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Contract Statistician

Category	Statistics & SAS
Job Ref	KL/HQ00015186
Job Type	Contract
Salary	£ 20.00 - £ 25.00 per hour
Location	England - Manchester

25 Aug 2010

Description

You will be joining an established team of statisticians, working in a full-time to support the Safety Assessment Department . The group is focused on adding value to the business through delivering creative statistical solutions to business problems: exploiting maximum value from data, improving quality of processes, reducing costs, saving time. You will provide proactive statistical input into Safety Assessment (UK) regulatory toxicology work to ensure efficiency, effectiveness and regulatory compliance. An ability to work independently, but also collaboratively across scientific disciplines and the wider Statistics team, will be key to success.

Accountabilities/Responsibilities

We are searching for a qualified statistician, preferably with experience in delivering statistical impact. A strong technical capability combined with well-developed communication, consultancy and influencing skills are essential pre-requisites to successfully perform this role.

The successful candidate will have responsibility for:

* Design, analysis and interpretation of studies, including regulatory work.
* Providing statistical advice and input to scientists and regulatory submissions, inspections, quality assurance issues
* Setting statistical standards within Safety Assessment UK
* Working effectively with scientists, other statisticians in Drug Discovery, external collaborators and regulatory bodies
* Identifying and addressing key issues, opportunities and priorities for statistical input, and influencing the implementation of statistical approaches

Education and Experience

Essential
* MSc in Statistics
* Proven technical capability
* Track record in providing statistical support and consultancy.
* Expert user of at least one mainstream statistical package (eg SAS, R or S-Plus)

Desirable
* PhD or equivalent research experience
* Experience of the Pharmaceutical Industry and regulatory toxicology support in particular.
* Expertise in one of more of the following areas: predictive modelling, multivariate modelling, simulation, pharmacokinetic modelling, adaptive designs, data mining, working within a GLP environment, regulatory interactions and submissions, experimental and study design, technology evaluations.

For further information please contact
Kien-Sen Lee
Email: kien-sen.lee@hayspharma.com

Services advertised by Hays Pharma are those of an Agency and/or an Employment Business