Medical Statistician (Ref 074)
Tropical Clinical Trials Unit
Department of Clinical Sciences
Salary: £32,600 to £37,768
Starting salary subject to skills and experience
Full time, Fixed term contract initially for 3 years
The Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine (LSTM) is an internationally recognised centre of excellence for research in tropical diseases. Through the creation of effective links with governments, organisations and institutions and by responding to the health needs of communities, LSTM aims to promote improved health, particularly for people of the less developed / resource poorest countries in the tropics and sub-tropics.
These posts are part of a new recruitment drive to support the expansion in clinical and public health trials at LSTM. You will have the opportunity to work in partnership with highly motivated researchers from a diverse range of disciplines and make a major contribution in the field. The Unit works on diseases that cause a high burden in low and middle income countries, which include HIV, malaria, tuberculosis, Neglected and Emerging Tropical Diseases and acute lower respiratory infections. We support phase II/III clinical trials of new diagnostics, drug treatments and vaccines and large scale global health trials evaluating strategies of health care delivery.
This is a fabulous opportunity to work in a supportive and stimulating environment and you will be resourceful, dynamic and able to work on your own initiative as you will be encouraged to develop your own areas of research interest or to focus on specific areas of work.
Candidates must be able to demonstrate how they will contribute to the design of a range of clinical, public health and laboratory-based studies and to conduct analyses of clinical and epidemiological data. It is essential that you have a postgraduate degree in medical statistics or biostatistics and experience of medical statistics in applied research and epidemiological research. You will play a major role in writing up the research findings for publications and will be encouraged to undertake statistical methodological research and it is essential to have proven ability to write up and present research results. It is also critical to have effective interpersonal and communication skills and the ability to build effective working relationships in a multicultural environment with confidence, tact and diplomacy. You will have the opportunity to conduct short overseas visits, particularly to Africa to visit LSTM research collaborators to gain familiarity with LSTM research environments.
If you are interested in applying, please return your completed Application Form accompanied by your CV, Personal Details Form and Equal Opportunities Monitoring Form, stating vacancy reference number 074, via email to jobs@lstmed.ac.uk or by post to HR, Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine, Pembroke Place, Liverpool L3 5QA
Closing Date: Tuesday 5 July 2016, 12.00pm (UK Time)
Interview Date: Wednesday 13 July 2016
LSTM actively promotes an Equal Opportunities Policy
The Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine (LSTM) is an internationally recognised centre of excellence for research in tropical diseases. Through the creation of effective links with governments, organisations and institutions and by responding to the health needs of communities, LSTM aims to promote improved health, particularly for people of the less developed / resource poorest countries in the tropics and sub-tropics.
