Faculty Research Project Manager

3 weeks ago


Lancaster, United Kingdom Lancaster University Full time

**Job Title**: Faculty Research Project Manager

**Location**: Lancaster

**Salary**: £38,205 to £44,263 per year

**Job type**: Permanent, Full-time. We are open to discussing job share opportunities/part-time working and flexible working arrangements including working week and days/hours worked, flexible start and finish times or condensed hours.

**Closing Date**: Sunday 22
nd
October 2023.

**Interview Date**: Friday 3
rd
November 2023.

**The Role**:
The Faculty of Health and Medicine is looking for a Faculty Research Project Manager to support our growing research portfolio. When new grants are awarded there can be a gap between funding being agreed and the research project actually starting. However, there can be various research related tasks required to prepare for the grant starting formally. This might include preparing or gaining ethical approval or wider Governance approvals. It may also involve supporting principal investigators once the grant starts, until they can employ a researcher to the project. You would be supporting 2-3 projects at a time including those with Horizon Europe Funding, NIHR but other funders too.

You will be looking to develop their research skills across a range of health-related disciplines. The Faculty of Health & Medicine provides an environment that strongly supports the individual needs of each employee, promoting a healthy work-life balance. We are committed to family-friendly and flexible working policies on an individual basis, as well as the Athena SWAN Charter, which recognises and celebrates good employment practice undertaken to address gender equality in higher education.

**Extra Information**:
The Faculty of Health & Medicine is committed to ensuring our workforce is reflective of our diverse student population and is therefore committed to increasing representation of staff of Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic backgrounds across all roles and at all levels.

Lancaster University provides an environment that strongly supports the individual needs of each employee, promoting a healthy work-life balance. We are committed to family-friendly and flexible working policies on an individual basis, as well as the Athena Swan Charter, which recognises and celebrates good employment practice undertaken to address gender equality in higher education.

Lancaster University is a Disability Confident Committed employer.



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