Project Coordinator: Grace-Net - 1155-26

Lancaster University; Lancaster; On-site; GBP 30,000 - 38,000; Full time

Job summary

Lancaster University in the United Kingdom is seeking an efficient, people-oriented project coordinator to support Grace-net, the Gambling Resilience And Community Engagement Network. This multi-site role involves collaborating with academic researchers and external partners across local government, NHS, and third sector to address gambling harms in the North-West of England and beyond.

You will facilitate communication, support outreach to organisations affected by gambling harms, and

Qualifications

• Coordinating multi-stakeholder networks and partners.
• Facilitating communication and capacity-building, including outreach to organisations affected by gambling harms.
• Record-keeping, monitoring of expenses and taking minutes are key elements of the role.

Responsibilities

• Support liaison among network participants and external partners.
• Facilitate communication, outreach, and capacity-building across organisations involved in Grace-net.
• Contribute to reporting between projects and help consolidate connections across groups.

Job description

Reference:

1155-26

We are looking for a an efficient, people-oriented project coordinator to support a UKRI-funded project, Grace-net. The Gambling Resilience And Community Engagement Network. This is a multi-site project involving academic researchers collaborating with external partners across local government, NHS, non-government organisations and charity sector for the prevention, protection and recovery from gambling harms across the North-West of England and beyond.

More information about Grace-net is available here:

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.