Research Economist Health Preference Assessment

ional Health Economics jobs; Manchester; On-site; GBP 100,000 - 125,000; Full time

Job summary

A health economics consulting company is seeking a professional to lead and manage survey-research projects. Candidates should have a PhD or Master’s degree in a quantitative social-science field coupled with relevant experience. Responsibilities include study design, statistical analysis, and contribution to scientific publications. Strong oral and written communication skills are essential for this role, which is based in Manchester.

Qualifications

• Minimum 2 years of professional experience with a PhD.
• Minimum 4 years of professional experience with a Master’s degree.
• Minimum 2 years of professional experience with a Bachelor's degree.

Responsibilities

• Lead and manage projects and project tasks as part of a project team.
• Design and develop studies, including statistical analysis plans.
• Contribution to scientific publications and report preparation.

Skills

Oral communication skills

Written communication skills

Project management

Quantitative research

Survey-research project leadership

Education

PhD in quantitative social-science field

Master’s degree in a quantitative social-science field

Bachelor’s degree in a quantitative social-science field

Tools

STATA

Limdep/NLogit

SAS

R

MATLAB

Job description

Manchester, UK / Barcelona, Spain.

Responsibilities

• Lead and manage projects and project tasks as part of a project team
• Study and survey design and development, development of protocols and statistical analysis plans, analysis of discrete-choice and other stated-preference data, interpretation of results, and preparation of technical reports and manuscripts
• Contribution to scientific publications
• Proposal writing
• Project management
• Collaboration with project teams, project managers, and operational teams

Qualifications

• PhD in a quantitative social-science field such as economics, psychometrics, operations research, or statistics with at least 2 years professional experience or :
• Master’s level degree in a quantitative social-science field such as economics, psychometrics, operations research, or statistics with at a minimum of 4 years of related professional experience, or;
• Bachelor’s level degree in a quantitative social-science field such as economics, psychometrics, operations research, or statistics with at a minimum of 2 years of related professional experience
• Exceptional oral and written communication skills
• Experience in leading survey-research projects or project tasks
• Quantitative research experience
• Demonstrated proficiency in discrete-choice analysis or other stated-preference methods
• Proficiency in statistical software packages including STATA, Limdep / NLogit, SAS, R, or MATLAB.
• Pharmaceutical industry or consultancy experience is preferred, but not required