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Research Assistant
Lancaster Medical School
Salary:
£30,619 to £35,308
Closing Date:
Friday 14 April 2023
Interview Date:
Tuesday 25 April 2023
Reference: 0210-23
We are seeking to appoint a Research Assistant to manage the day-to day activities of the project: Establishing an online education platform to maximise surgical careers. The successful candidate will work with Dr Chris Gaffney. The project will involve running focus groups with surgeons and then developing a Massive Open Online Course (MOOC) around surgeon health and well-being.
This post is for the duration of 6 months.
Applicants should hold a science or medical degree, for example Sports Science, Physiology or Biomedical Sciences and have an interest in applied research with medical professionals.
The post will commence on 01 May 2022, or as soon as possible thereafter.
We are open to discussing flexible working arrangements including working week and days/hours worked and flexible start and finish times.
The Faculty provides a research 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 and research.
For more information, contact Dr Chris Gaffney at c.gaffney@lancaster.ac.uk
We welcome applications from people in all diversity groups.
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Please note: Unless specified otherwise in the advert wording, all advertised roles are UK based.
The University provides an environment that strongly
supports the individual needs of each employee, whilst promoting the importance
of wellbeing for all our colleagues. We have a range of support networks available for our employees, and more information on these can be found on the ‘Working at Lancaster’ information page.
We are committed to family-friendly and flexible
working policies on an individual basis. The University recognises and
celebrates good employment practice undertaken to address all inequality in
higher education.
We warmly welcome applicants from all sections of the
community regardless of their age, religion, gender identity or expression,
race, disability or sexual orientation, and are committed to promoting
diversity, and equality of opportunity.