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Reminder: Closing date for this position is 9th October 2011 Senior Statistician/Risk Analyst Location: Fera, Sand Hutton. York Reference: CSP 3652 Salary: from £31,944 depending on experience Fixed Term Appointment (3 years) Developing Novel Statistical Solutions to Risk and Policy Problems in a Collaborative Interdisciplinary Environment. The Food and Environment Research Agency's overarching purpose is to support and develop a sustainable food chain, a healthy natural environment, and to protect the global community from biological and chemical risks. Our role within that is to provide robust evidence, rigorous analysis and professional advice to Government, international organisations and the private sector. The Risk and Numerical Sciences team at Fera undertakes research, development and consultancy in the areas of risk and policy analysis, applied statistics, informatics and spatial analysis/geographic information science (GIS), for both internal and external customers. We now have an opportunity for a Senior Statistician/Risk Analyst to lead and carry out quantitative and probabilistic risk assessment research projects and secure funding for new projects. This is an important role where the successful candidate will contribute to the development of the team's overall scientific and business strategy, by developing areas of work that build on their own specialist skills. You will network with others to identify opportunities for new projects, prepare and submit detailed project proposals, carry out funded projects and supervise the work of other staff. You will take a key role in producing scientific papers, reports and presentations, lead meetings with customers and deputise for the Team Leader when required. A degree or equivalent qualification in statistics or mathematics with a strong statistics component and a post-graduate degree (MSc, Diploma or PhD) in statistics, mathematics or science with a strong statistics/mathematics component is required. Candidates without this level of qualification will need to demonstrate relevant experience and expertise. Experience of statistical/mathematical methods with potential for use in risk analysis is essential. The ideal candidate will have a proven track record of identifying new areas of work and designing and implementing strategies to make them happen. Highly self-motivated, you will be an excellent communicator able to work with modellers, statisticians computing staff and scientists across many disciplines. Fera is an Equal Opportunities Employer. We have a rural location and a range of excellent benefits that include a choice of valuable pension arrangements, flexible working practices, salary sacrifice child care vouchers, subsidised staff restaurant and sports & social activities, including an on-site gym. Closing Date: 9 October 2011 For further information and an application pack visit www.defra.gov.uk/fera/careers/<http://www.defra.gov.uk/fera/careers/> or call 01904 462302. -- Dr Marc Kennedy Risk and Numerical Sciences team 10FA10 The Food and Environment Research Agency Sand Hutton, York, YO41 1LZ Email: [log in to unmask] Web: www.defra.gov.uk/fera<http://www.defra.gov.uk/fera> Tel: +44 1904 462175 Please consider the environment before printing this e-mail The information contained in this message may include privileged, proprietary or confidential information. Please treat it with the same respect that you would expect for your own information. If you have received it in error, we apologise and ask that you contact the sender immediately and erase it from your computer. Thank you for your co-operation. The original of this email was scanned for viruses by the Government Secure Intranet virus scanning service. On leaving the GSi this email was certified virus free. You may leave the list at any time by sending the command SIGNOFF allstat to [log in to unmask], leaving the subject line blank.