Research Statistician

CSIRO

Reference Number: 2008/316
Position Title: Research Statistician
Division: CSIRO Mathematical and Information Sciences
Location: Canberra, ACT
Salary Range: $63K - $81K plus Superannuation
Tenure: Indefinite
Applicants: International Applicants Welcome
Relocation Assistance: May be offered to the successful applicant.
Applications Close: 20 Apr 2008
Refer to advertisement at https://recruitment.csiro.au/asp/index.asp

CSIRO is Australia's largest scientific research agency, delivering outcomes of benefit to the Australian economy, society and environment through excellence in science and technology and in the provision of advice and services.

The Environmetrics Landscape management Research Group works with a wide range of researches in CSIRO. The group conducts statistical research in areas such as water resource accounting and forecasting, assessing climate change impacts, landscape monitoring and environmental risk assessment. This research is used to support informed decision making to better manage Australia's natural resources and environment. The scientific problems arising are varied and challenging, requiring strong mathematical and statistical skills to develop suitable solutions in collaboration with world class scientists of many disciplines.

We are seeking to appoint to our Canberra office a statistician with a proven research capability, such as a PhD in statistics or equivalent experience. The appointee will have a demonstrated ability to communicate research findings with non-statistical scientists and general audiences.

The appointee will work with an active group of quantitative scientists developing novel methods for landscape risk assessment and water resources accounting and forecasting.

The position provides an exciting career path for applicants who are keen to be part of a team contributing toward significant research goals. It will provide the applicant with opportunity to make an impact on national research challenges as well as developing their research career. The position is available for an immediate start.

Position Description
The appointee will be working primarily on existing projects within the group. Initially, the appointee will work with the more senior scientists on projects such as landscape risk assessment and water resources accounting and forecasting. As the appointee develops opportunities will arise to align their research strengths with appropriate projects. The groups work is multi-disciplinary, with staff from CMIS and collaborators from other CSIRO divisions.

The duties for the position are as follows:

Develop statistical methodology and/or adapt existing methods in novel and creative ways to meet the group's research objectives.

Implement this methodology and publish results in the scientific literature, with a focus on both statistical and domain journals and conferences.

Collaborate with members of the project team to ensure appropriate research directions.

Interpret and present the research findings to discipline scientists and statisticians, both within CSIRO and to peers in the research community.

Other duties as required.