Database Manager 

Imperial College London - Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, School of Public Health
Salary Range: £43,530 to £52,630 per annum

This is an exciting opportunity for someone with a strong background in computing and experience in database management, to join the COSMOS and SCAMP research teams. 

COSMOS is a high profile international research programme investigating mobile phone use and health across 5 European countries.  SCAMP is a secondary school cohort study of mobile phone use and neurocognitive and behavioural outcomes. Both SCAMP and the UK arm of COMSOS are based in the Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics within the School of Public Health at Imperial College London. The Department has attracted a multi-disciplinary research team interfacing across epidemiology, database programming, geographical information systems, and statistical methodology. This environment provides excellent opportunities for career development. For more information on COSMOS visit the webpage at https://www.ukcosmos.org/. The UK COSMOS study has now received additional funding from the Department of Health to prepare for the launch of a follow-up questionnaire.

The emphasis of this role will be to further develop the project databases in order to facilitate the analysis of large health and other relevant databases, and the post holder will need to provide full-lifecycle technical support for applications developed by the studies. This work fulfils a critical role within the Department’s core research activities involving epidemiological modelling and interpretation of routinely collected health and environmental data.

This full-time post is based at the St Mary’s Campus, Paddington in the Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics and will be fixed term from the date of appointment for 24 months in the first instance.

For informal enquiries please contact Dr Mireille Toledano at [log in to unmask]

The College cannot normally apply for a Certificate of Sponsorship for this post under Tier 2 of the UK Border Agency’s Points Based System.  Any candidate, who is considering applying for this position and requires sponsorship, must ensure that they are able to obtain permission to work in the UK through an appropriate immigration route.
Our preferred method of application is online via our website at http://www3.imperial.ac.uk/employment (please select “Job Search” then enter the job title or vacancy reference number into “Keywords”). Please complete and upload an application form as directed quoting reference number SM037-15AL. 
Alternatively, if you are unable to apply online, please email [log in to unmask] to request an application form.
Closing date:  29 March 2015  
Interviews will be held on Friday 17th April 2015.
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