Principal Statistician

**Principal Statistician**:
**Are you an experienced medical statistician and want to work for an Institute leading in clinical trials research and impacting international clinical practice? Do you want to be part of a successful, highly talented, and multi-disciplinary team? Are you an enthusiastic, driven postgraduate with a major statistical qualification, keen to lead a portfolio of trials research?**

The Clinical Trials Research Unit (CTRU) is an international leader in the field of clinical trials. The Unit is one of the largest in the UK and conducts national and international early phase and late phase clinical trials in a variety of clinical fields. Our main aim is to develop and support novel and efficient trials to change clinical practice for the better. Our past results and current research have already helped to do this. Our results inform the academic development of this specialised field of clinical research on a national and international level. Particularly, we specialise in complex phase III trials, early phase I/II trials, biomarker-driven designs, seamless phase II/III designs, adaptive designs and the development, optimisation and evaluation of complex interventions, including cluster randomised and complex factorial designs.

You will be a talented and dynamic individual with a postgraduate qualification, including a major statistical component, and an interest in evaluating novel treatments or interventions of pharmaceuticals, radiotherapy, surgery, medical devices or complex interventions. You will have extensive applied experience in clinical trial statistics and/or medical statistics, project and people management, together with a nationally recognised research profile in clinical trials and/or medical statistics.

**What we offer in return**
- 25 days holiday plus 15.5 Bank Holidays/days that the University is closed by custom (including Christmas) - That’s over 40 days a year
- Health and Wellbeing: Discounted staff membership options at The Edge, our state-of-the-art Campus gym, with a pool, sauna, climbing wall, cycle circuit, and sports halls.
- Personal Development: Access to courses run by our Organisational Development & Professional Learning team, and self-development courses including languages, Creative Writing, Wellbeing Therapies and much more.
- Access to on-site childcare, shopping discounts and travel schemes are also available.

And much more

**To explore the post further or for any queries you may have, please contact**:
**Prof Deb Stocken, Head of Statistics**

Tel: +44 (0)113 343 5616

**Location**:

- Leeds - Main Campus**Faculty/Service**:

- Faculty of Medicine & Health**School/Institute**:

- Leeds Institute of Clinical Trials Research (LICTR)**Category**:

- Research**Grade**:

- Grade 8**Salary**:

- £43,414 to £51,805 p.a.**Working Time**:

- 100% at 37.5 hours per week**Post Type**:

- Full Time**Contract Type**:

- Ongoing**Release Date**:

- Tuesday 17 January 2023**Closing Date**:

- Thursday 16 February 2023**Interview Date**:

- To be confirmed**Reference**:

- MHCTR1286