Senior Statistician

**About the role**: The Department of Cardiovascular Sciences are looking to appoint a Senior Statistician to deliver statistical leadership within the Cardiac Surgery Research Group. This exciting new role will involve providing specialist statistical analyses in large routinely collected datasets, established Bioresources (e.g. UK Biobank, 100,00 Genomes), and clinical trials, as well as supervising doctoral and post-doctoral researchers within the group.
**About you**: As a Senior Statistician you will have a Higher degree or significant relevant experience in the biostatistics, medical statistics or applied statistics field. Alongside your extensive experience, you should be an excellent communicator who will be able to work autonomously and independently to lead own goals and tasks, as well successfully manage staff, resources and research programmes.

The University of Leicester has been changing the world, and changing people’s lives, for 100 years. When you join us, you’ll become part of a community of Citizens of Change, which includes not only our staff and our current students but also thousands of Leicester graduates around the world.

As a diverse and forward-thinking employer, we embed the principles of equality, diversity and inclusion into everything we do. That includes not just our core missions of teaching and research, but also our support for staff, students and our local community through our values of Inspiring, Impactful and Inclusive.

We’re committed to the wellbeing of all our staff and to the sustainability of our environment, on our campus and beyond. We offer a competitive salary package, excellent pension scheme and a generous annual leave allowance, along with opportunities to develop your career in a supportive and collaborative environment.
**Vacancy terms**: Full-time or job share, fixed term to 31 August 2027