Project Coordinator: Grace-net

Lancaster University; Lancaster; On-site; GBP 27,000 - 30,000; Full time

Job summary

The Psychology Department at Lancaster University invites applications for a fixed-term, full-time liaison role to support the Grace-net project. You will coordinate activity across the network, across the University and with external partners, and help realise research and community engagement aims addressing gambling harms.

Key duties include record-keeping, monitoring expenses, taking minutes, and developing outreach to organisations impacted by gambling harms. The post ends 27 April 2027.

Qualifications

• supporting liaison among those involved in the network
• facilitating communication and developing capacity, for example by encouraging outreach to other organisations impacted by gambling harms
• record-keeping, monitoring of expenses and taking minutes will be key elements of the role

Responsibilities

• support liaison among those involved in the network
• facilitating communication and developing capacity, for example by encouraging outreach to other organisations impacted by gambling harms
• record-keeping, monitoring of expenses and taking minutes will be key elements of the role

Job description

Psychology
Location: Bailrigg, Lancaster, UK
Salary: £26,707 to £30,378full time, fixed term
Closing Date: Thursday 05 November 2026
Interview Date: Friday 20 November 2026
Reference: 1155-26

This role is based within the Psychology Department, although the project team work across the University and with external partners.

You will be responsible for:

• supporting liaison among those involved in the network,
• facilitating communication and developing capacity, for example by encouraging outreach to other organisations impacted by gambling harms.

You will help partners to realise the potential and the benefits from research and community engagements in addressing gambling harms. The project has several core strands and record-keeping, monitoring of expenses and taking minutes, will be key elements of the role.

Grace-net is also connected to other innovation partnerships across the UK and with the national Gambling Harms Research UK Evidence Centre, based in Glasgow. This post will support reporting between projects, help consolidate connections between groups, and support the development of a longer term, phase-2 application for funding support. Additional information about the role is set out in the Person Specification and Job Description.

The post is offered on a fixed-term basis until 27 April 2027, which is the end of the phase-1 funded project.

Informal enquiries for this role can be made to John Towse, Grace-net Co-Director, [e-mail]

Please note: unless specified otherwise in the advert, all advertised roles are UK based.

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