Job Title: Senior Biostatistician
About the Role:
We have an exciting opportunity for a Senior Biostatistician to join the Centre for Epidemiology and Evidence at the Ministry of Health. The successful candidate will contribute to population health and broader public health objectives by providing expert advice on data management, weighting, analyses, and presentation of survey data.
Key Responsibilities:
* Lead and contribute to the data management, weighting, analyses, and presentation pipeline for survey data managed by the team
* Support the refinement and optimisation of surveys, including the development of proposals to trial methodological changes
* Develop and manage relationships and partnerships with a range of internal and external stakeholders
* Support the use of survey data to inform population health policy and program decision making, and to monitor and evaluate policies and programs
About You:
To be successful in this role, you will require:
* Postgraduate qualifications in survey statistics, social (quantitative) research, psychology, market research, data science, biostatistics, econometrics, or equivalent experience
* A growth mindset, and commitment to continuous learning and personal development
* A solid understanding and demonstrated experience with developing and optimising weighting strategies for sample surveys, especially within SAS or R programming languages
* A solid understanding of sample survey design processes and demonstrated experience with the analyses of data arising from complex survey designs
* Flexibility and willingness to work in an agile team environment
What We Offer:
The Ministry of Health offers a range of benefits, including:
* A starting salary from $120,859 - $133,183 plus Super and annual leave loading, with a 35-hour work week
* A dynamic and supportive work environment