We’re looking for an Innovation and Engagement Facilitator to join our friendly and ambitious team in the School of Computing and Communications supporting the delivery of the flagship CyberFocus Place-Based Impact Accelerator Account (PBIAA) Project. This position is offered on a full-time fixed term contract until March 2029. The position is fully externally funded.

Key elements of your job will be to: 

• Plan, coordinate and facilitate catalysts, sandpits, workshops, and other engagement activities.
• Support collaborative projects from concept through to delivery, working with researchers and stakeholders to maintain active engagement throughout the programme.
• Develop follow-up plans based on insights from innovation activities, fostering further collaboration across the CyberFocus ecosystem.
• Track engagement outcomes to support reporting and inform continuous programme improvement.
• Ensure innovation and engagement activities align with programme and stakeholder needs across academic, civic, and industry partners.

About you

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

• Experience in planning and delivering creative, energetic workshops, innovation events, or other collaborative activities with academic, industry, and civic partners in cyber, digital, or technology contexts.
• A background and/or strong interest in research translation and innovation, with awareness of cyber-security priorities and challenges.
• Excellent interpersonal and communication skills, including presenting complex technical ideas to varied audiences.
• The ability to assess stakeholder needs and develop practical engagement plans.
• Experience aligning innovation and engagement activities across diverse cyber-security stakeholders to support shared programme goals.

The School of Computing and Communications Department 

As Innovation and Engagement Facilitator, you will be part of the School of Computing and Communications, working within the CyberFocus PBIAA team. CyberFocus is a £5M EPSRC, UKRI-funded programme driving cyber innovation and regional impact. Based at Lancaster University and operating across the North West’s cyber ecosystem, CyberFocus aims to unlock the socio-economic potential of the region through collaborative innovation, civic engagement, and research-led impact.

Delivered in partnership with six regional universities and a wide network of public and private stakeholders, the programme is at the forefront of addressing the UK’s cybersecurity challenges and opportunities. This role offers a unique opportunity to work across academia, industry, and government, building partnerships, delivering collaborative activities, and turning research into meaningful outcomes and impact for the region.

Contract and contact

This post is offered on a full-time, fixed term contract until 16 March 2029 and is fully externally funded. We are happy to talk about flexible working options.

To find out more about joining our team or to arrange an informal chat about the role, please contact Dr Anna Dyson, CyberFocus PBIAA Manager – a.dyson@lancaster.ac.uk

Why work with us

Lancaster University’s Bailrigg campus is a lovely place to work, offering a vibrant working environment set in beautiful parkland.   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. 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 
• Generous employer pension scheme.
• 39 days leave, including University closure days at Easter and Christmas and bank holidays.
• A family-friendly and flexible approach to working.
• 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. 

Closing Date: 08 Apr 2026

Department: Professional/Management

Salary: £39,906 to £46,049 (Full-Time/Fixed Term)

GEMINI explores gaze and eye movement for novel interfaces and as postdoc you would help us tackle core challenges of the project, in particular: 

• Design of spatial interaction techniques that are gaze-assisted or attention-aware
• Applying AI methods to classify visual behaviours, infer context and recognise input
• Exploring gaze in combination with modalities for productivity in extended reality (XR) 

You should have a PhD degree or equivalent experience, a strong motivation for both blue skies research and technical innovation in HCI. You should be comfortable in prototyping interactive systems, working with sensors and signals, conducting studies with people, and analysing data. 

As senior RA, you will lead research that contributes to the top of the field in CHI/UIST and/or VR/AR, provide guidance and support to PhD students and help manage lab facilities and research data. At Lancaster, you will be part of an international and supportive research environment, and you will be working with a PI who is strongly committed to mentoring and career development.

You will join us on an indefinite contract. However, the role remains contingent on external funding which for this position is initially available until 30 June 2027. 

You are welcome to contact Prof. Hans Gellersen informally for discussion of your interest. 

We are committed to family-friendly and flexible working policies on an individual basis, as well as the Athena SWAN Charter, which recognizes and celebrates good employment practice undertaken to address gender equality in higher education and research. We welcome applications from people in all diversity groups.  

Closing Date: 08 Apr 2026

Department: Research

Salary: £39,906 to £46,049 (Full-Time/Indefinite with End Date)