Research Fellow - Biostatistician

The University of Sydney

RESEARCH FELLOW - BIOSTATISTICIAN
SYDNEY SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH
SYDNEY MEDICAL SCHOOL
REFERENCE NO. 2415/1113

Key role in a collaborative research team

Utilise your expertise in biostatistics and epidemiology

Full-time fixed term for 4 years, remuneration package: $104K-$124Kp.a. which includes base salary, leave loading and up to 17% super

The University of Sydney is Australia's first university and has an outstanding global reputation for academic and research excellence. It employs over 7300 permanent staff, supporting over 50,000 students.

The Prevention Research Collaboration (PRC) is a research group within the Sydney School of Public Health, at the University of Sydney and has specialised expertise in population-wide prevention research and translational research. In particular, PRC is engaged in generating and disseminating new knowledge about implementation of population-wide prevention. The PRC research portfolio includes public health priority topics, with major emphases on chronic disease prevention, especially public health nutrition, physical activity and obesity prevention; in addition PRC also carries out work in other areas of prevention, including tobacco control and sun protection and more generally, research in health promotion.

The PRC is responsible for the delivery of the Population Health and Health Services Research Program (PHHSRP) funded by the NSW Ministry of Health, in addition to its existing prevention-oriented research, evaluation and teaching program. This PHHSR Program requires support from strong quantitative research and evaluation methods that allows for scientific rigour within the real world setting. We are seeking to appoint a Research Fellow or Senior Research Fellow with expertise in biostatistics to undertake relevant statistical work in the area of quantitative public health research both within the Prevention Research Collaboration (PRC) more specifically in support of the Population Health and Health Services Research Program (PHHSRP). You will work with a range of researchers on epidemiological and prevention and translational-oriented research relevant to the work of the PHHSRP and the broader PRC group. The research includes analyses of data from population health datasets, epidemiological studies, and intervention studies.

To succeed in securing this position you will have:

relevant tertiary qualifications in statistics or biostatistics

experience in health-related statistical analysis, including the use of population health data and intervention data and in multivariate modelling relevant to public health and experience in calculating complex sample sizes in population health studies.

experience in academic publications and writing funding grants for research (desirable)

experience in supervising and mentoring junior research and analytical staff (desirable)

demonstrated skills in epidemiology and public health research methods and advanced skills in using statistical data analysis and other relevant software packages eg: SAS, STATA or SPSS (or equivalent)

demonstrated skills in data management of large epidemiological health data and complex intervention data and skills in analysing population health data and intervention data

solid written and oral communication skills including ability to understand strategic communication issues and formulate appropriate methods for communicating policy relevant technical information for different audiences

demonstrated ability to maintain high work standards with minimal guidance and supervision.

All applications must be submitted via the University of Sydney careers website. Visit sydney.edu.au/recruitment and search by the reference number for more information and to apply.

CLOSING DATE: 12 January 2014 (11.00pm Sydney Time)

The University is an equal opportunity employer committed to equity, diversity and social inclusion. Applications from equity target groups and women are encouraged. The University of Sydney has also established a scheme to increase the number of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander staff employed across the institution. Applications from people of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander descent are encouraged.