A global medical research company based in Durban is looking for an Intermediate Level Statistician to join their team. The successful incumbent will be part of the Biostatistics department and will be responsible for the statistical analysis of data from research projects within the company. He/she will be expected to take on the role of study statistician on individual projects and will assist with providing statistical support to internal researchers, including statistical input into study protocols, research proposals and scientific manuscripts. Please note that this is a 12-month contract position.

Duties:

• Statistical analysis of company project data.
• Statistical support for company investigators.
• Contribute to scientific manuscripts, study protocols, and research proposals.
• Provide statistical input into data collection tools and case report forms (CRFs).
• Contribute to data management processes, in particular quality control and quality assurance.
• Assist with statistical training and mentorship of junior statisticians.

Requirements:

• Master’s degree in statistics.
• Minimum of two years’ experience in the role of an applied medical statistician.
• Minimum of one year of experience analysing health information from demographic surveillance systems and/or routine data collection systems.
• Experience of advanced quantitative data analysis.
• Experience of contributing to peer-reviewed publications.
• Should have knowledgeon the following Computer skills:
  • Competency with statistical software packages (e.g. R, Stata or SAS).
  • Competency with MS Office software packages.
  • Working knowledge of an electronic data capture (EDC) package (e.g. REDCap, ODK, OpenClinica, etc.) and some understanding of relational databases would be an advantage.
• Understanding of epidemiology.
• Underpinning knowledge of cohort studies and a range of advanced statistical techniques.
• Some experience with data management of longitudinal studies would be an advantage.

Attributes:

• Ability to work under pressure to strict deadlines and without close supervision.
• Ability to working as part of a multidisciplinary research team.
• Strong problem solving and decision-making abilities.
• Consistency in delivering positive results, following tasks through from start to finish.
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills in English.
• Excellent attention to detail and organisational skills.
• Able to clearly communicate research findings using data summaries, figures, and tables.

While we would really like to respond to every application, should you not be contacted for this position within 10 working days please consider your application unsuccessful.

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Posted on 02 Aug 11:43