Project Manager

Location: Bailrigg, Lancaster, UK
Closing Date: Sunday 23 June 2024
Interview Date: Thursday 04 July 2024

Following the award of funds from the National Institute for Health and Social Care Research, Lancaster Medical School are looking for an experienced project manager. You will be responsible for the management and co-ordination of the £850k project looking to develop new infrastructures for supporting decision making for radiotherapy for gynaecological cancer. This will include monitoring project progress, planning and scheduling project activities and resources, producing reports and liaising with various key stakeholders and governance bodies.

The role will support the joint lead applicants based at Lancaster and Bangor Universities but will be based at Lancaster University in the Faculty of Health and Medicine. They will have line management responsibility for a project administrator (0.4FTE) and work closely with other members of the research team including three researchers and co-investigators from project partners, including The Christie Hospital, Radiotherapy UK, Lancashire Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust and South Tees Hospital.

You will have evidence of managing multidisciplinary projects involving internal and external partners and a strong attention to detail.

Lancaster Medical School is based on the Lancaster University campus in the recently built Health Innovation One building. The Faculty of Health and 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 particularly welcome applications from black and minority ethnic people for this role in order to increase our staff diversity in this part of the University.

Prospective candidates are encouraged to contact Dr Lisa Ashmore (Project Lead) l.ashmore@lancaster.ac.uk or Dr Hilary Stewart (Research Fellow) H.Stewart4@Lancaster.ac.uk for further information about the position.

This is a 0.6 FTE role, funded until Feb 2027, commencing 1st Sept 2024.

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