LINCOLN INSTITUTE FOR RURAL AND COASTAL HEALTH

Location: Lincoln
Salary: From £32,546 per annum
Please note, this post is permanent and full-time at 1 FTE.
Closing Date: Friday 27 June 2025
Interview Date: Wednesday 16 July 2025
Reference: CHS224
The University of Lincoln is seeking to appoint a dynamic and proactive Research Assistant to join the Lincoln Institute for Rural and Coastal Health (LIRCH). You will collaborate with world-leading researchers within your role whilst contributing to positive impacts on rural, remote and coastal communities.
The postholder will be responsible for conducting research on LIRCH based projects whilst supporting the expanding research portfolio of the Institute. You are expected to have a keen interest in the health outcome disparities faced by rural and coastal communities and be motivated to be part of system wide health inequality improvements.
The Lincoln Institute for Rural and Coastal Health (LIRCH) is the country’s first integrated and multidisciplinary research institute dedicated to rural and coastal health research. LIRCH has been awarded £10.9 million funding from Research England’s Expanding Excellence in England (E3) fund and is in the process of significant expansion. With this expanded capacity, the Institute will bring together multiple disciplines to produce impactful research helping to tackle the place-based inequalities experienced by rural, coastal, and remote communities. By co-designing and shaping the emerging discipline together with the next generation of researchers and affected communities, LIRCH aims to create the future academic and community leaders of rural and coastal health.
This position is externally funded by Research England’s Expanding Excellence in England fund as part of a £10.9 million grant awarded to the University of Lincoln.
For informal enquiries and more information about this exciting opportunity, please contact Professor Mark Gussy at MGussy@lincoln.ac.uk

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