Senior Biostatistician

Growing Up in New Zealand

Senior Biostatistician

Growing Up in New Zealand is an exciting and ground breaking longitudinal study that is following approximately 7000 children from before they were born until they are adults, in the context of their families. It aims to understand the developmental environment, life experiences and aspirations of these children and families and will provide evidence to help build effective policy, programmes and initiatives to improve outcomes for all of New Zealand's children. The families involved in the study reflect the cultural diversity of New Zealand, our evolving society, environment and identity. Four substantive data collections have been undertaken in the first two years of the children's development.

Further details about the study can be seen on our website http://www.growingup.co.nz

We are seeking an enthusiastic and experienced Senior Biostatistician to join our biostatistics team and work with our multi-disciplinary research team. There will be team and project management opportunities if you have either experience or an interest in developing these skills. You will have expertise in the epidemiological and lifecourse principles of longitudinal research design and data analysis. You will be able to contribute to ensuring the robust design, management, analysis and interpretation of our large complex data sets.

You will possess a PhD or strong Master's degree in Statistics, Biostatistics, Epidemiology or relevant disciplines and have expertise working with one or more statistical software packages including SAS. Some of the key aspects of this role are to work with the biostatistical, data management and research teams to:

Contribute to and execute longitudinal analysis plans

Work in conjunction with data managers to create, update, maintain, validate and document working datasets and variables which meet the longitudinal and study analysis requirement

Provide annotated and documented datasets for internal and external use

Contribute to interpretation of analyses and reporting

Support the preparation of reports, policy outputs and scientific papers.

Please apply by clicking the `apply now' button on the job page and follow the steps to send your CV and covering letter to Growing Up in New Zealand no later than 18 June 2014. For further information, please contact Dean Adam on 09 923 4973.