Project Officer

Job Reference

552003

Hybrid

Fixed Term Contract

Psychology

13/03/2026

School of Social Sciences

Grade G (₣33,045 - ₣38,026 p.a. pro rata)

The Psychology Department at Nottingham Trent University is looking to recruit a highly skilled project officer to contribute to the exciting delivery of Peer Assisted Learning Strategies (PALS-UK) in a large scale Education Endowment Foundation funded effectiveness trial. PALS-UK is a research-informed approach to supporting reading fluency and comprehension through structured paired reading. This trial will focus on its effectiveness for Year 5 pupils in schools in England.

The project officer will join a team of people working on this project at Nottingham Trent University, University of Birmingham and Manchester Met University.

We will still consider applications even if you don’t meet every single one of the requirements, so don’t be put off if you don’t match them perfectly.

w/c 23rd March 2026

NTU Psychology is recognised nationally and internationally for delivering theoretically informed and applied research. Within the UK we are the largest provider of full-time undergraduate degrees in psychology. Our pre-covid NSS scores for overall satisfaction was above 90% for eight years and since covid have been ahead of the sector average and sector benchmarks. We provide a learning experience of the highest quality to our students and pride ourselves as being at the forefront of sector innovations in teaching and learning.

As a department we have co‑written the introductory Essential Psychology textbook for SAGE, recently completing the 4th edition.

Our excellence is recognised internationally, with the recent QS 2023 World University rankings, putting us in the top 150 departments for psychology worldwide. At NTU Psychology we are committed to quality, diversity and inclusion and have achieved Athena SWAN recognition at the department level. You will be joining a very large, lively, diverse, collegiate and ambitious team. Colleagues in the department have a range of backgrounds, spanning most areas of psychology, which is reflected in the range of our research groups and our course portfolio.

You will join the Centre for Research in Language, Education and Developmental Inequalities (CLEDI) (,-education-and-Developmental-inequalities) and the active research group Language, Literacy and Psychology ().

For any informal queries about the role or the team, please contact Dr Emma Vardy Associate Professor

• Hybrid working - we encourage and offer a mixture of office working and working from home. You're empowered to define how you work best for the benefits of your stakeholders.
• Flexibility - take ownership over how you get your work done. We're open to different working patterns and approaches.
• 25 - 30 days annual leave, plus statutory bank holidays and 5 university closure days pro rata.
• Salary Sacrifice Retirement Savings Plan with life assurance and income protection. Available to colleagues who choose to opt out of the contractual pension scheme. Minimum colleague contributions of 0% matched with minimum NTU contributions of 8%.
• Range of health and wellbeing services, including a Health Cash Plan, voluntary benefits, discounts, and savings for all colleagues.
• Access to a wealth of formal and informal professional development opportunities to develop your skills and advance your career.
• And a whole lot more…Find out more about the range of benefits we offer.

Available to candidates who do not currently have the right to work in the UK, but who would be eligible to obtain a valid visa via another route. This role is covered by the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 and successful applicants will be asked to declare any unspent criminal convictions.

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