Deputy Director – Modelling for Global Health MSc Part-time

Deputy Director – Modelling for Global Health MSc

NDM Operations – Academic Programme Centre. Located within Li Ka Shing Centre for Health and Information Discovery, Old Road Campus, Headington, Oxford, OX3 7LF.

We are currently recruiting for a Deputy Director – Modelling for Global Health MSc to join the Nuffield Department of Medicine.

As part of this role, you will be collaboratively working with the Director of Graduate Studies on both the curriculum aspects of the programme and its organisational aspects. As such, you will have an active role in ensuring the delivery of strategic and structural decisions relating to the MSc Global Health programme, including all aspects of programme delivery and curriculum development.

With extensive experience in teaching at Higher Education level, you will provide academic supervision for research students, provide and contribute to lectures and class teaching. Equally, you will ensure the course teaching adheres to the original vision of the course and monitor student progress and coordinate/provide additional support for students as required.

You will also become familiar with the University's examination and other applicable regulatory procedures. There will also be an important external liaison role, in communicating with other programme stakeholders, and with organisations world-wide from which students may be drawn and overseas research facilities that may offer student placements.

You will be contributing to curriculum adjustments based on feedback from stakeholder organisations and previous cohorts of students and following discussions with the Organising Committee.

While the primary focus of this post will be the organisation and running of the MSc Programme, it is allowed to engage in research activities, time permitting, such as grant proposal writing and publishing peer review research in keeping with their established role as a leading expert in the field.

It is essential that you currently hold a PhD/DPhil in Global Health / Infectious Disease Modelling / Health Economics (or in other related fields) alongside significant experience in modelling of infectious diseases including academic research. You will also have a proven research career in any of the above fields, with intersectional and translational research track record with a large network of collaborators.

Applications for this vacancy should be made online and you will need to upload a supporting statement and CV. Your supporting statement must explain how you meet each of the selection criteria for the post using examples of your skills and experience. Please restrict your documentation to your CV and supporting statement only. Any other documents will be requested at a later date. This position is offered part-time (22.6hrs, 0.6FTE) on a 12-month fixed-term contract.

Only applications received before 12 midday on 23 February 2026 will be considered. Please quote 184817 on all correspondence.