Data Analyst

Cancer Council NSW

Full-time 12 months contract position with potential for renewal for further two years

Research opportunity with the leading cancer charity in NSW

Flexible working hours and salary packaging

Convenient inner city location

Opportunity to work with a group of cancer epidemiologists with excellent track record in cancer epidemiological studies

Closing date: Friday 28 January 2011

The Cancer Epidemiology Research Unit at Cancer Council NSW is undertaking a project to develop statistical methods to predict the future prevalence of prostate cancer by stage of clinical care. Data from multiple sources will be used in the development of the statistical models: 1) NSW Central Cancer Registry data; 2) NSW Prostate Cancer Care and Outcomes Study (PCOS), including data on patterns of treatment and resultant quality of life, and 3) Medicare (MBS) and Pharmaceutical Benefits (PBS) data linked to PCOS study participants.

The position will:
assist in statistical programming, running various analyses including testing and validating statistical models, sensitivity analysis, and summarising the results and drafting reports.

SELECTION CRITERIA:

Tertiary qualifications in statistics, biostatistics or a related area with a substantial component of numerical analysis or postgraduate training in biostatistics and epidemiology

Extensive experience in the analysis of epidemiological data; skills in working effectively with software applications including statistical packages (e.g. SAS, STATA)

Excellent writing skills with experience in the preparation of reports or publications

Ability to work without close supervision

Ability to work on multiple tasks at the same time and to adhere to agreed timelines

To view the remaining selection criteria, visit the 'work for us' page of our website to obtain a job description, http://www.cancercouncil.com.au. Send your applications (addressing the selection criteria) to: careers@nswcc.org.au or fax (02) 8302 3509 by Friday January 28, 2011.
For further information please call Dr Xue Qin Yu on (02) 9334 1851.