Are you an inspiring educator that could contribute to teaching and delivering clinical placements in emergency medicine, acute and critical across our year 5 undergraduate medical programme? If yes, then this role may be ideal.

Kent and Medway Medical School is seeking an experienced healthcare professional and educator to lead this aspect of the year 5 undergraduate medicine programme. You will also work on the campus sites of both the partner universities in Canterbury and Medway, and will conduct extensive liaison work with placement providers based across Kent and Medway. You will have a specific interest in medical education, and be in current clinical practice. You should have contemporary expertise in curriculum design, delivery and evaluation in undergraduate clinical healthcare and/or medical education.

As a Senior Lecturer Year 5 Speciality Lead in Emergency Medicine, Acute Care and Critical Care you can expect to be involved in:

• Using experience of clinical practice, delivering, contributing to the design of high-quality, demand-driven, and student-centred taught programmes
• Contributing to the delivering, organising and reviewing of the teaching within the BM BS programme
• Using experience of current clinical practice, engaging in quality assurance activity including site visits, reviewing feedback from both students and placement faculty and evaluating pertinent assessment data

What will you bring to the role?

• A primary medical qualification, full registration with the GMC, a current licence to practise
• In current clinical practice within NHS and commitment to remain in clinical practice for the duration of the KMMS contract
• Post graduate teaching qualification (e.g. Grad Cert) or Membership or Fellowship of the HEA or AoME or equivalent / or willingness to obtain

What we can offer in return:

As a member of our team, you can expect a friendly, open and collaborative working environment and support in your development and wellbeing. You'll enjoy a range of great staff benefits including:

• 43 days' leave per year (personal leave, bank holidays and additional days allocated for the Christmas period, pro rata for part-time staff)
• Excellent pension scheme with generous employer contributions
• Corporate employee-funded healthcare plan, in partnership with Benenden Health

For more information about what you can look forward to if you join us, visit our dedicated webpage: Working at Kent

We are ambitious for our people, our communities and the region we serve – join us in making the world a better place. Visit our website for more on who we are: http://www.kent.ac.uk/about/

Please see the links below to view the full job description and to apply for this post. For further information regarding the application process, please contact peopleserviceshr@kent.ac.uk quoting reference number KMMS-139-26.

Closing Date: 12 Oct 2026

Section: Academic

Salary: £58,225 to £65,509 per annum pro rata
The salary will be benchmarked to the NHS pay scale appropriate to the successful candidate’s clinical discipline and level in clinical practice

As Learning Environment Assistant, you will play a key role in providing a high-quality learning environment and excellent study space experience for students, staff and visitors. Working collaboratively within the Learning Environment team, you will help maintain inspiring library and study spaces, support access to physical and digital collections, and ensure customers receive a professional, responsive and inclusive service that enhances the overall student experience.

As Learning Environment Assistant you can expect to be involved in:

• Providing customer-focused assistance to students, staff and visitors when using library and learning spaces and accessing collections. Proactively maintaining and improving the library managed environment and access to collections.
• Helping to safeguard the common interests of all customers by ensuring relevant library regulations are followed when using library and learning spaces and collections. This includes playing an active role in the roaming service, aiming to resolve issues arising from breaches of the Library Regulations using tact and diplomacy, and escalating issues where necessary.
• Working in close collaboration with other library teams to support the collection management lifecycle. Maintaining and improving access to physical and digital material. This includes ensuring that physical items are accurately shelved, easy to find and accessible to customers.
• Helping to ensure that library and learning space equipment and services (self-issue and return machines, printers, laptops, etc.) are operational and faults are reported quickly.

What will you bring to the role?

• Experience working in a service environment
• Effective interpersonal skills and the ability to work confidently and diplomatically with all stakeholders, both in person and online
• Clear customer focus and commitment to improving the student experience
• Comfortable with addressing behaviour and having conversations with customers about rule compliance with tact

Please see the links below to view the full job description and to apply for this post. For further information regarding the application process, please contact peopleserviceshr@kent.ac.uk quoting reference number SL-073-26

Closing Date: 11 Oct 2026

Section: Operational

Salary: £23,350 to £24,215 per annum

On the 1 August 2026, The University of Greenwich and the University of Kent formed a pioneering new multi-university group called London and South- East (LASE) University Group. Should you join us, you will be employed by LASE but will work as part of the University of Kent academic division, contributing to its distinct strengths, community and identity while also being part of a wider group that brings together the scale, resilience and shared ambition of both universities. Through LASE we aim to deliver outstanding education, impactful research, and meaningful regional and global impact.

KMMS wishes to recruit a Research Fellow to contribute to building a research profile for KMMS and the collaborating universities.  You will be responsible for supporting the delivery of clinical research across a range of studies in mental illness and dementia; including the testing and delivery of a new support system for people living with dementia and their family carers.  

The role will be full time until 30/06/2027 and then will be part time 17.5 hours from 01/07/2027 until 28/02/2030.  The role will be split between two projects until 30/06/2027: Kent And Medway Brain Health Clinic: A Pilot Study Of Streamlined Dementia Assessment Using Blood Biomarkers, Low-field MRI And Electronic Cognitive Testing and Implementing GRACE: Goal-directed Accessible, Equitable, Evidence-based Post-diagnostic Care. Then from 01/07/2027 you will be working 17.5 hours continuing working on Implementing GRACE until 28/02/2030. 

As a Research Fellow (Mental Health) you can expect to be involved in:

• Assessing eligibility, obtaining informed consent, monitoring study participants
• Writing / contributing to publications / disseminating research findings
• Supervising the work of others, coaching / supporting colleagues in developing their research aspirations

What will you bring to the role?

• A research / professional doctoral degree, or near to completion of a research or professional doctoral degree, (PhD or MD) in a relevant discipline or equivalent experience
• Knowledge of quantitative / qualitative research methods and their application
• Experience in health research related to mental health / dementia as a postdoctoral researcher or equivalent

What we can offer in return:

As a member of our team, you can expect a friendly, open and collaborative working environment and support in your development and wellbeing. You'll enjoy a range of great staff benefits including:

• Hybrid working options allowing a flexible blend of office and home working (to be agreed in line with business needs)
• 43 days' leave per year (personal leave, bank holidays and additional days allocated for the Christmas period, pro rata for part-time staff)
• Excellent pension scheme with generous employer contributions
• Corporate employee-funded healthcare plan, in partnership with Benenden Health

For more information about what you can look forward to if you join us, visit our dedicated webpage: Working at Kent

We are ambitious for our people, our communities and the region we serve – join us in making the world a better place. Visit our website for more on who we are: http://www.kent.ac.uk/about/

Please see the links below to view the full job description and to apply for this post. For further information regarding the application process, please contact peopleserviceshr@kent.ac.uk quoting reference number KMMS-140-26.

Closing Date: 04 Oct 2026

Section: Research

Salary: £48,822 to £54,893 per annum

Are you passionate about social media, with a creative eye for content and a talent for turning stories and trends into opportunities to engage audiences?

As Social Media and Content Officer, you will help shape the University’s social media presence, creating compelling content that grows reach, strengthens engagement and brings the Kent brand to life. Managing our core feeds, you’ll spot opportunities, respond to trends and work with colleagues and student content creators to keep our channels engaging, relevant and distinctive.

As Social Media and Content Officer you can expect to be involved in:

• Producing proactive and reactive content, including copy, photography, video, vox pop interviews and social media graphics
• Identifying story opportunities across the University and creating social-specific angles on Kent news and activity
• Overseeing our core social media feeds, monitoring opportunities and issues and engaging with followers
• Advising and supporting colleagues, schools and departments to develop their social media presence

What will you bring to the role?

• First degree or equivalent qualification in a relevant area, or experience working in a similar role
• Substantial experience of using social media to achieve strategic objectives across a range of platforms
• Knowledge of social media best practice, developing trends and how to spot a social ‘story’
• Excellent content production skills, including photography, video, copywriting and basic design
• Ability to work flexibly and creatively, balancing campaigns and reactive opportunities

What we can offer in return:

As a member of our team, you can expect a friendly, open and collaborative working environment and support in your development and wellbeing. You'll enjoy a range of great staff benefits including:

Hybrid working options allowing a flexible blend of office and home working (to be agreed in line with business needs) (remove this bullet for ACADEMIC roles)

• 43 days' leave per year (personal leave, bank holidays and additional days allocated for the Christmas period, pro rata for part-time staff)
• Excellent pension scheme with generous employer contributions
• Corporate employee-funded healthcare plan, in partnership with Benenden Health

For more information about what you can look forward to if you join us, visit our dedicated webpage: Working at Kent

We are ambitious for our people, our communities and the region we serve – join us in making the world a better place. Visit our website for more on who we are: http://www.kent.ac.uk/about/

Please see the links below to view the full job description and to apply for this post. For further information regarding the application process, please contact peopleserviceshr@kent.ac.uk quoting reference number EE-046-26-R.

Closing Date: 04 Oct 2026

Section: Professional

Salary: £32,080 to £35,608 per annum