£17.09 per hour + £2.06 holiday pay
Advertising End Date
14 May 2025

Role & Department Overview

The Department of English Literature and Creative Writing are looking for a Research Assistant to support a funded project exploring loss and renewal in the coastal town of Morecambe. The role will involve seeking participants and setting up interviews with a range of participants and possible support for a symposium taking place in September 2025. 

Start Date: 30 May 2025
End Date: 22 August 2025
Location: Remotely (in the UK) and on the Lancaster University campus
Working Pattern: TBC, determined by worker and line manager

Job Description

The role involves administrative research support for a project exploring attitudes to loss and renewal in the coastal town of Morecambe. The role will involve identifying and liaising with community groups in Morecambe, supporting and administrating interviews and their recording by a professional production company. The role may also involve administrative support of a symposium to be held in September.

Person Specification

Essential Skills and Attributes

  • Excellent organisational and administrative skills
  • Excellent communication skills
  • Experience of administrating meetings and/or interviews
  • Some experience of working with community groups
Desirable Skills and Attributes
 
  • Experience of working in a project team
  • Interest in seaside-specific research
  • Experience of organising interviews
  • Experience of organising an academic conference or symposium
Working in this role will help develop the following skills and experience: 
 
  • Collaboration
  • Curiosity
  • Decisiveness
  • Flexibility
  • Integrity
  • Knowledge Sharing
  • Multi-tasking
  • Planning and organising
  • Problem solving
  • Research
  • Self-motivation
  • Teamwork
  • Time Management
  • Verbal communication
  • Written communication
For informal enquiries regarding this role, please contact the project leaders Dr Jo Carruthers ([email protected]) or Tajinder Hayer ([email protected]).
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

You are required to submit a cover letter to support your application. Applications without a cover letter will not be considered.

Please note: Unless specified otherwise in the advert wording, this role is only open to individuals living in the UK.

Under the terms of this work, we endeavour to provide the advertised number of hours, however hours are not guaranteed and that work may cease if there is a fall in demand. 

Adverts that display a closing date should be treated as a guide. We reserve the right to close the vacancy once we have received sufficient applications, so we advise you to submit your application as early as possible to prevent disappointment.

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