Faculty Research Projects Manager

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.  

The ideal candidate 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. 

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.  

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. 

The role is 0.8FTE and is fixed term until July 2027 - we would be happy to treat this role as a secondment. For further information, please contact: Professor Nancy Preston n.j.preston@lancaster.ac.uk or Jo Humphrey j.humphrey2@lancaster.ac.uk