Principal Statistician
- Grade
- Grade 7
- Role type
- Permanent
- Closing date
- 11 Apr 2021
- Salary
- £48,859 to £62,286
- Open to
- Everyone
- Organisation
- Public Health England
This post is offered as 0.6 working time equivalent or 22.5 hours per week.
Main duties of the job
As Principal Statistical Advisor you will be part of a dynamic team that includes data scientists and analysts. You will be responsible for developing, revising and delivering appropriate statistical methods and techniques for monitoring, surveying and measuring the population’s health.
You will support the public health data science and health intelligence functions to apply appropriate models to their products, tools and techniques.
You will provide statistical input and direction across a programme of multidisciplinary data science projects and work collaboratively to deliver results.
We are looking for a motivated individual with strong statistical expertise, ideally with experience in a health-related background (though not essential).