Director, Biostatistics

Date Posted: Monday, 30th of January 2012

Salary: £65,000 - £75,000

Start Date: 27 Feb 2012

Telephone: +44(0)1438 870028

Location: Midlands

Consultant Name: Priya Mukherjee

Sector: Clinical

Description

CK Clinical is currently recruiting for a Director, Biostatistics to lead the Biostatistics Department in providing statistical services for clinical trials.

RESPONSIBILITIES:
* To provide leadership of the Biostatistics Department, co-ordinating^and assisting staff in their duties.
* To be responsible for staff allocation within the department, to ensure sufficient expertise and to delegate responsibility appropriately.
* To identify the departmental training requirements and to provide training as required. 
* To perform staff reviews.
* To represent the Biostatistics department at internal meetings and to liaise with in-house project managers and fellow departmental heads.
* To provide statistical advice/consultation and/or any^related services required by Sponsors.
* To lead projects on behalf of the Company.
* To represent the Company and participate at meetings and conferences.
* To be responsible for statistical software administration for the Company.
* Additionally, the job holder is expected to perform all duties associated with the post of Senior Statistician.
Perform other duties as assigned. The duties and responsibilities listed above are representative of the nature and level of work assigned and arenot necessarily all-inclusive.

OTHER SKILLS AND ABILITIES:
* The job holder must be experienced in working closely with Sponsors, and have good communication skills in order to provide clear statistical advice.
* The job holder must have experience co-ordinating the workloads of other staff and possess good time-management skills.
* The job holder will be required to have a thorough knowledge of statistics.
* The job holder must be computer literate with a willingness to adapt to various^computer systems; a detailed knowledge of SAS, and other related software is essential.

Interested applicants will be educated to degree level in mathematics, statistics or another subject with a strong statistical component (OR Equivalent) and have proven experience using statistics in a clinical research environment, including SAS programming. You should also be able to demonstrate a high level of competency, responsibility, and the ability to work independently.

CK Clinical is an Equal^Opportunities employer and welcomes applications from all who meet our selection criteria.

If you do not hear back from us within 5 working days of your application for this role, it means that on this occasion you have not been shortlisted for the next stage of the recruitment campaign. Entitlement to work in the EEA is essential. Please quote reference CL23605 in all correspondence.

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