methodological innovation in evidence synthesis, applied evidence synthesis (including health technology assessment), and interdisciplinary collaboration within a highly collegiate research environment.

The role will play a key part in strengthening evidence synthesis as a visible and sustainable academic discipline within the Institute, integrating research, teaching and knowledge mobilisation activities. This will include developing income-generating educational and research activity, contributing to major collaborative infrastructure programmes, and enhancing the national and international profile of the Institute's evidence synthesis expertise.

The University has developed an Academic Job Summary Guidance document which summarises the range of activities that academic colleagues may be expected to perform.

• To provide strategic leadership in the development, advancement and application of evidence synthesis methods across research, education, policy and practice.
• To lead and develop evidence synthesis education across undergraduate, postgraduate and professional development programmes, driving curriculum innovation, digital and blended learning, student supervision, and excellence in the learner experience
• To provide academic leadership through supervision, mentoring, and capacity building, supporting the development of postgraduate students, early career researchers and the future evidence synthesis workforce.
• To contribute to and help shape the academic leadership of the Evidence Synthesis Group (ESG), supporting its strategic development within a broader interdisciplinary and infrastructure-rich environment
• To develop and lead programmes of applied evidence synthesis (including systematic reviews, HTA, rapid and policy-facing reviews) that generate independent research income aligned to funder priorities (e.g. NIHR, UKRI, charities).
• To lead the development and submission of research proposals to external funders, managing projects to ensure delivery within budget, milestones, and timelines
• To work across Institute and NIHR infrastructure programmes to strengthen the visibility, coherence, sustainability and impact of evidence synthesis, building national and international collaborations.
• To lead and contribute to high-quality research outputs, knowledge mobilisation and dissemination, including peer-reviewed publications, conference presentations, and policy-facing outputs delivering societal impact