Senior Statistician, Grade 8: £37,382 to £44,607 per annum 

Applications are invited for a Senior Statistician to join the Centre for Statistics in Medicine (CSM) led by Professor Doug Altman in Oxford, as a statistician in the UKCRC registered CTU OCTRU. 

The Cancer Statistical Support Team provides expert statistical input into collaborative health research. Projects include phase II-III randomised controlled trials and observational studies. The statistician collaborates directly with the lead researcher, taking responsibility for the design, statistical aspects of the grant application including costing, analysis and interpretation in public dissemination whilst working to agreed deadlines.

You will assist in the strategic planning and develop the agreed strategy by targeting suitable collaborative links and bringing new projects to the department. Other required areas of activity are methodological research and teaching.

You will have a postgraduate qualification in applied or medical statistics, be familiar with key aspects of study design and analysis and aware of the latest statistical techniques. You will have considerable experience as a statistician, including consultations without further statistical support, designing clinical laboratory or research, analysing data and paper writing for publication in peer-reviewed journals. You will have project management skills, be able to plan and prioritise short and long-term goals so that deadlines are met simultaneously for around 10 substantive projects and a number of smaller projects.

This is a full-time (part-time negotiable) post for 3 years in the first instance.

If no suitable applicants are identified on Grade 8, an appointment on Grade 7 (£29,541- £36,298 p.a.) with an appropriate adjustment in duties may be considered.

The closing date for applications is 12.00 midday on 14 November 2013, interviews are on 20 November 2013. Applications cannot be submitted 8 - 12 November 2013 due to system downtime.

To apply for this role and for further details, including the job description and selection criteria, please click on the link below:

https://www.recruit.ox.ac.uk/pls/hrisliverecruit/erq_jobspec_version_4.jobspec?p_id=110281

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