- Location: New Cross Gate
- Salary: £52,511 to £71,157 per annum
- Contract type: Permanent
- Department: Academic
- Closing date: 3 December 2026
What makes Goldsmiths unique?
Goldsmiths is a world-renowned university that has a reputation for rigorous and innovative academic work; creativity has long been our hallmark. Academic excellence and imaginative course content combine to make a place where creative minds can thrive.
About the department
The School of Mind, Body, and Society brings together the well-established and internationally recognised core disciplines of Education, Psychology and Neuroscience, Social Work, Community Studies, and Therapies. The School currently hosts over 1,500 students and more than 100 staff members, fostering an interdisciplinary and collaborative environment that promotes innovation and excellence.
About the role
These new roles will be essential to developing our art psychotherapy offer and maintaining the high quality and reputation that the programme is known for. The programme’s demand is high and you will develop the curriculum and grow the programme for the future including through planning and coordinating a second annual intake. Your role will include teaching, line management, programme development, leading on preparations for internal and external portfolio reviews as well as undertaking research or scholarship activities. While the roles are advertised as full time, we also welcome applications from candidates who would prefer a 4 day per week role.
About the candidate
You will be an Art Psychotherapist with substantial knowledge of psychodynamic approaches; clinical experience as an art psychotherapist, and substantial experience in higher education. You will have experience of leading on programme development and internal and external review processes. You will have a track record of research or scholarship in art psychotherapy, commensurate with the level of senior lecturer. You will have a postgraduate degree in Art Psychotherapy.
Benefits
We have generous benefits – an agile working environment, 28 days’ annual leave plus six paid closure days (four at Christmas and two at Easter) plus all Bank Holidays, great transport links, a defined benefit pension scheme, support for professional development and a broad range of wellbeing initiatives such as staff choir, running club, staff networks and creative writing classes.