Senior Research Manager - Trial Statistician

NFER - National Foundation for Educational Research
Slough - United Kingdom
S: £33,301 to £44,754

Based in our Slough office
Salary: £33,301 to £44,754 - placement is on scale according to qualifications and experience

Do you want to make a difference to the lives of children and young people?

Do you want to contribute to the evidence base that has a direct impact on policy and practice?

Due to expansion within NFER the Centre for Statistics is looking for a Senior Trials Statistician who can help maintain, and develop, the Centre's impact both internally and externally.

Our growing Education Trials Unit requires a senior member of staff who has expertise in the design and analysis of randomised controlled trials. We are interested in applications from enthusiastic individuals who are capable of carrying out high quality, complex analyses, primarily as part of the Trials Unit but who is also able to work on a variety of other projects currently being analysed within the Centre for Statistics.

We require an experienced individual who is capable of working within different research teams across the NFER, and who can be involved in a number of statistical and strategic areas. In addition to a large variety of evaluation work, the successful candidate could also be involved with an exciting portfolio of test development projects. They would report directly to the Head of Statistics.

Essential qualities:

an experienced trial statistician in the clinical or educational field
an excellent understanding of individual- and cluster-randomised designs, consent issues, data collection, the randomisation process and how the design of the trial relates to analysis
well qualified in statistics or economics, or have a degree with a high statistical content
an understanding of educational issues
at least 5 years relevant work experience
knowledgeable of survey research methodologies
an experienced user of statistical software, particularly SPSS but including other statistical packages such as R, STATA, MPlus and MLwiN
able to lead projects and other statisticians within project teams
a practical and well-organised approach to the analysis of data
able to work quickly and accurately to meet deadlines
able to communicate effectively, both with researchers and with other statisticians
able to draft statistical components of proposals and contribute to income generation activities
able to communicate analysis findings to a variety of audiences
able to ensure the quality of all statistical outputs
able to work flexibly as a member of a team with an interest in education or general social science research
able to contribute to Foundation-wide strategic activities.

Desirable qualities:

higher degree with substantial statistical content
knowledge of cost benefit/cost effectiveness analysis
able to develop and maintain strong client relationships
able to contribute to dissemination activities.
The benefits of working at the Foundation include a pleasant office environment and beautiful surroundings, 30 days paid leave per year over and above Bank Holidays and discretionary days, good support for staff development and generous pension arrangements.

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