Innovation Fellow in Floating Solar Photovoltaics

Lancaster University; Lancaster; Hybrid; GBP 42,000 - 54,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Hybrid work pattern

Flexible working

Competitive salary with annual reviews

Employer pension scheme

39 days off per year

Job summary

Lancaster University is seeking an Innovation Fellow in Floating Solar to join the Lancaster Environment Centre. The role focuses on embedding research knowledge into industry practice and coordinating academia–industry partnerships, with tasks including designing knowledge embedding approaches and delivering technical reports.

The successful candidate will work across academia and industry, help plan and deliver reports, and contribute to an inclusive environment.

Qualifications

• Experience of knowledge exchange focussed on floating solar impacts on water bodies.
• Experience of water body modelling.
• Motivation and focus to work independently.
• Desire to work in an inclusive and diverse environment.

Responsibilities

• Embed research knowledge into industry practice.
• Work across academia and industry to design and experiment knowledge embedding approaches.
• Plan and deliver technical reports.
• Deal with essential routine administrative tasks that ensure a productive academia-industry partnership.

Skills

Knowledge exchange

Floating solar

Water body modelling

Independent working

Inclusive environment

Job description

We’re looking for a new Innovation Fellow in Floating Solar to be an important part of our friendly team. Key elements of your job will be to:

• embed research knowledge into industry practice
• work across academia and industry to design and experiment knowledge embedding approaches
• plan and deliver technical reports
• deal with essential routine administrative tasks that ensure a productive academia-industry partnership

Experience of working in a higher education environment is not essential; we will support you to settle in and excel in the role.

About you

To be a suitable candidate for this position you will have:

• experience of knowledge exchange focussed on floating solar impacts on water bodies
• experience of water body modelling
• motivation and focus to be able to work independently
• a desire to work in an inclusive and diverse environment.

The Lancaster Environment Centre

As an Innovation Fellow in Floating Solar you will be part of the Lancaster Environment Centre, which is a community of high-achieving students, world-class environmental researchers, government scientists and enterprises working together to address today’s biggest environmental challenges.

Why work with us

Lancaster University’s main Bailrigg campus is a lovely place to work, combining a busy urban atmosphere while surrounded by green parkland and beautiful seasonal landscaping. We have lots of facilities on-site such as: a sports centre, shops, cafes, a multi-faith centre, pre-school, a post office and a fantastic library. There are numerous clubs, groups and networks you can join to make friends with like-minded people. Lancaster University provides an environment that strongly supports the needs of each employee, promoting a healthy work-life balance.

We offer a comprehensive package of benefits including:

• competitive salary with annual reviews
• generous employer pension scheme
• 39 days off a year which includes University closure days at Easter and Christmas and bank holidays
• a family-friendly approach to those with parental or caring responsibilities
• additional flexible benefits to suit your needs and interests, some with tax-savings.

Find out about more of our employee benefits on our website - https://www.lancaster.ac.uk/jobs

We are an organisation that seeks to make positive economic, cultural, societal and environmental change. If you want to be a part of that, then we’d love to hear from you.

Contract and contact

This post is offered for three months full-time (anticipated to start 1st November 2026 and end 31st Jan 2027) with a hybrid work pattern, or you can choose to be fully on-campus. We are happy to talk about flexible working.