Total 4 job vacancies by Lancaster University

The Division of Health Research (DHR) within Lancaster University’s Faculty of Health and Medicine is seeking to fill a Research Associate position to work on the Suicide, self-harm and people with learning disabilities: a scoping study project. The position is for 12 months, full time, starting in March 2025, or shortly thereafter. This project is funded by Three NIHR Research Schools’ Mental Health Programme. This study is a direct result of public engagement work with researchers and health professionals, and self-advocates with learning disabilities.

In this role, you will join a team of academic researchers to review existing evidence about people with learning disabilities and self-harm and suicide. The project will help to clarify what we currently know about support for people with learning disabilities who self-harm and about suicide prevention for this group. It will also review how research on suicide and self-harm in adults with learning disabilities has been done.

You will play a key role in conducting the research and disseminating its findings. You will have an MSc or PhD in Health Research or a relevant social sciences discipline with robust experience of evidence synthesis. Experience of conducting systematic and/or scoping reviews is essential. The ability to work flexibly with varied stakeholders and to manage competing priorities, and to work independently as well as collaboratively are essential. Evidenced ability to write to academic publication standards is another key requirement for this role.

In addition, it would also be advantageous to have knowledge and/or experience within the project’s relevant topic areas such as learning disabilities research and/or self-harm and suicide research. Knowledge and experience of doing research with marginalised communities and groups would also be advantageous. Proficiency in using systematic review-related software such as EndNote, Rayyan.ai, Covidence, or similar tools for reference management, study screening, and data extraction would be another advantage.

This is a collaborative research project between four universities and practice and public collaborators. The project is led by Dr Magdalena Mikulak at Lancaster University with co-investigators from University of Manchester, Manchester Metropolitan University and University of Bristol. The post will be based in the Division of Health Research at Lancaster University (Health Innovation One), but hybrid and remote working is an option. We are open to discussing flexible working arrangements, including working week and days/hours worked, flexible start and finish times or condensed hours.

The Faculty 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.

You will join Lancaster University on an indefinite contract; however, the role remains contingent on external funding, which at this time is due to come to an end 12 months from commencement of contract which is due to start March 2025.

Applicants wishing to consider the Skilled Worker Route should ensure they meet the points requirement before applying. Further information can be found on the UK Visas and Immigration website.

Prospective candidates are encouraged to contact project PI Dr Magdalena Mikulak (m.mikulak@lancaster.ac.uk ) with questions about the position.

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We are seeking to appoint a Systems Developer for Lancaster University’s School of Computing and Communications. We require a person with good technical background in systems development and systems administration using modern orchestration tools.

You will work in the Systems Team within the School of Computing and Communications. You should be positive and self-motivated, wanting to learn through working closely with the team, wider School, ISS, University, and external sources and with a well-developed and deep knowledge of modern development practices and systems administration.

Proficient in modern agile secure programming techniques developing applications to support the school teaching, research and engagement activities.

Work closely with our academic staff, developing and maintaining novel teaching and research environments deployed in our physical and virtual labs.

Develop and maintain our orchestration tools including ansible, working closely with our systems administrator to manage school infrastructure.

Develop and maintain CI/CD pipelines for automated deployment of containerised technologies to school activities and specifically student and research projects.

Develop and maintain high-quality technical documentation for any developed system or software application.

What you will need

You must have strong experience in developing applications in python, Linux administration including shell scripting, ansible orchestration and docker container and cd/ci pipeline development. It is also desirable you have a good background understanding of networking.

Please refer to the included job description and person specification for further details of essential and desirable qualifications for the role.

So why us?

You would be joining and leading an innovative team working to provide great solutions and experiences for our students and staff which have high impact and visibility. 

The Campus is surrounded by beautiful countryside and is only a short distance from the historic city of Lancaster and within an hour’s drive of the lake district, a UNESCO world heritage site. We are:

• Encouraging of a positive work/life balance and while based largely on campus there is opportunities to enable flexible working from home, or elsewhere, whenever appropriate and possible.

• Supportive of your personal and professional development; we foster an environment where you will be encouraged to learn new skills and technologies.

• Recognising of the talents of our diverse workforce through an excellent reward package that includes 25 days annual leave (plus bank holidays and University closure days), a generous pension scheme, and a flexible benefits package that includes options for travel, childcare, wellbeing, and the purchase of additional leave.

As a truly global and inclusive university, it is no surprise that Lancaster University is committed to creating an environment where everyone can thrive and fulfil their potential. Students from over one hundred countries make up our diverse campus and over half of our staff come from outside of the UK. Lancaster is an open and welcoming community that values equality and diversity. Our promotion of global values ensures Lancaster is a welcoming environment for all students and staff.

We are proactive in engagement with our staff to help us to understand the lived experiences of our university community and to understand how we are doing in creating a fairer and more inclusive University. Our multi-faith Chaplaincy Centre is a welcoming place for people of all faiths and none.

This is a great opportunity for the successful candidate to have a transformative impact on the student experience of digital learning and further their own career with a global leader in Higher Education.

Please contact Dr James Brown (j.brown@lancaster.ac.uk) IT Services Manager, if you have any questions or concerns and would like to informally discuss the role.

This is an indefinite, full-time role, based at the Lancaster University site and we welcome applications from people in all diversity groups.

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The Accommodation Team are looking to recruit an enthusiastic and motivated individual to provide an in person, customer orientated, front line service to students living at Chancellor’s Wharf in the city centre.

Chancellor’s Wharf comprises 244 bedrooms for mostly second and third year undergraduate students.

Whilst working independently at the site you would also be working as part of a strong and supportive wider accommodation team responsible for delivering a professional and friendly accommodation service to all students.  

You should have experience of administrative processes in a busy office or customer service environment, preferably within the HE or a housing context.

You will have excellent IT and communication skills as well as strong organisational skills; demonstrating an ability to work flexibly with minimal supervision as well as part of a team.   

We would welcome applications from existing members of staff wishing to undertake this role on a secondment basis; please ensure that you have the permission of your line manager before applying.

If you would like an informal conversation about this role please contact either Leanne Benson (Departmental Officer) l.benson3@lancaster.ac.uk or Dave Thornton (Senior Accommodation Manager) d.thornton1@lancaster.ac.uk .

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The Division of Health Research (DHR) within Lancaster University’s Faculty of Health and Medicine is seeking to appoint a Senior Research Associate/Research Associate to join the Health Economics at Lancaster group, to support the NIHR Applied Research Collaboration North West Coast (ARC NWC).This role will involve support for, and liaison with, collaborative projects and educational opportunities with the NIHR Applied Research Collaboration North West Coast.

The NIHR ARC NWC is a partnership between the Liverpool CCG, the Universities of Liverpool, Lancaster and Central Lancashire, Edge Hill, John Moores and NHS organisations and Local Authorities. We are committed to actively engaging the public/service users in all our activities. The post holder will need to work collaboratively with diverse partners and members of the public/service users across the NW coast area.

You must have a PhD in a relevant discipline, and ideally have research experience in health economics, specifically including economic evaluation of interventions, as evidenced by a track record of publications, relative to opportunity. Experience in a health related area is preferred but not essential.

The Faculty 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 applications and also flexible working arrangements, including working week and days/hours worked, flexible start and finish times or condensed hours. The post will be based in the Division of Health Research at Lancaster University (Health Innovation One).

You will join us on an indefinite contract, however, the role is contingent on external funding, which currently is due to end on 31st March 2026.

Applicants wishing to consider the Skilled Worker Route should ensure they meet the points requirement before applying. Further information can be found on the UK Visas and Immigration website.

Please direct informal enquiries to Professor Bruce Hollingsworth b.hollingsworth@lancaster.ac.uk

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