Salary:   £32,958 to £38,183
Closing Date:   Monday, 05 June 2017
Interview Date:   Thursday, 22 June 2017
Reference:  A1835

The NIHR Collaboration for Leadership in Applied Research and Care for the North West Coast wishes to appoint a full-time researcher. You must be experienced in qualitative research methods, community development, health inequalities and have knowledge of evaluation. You will join a team working with communities across the North West supporting residents, public and business organisations, on their programmes aimed to increase local system resilience. You will be based at Lancaster University and will be expected to travel frequently across the North West Coast region. This may involve travelling to areas with limited public transport.

You will also need to work collaboratively as part of the wider CLAHRC NWC team with a range of diverse partners from local authorities and the NHS.

The NIHR CLAHRC NWC is a partnership between Liverpool CCG, the Universities of Liverpool, Lancaster and Central Lancashire, NHS Trusts and Local Authorities. We are committed to actively engage public/service users in all our activities.

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.

This post is available on a full-time or job-share basis (more than one post holder delivering in total 1.0 WTE) based at Lancaster University. If you wish to apply on a job share basis this must be stated on the application.

The post is until 31 December 2018.

Informal enquiries to discuss the post further can be made by contacting Libby Osborn: Tel – 01524 593377 or email – l.osborn@lancaster.ac.uk

Source: Lancaster University