Statistician

King's College London; London; On-site; GBP 35,000 - 55,000; Full time

Job description

About us:

The post holder will work alongside internationally renowned King's College London clinicians and scientists to evaluate novel interventions and medications in psychiatry, psychology and neuroscience. With a background of epidemiology and medical statistics, the post holder will impact on improved understanding of health outcomes, the exposures that influence on them, and mechanisms of how therapies and therapeutics work.

About the role:

This is a full-time post (35 hours per week) and you will be offered a fixed-term contract until 30th April 2028.

The post holder will be a trial statistician and work closely with study teams in the conduct, analysis, and report of randomized controlled trials and well-planned cohort studies.

Within King's Clinical Trials Unit (KCTU), the mental health statistics group consists of 15 statisticians working on a portfolio of 40 to 50 clinical trials. The team works closely with the mental health clinical trials methodology group.

Our mission revolves around the meticulous methodological oversight of clinical trials in mental health and neuroscience. We have an unwavering commitment to the development of trial designs which possess the resilience to provide answers to pivotal clinical inquiries. We operate in close collaboration with clinical colleagues spanning King's Health Partners (KHP) and the broader UK clinical academic community.

We are dedicated to increasing capacity in clinical trial statisticians at the IoPPN while assuring robust clinical trial quality - a commitment firmly rooted in the principles of Good Clinical Practice (GCP).

We work in all areas of mental health research and have a track record of delivery of all phases.

About you:

To be successful in this role, we are looking for candidates to have the following skills and experience:

Essential criteria

1. Formal qualification in statistics or a substantial statistical content
2. Familiarity with statistical software packages such as STATA, (or R)
3. Understanding of the fundamental principles of epidemiology or medical statistics
4. Competence in analysis of longitudinal experiments
5. Understanding or experience of the conduct of clinical trials in a regulated industry
6. Motivated and self-disciplined

Desirable criteria

1. Post-graduate degree in Biometry, Medical or Applied Statistics
2. Experience in the conduct of randomised controlled trials
3. To have published peer-reviewed publications
4. Experience of working as the technical expert in a multidisciplinary team

Downloading a copy of our Job Description

Full details of the role and the skills, knowledge and experience required can be found in the Job Description document, provided at the bottom of the next page after you click "Apply Now". This document will provide information of what criteria will be assessed at each stage of the recruitment process.

Further information:

We ask all candidates to submit a copy of their CV, and a supporting statement, detailing how they meet the essential criteria listed in the advert. If we receive a strong field of candidates, we may use the desirable criteria to choose our final shortlist, so please include your evidence against these where possible.

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Interview date/s TBC.