Senior Statistician

**Job Reference Number**: R874A
**Department**: Biostatistics Research Unit
**Business Unit**:
**Industry**: Academic

**Job Type**: Permanent
**Positions Available**: 1
**Salary**: Negotiable
The Biostatistics Research Unit of the SAMRC is an active research entity that collaborates with health and medical researchers from the SAMRC, universities, other research institutions and international agencies. Statisticians in the Biostatistics Research Unit provide statistical support on design, analysis and reporting, to collaborative national and international projects within the SAMRC.

**Responsibilities**:

- Research
- Peer reviewed journal articles or book chapters, technical report.
- Working on and coordinating all statistical aspects of one or more projects as study statistician.
- Evidence of use of more complex data analysis techniques.
- Write-up study design, sample size and analysis plan of proposals.
- Oversee all aspects of the study such as design, data management, analysis and interpretation of results.
- Transform data into formats that are clean and suitable for analysis.
- Carry out independent computing in a timeous manner.
- Conduct complex statistical analysis.
- Attendance of advanced methodological training.
- Poster or oral presentations at local or international conferences or at external meetings where own research is presented by the statistician.
- Statistical support of Masters or PhD students.
- Assist in teaching a Biostatistics course.
- Develop course material
- Contribution to management of the Unit or SAMRC through meeting organisation or participation in committees, reviews and organisational processes
- Assistance with Unit reporting processes, organising academic days, journal clubs, etc

**Duration of the contract**:
Permanent

**Remuneration**:
R 826 446 per annum (cost-to-company)

Job Requirements

**Core Requirements**:

- Hold a MSc in statistics, biostatistics, or biometry
- At least 5 years’ experience in a clinical and health research environment
- Evidence of strong academic background and peer-reviewed ISI publication record, with at least 7 ISI publications and at least 4 presentations at conferences or meetings
- Registered for a PhD, proposal written and accepted by the University
- At least 5 hours of teaching/training

**Advantageous**:

- Experience working with epidemiology and public health research groups and centers.

**Closing Date**:
19 September 2025