Senior Statistical Analyst. London School

Position: Senior Statistical Analyst, Global Burden of Disease Independent Advisory Committee
Employer: London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine
Salary: Commensurate with the complex nature of the role.
Location: London, UK
Based in the Executive Office, London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine with some international travel (primarily Seattle, Geneva and Brussels). An exciting opportunity has arisen for a dynamic and highly skilled statistical analyst to join an international-level, multi-disciplinary global health initiative, the Global Burden of Disease Independent Advisory Committee. This committee will provide guidance and inputs to the Global Burden of Disease Project, based at the Institute of Health Metrics and Evaluation (IHME) of the University of Washington in Seattle, USA.
Working directly with Professor Peter Piot, Director of the London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine, in his capacity as founding Chair of this Independent Advisory Committee, the successful candidate will be responsible for all analytical work and scientific report preparation to support the Committee.  The post-holder will review and test the methodology used for draft and published work on the Global Burden of Disease provided by IHME, assessing whether the data are robust and identifying gaps and opportunities to improve the disease burden estimates.  The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation are providing funding for this 5 year project.

The post-holder will have a PhD or equivalent in a relevant discipline such as computer science, statistics, mathematics, epidemiology, or economics and be expert in quantitative analysis. He or she will have experience of presenting complex information in a relevant field and a close familiarity with quantitative data management of large and complex databases. He or she will work closely with the Global Burden of Disease secretariat and other groups across the world engaged in this area.
The appointment is available immediately, and is currently funded to 2018. The deadline for applications is 3 January 2014. Interviews will be taking place on 21 January 2014. Applications should be made on-line via our website at jobs.lshtm.ac.uk. The reference for this post is GBD-SSA. Applications should also include a cover letter and CV and the names and email contacts of 2 referees who can be contacted immediately if shortlisted. Interested applicants are invited to contact the Director’s Office ( director@lshtm.ac.uk) for further information. Any queries regarding the application process may be addressed to jobs@lshtm.ac.uk.
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