Lecturer in Statistics

Ideas Project

London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine - Department of Disease Control, Faculty Of Infectious And Tropical Diseases

Every year, nearly 4 million mothers and newborns continue to die, most from preventable or treatable causes. The London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine is seeking a lecturer/senior lecturer in statistics for the IDEAS (Informed Decisions for Actions to improve Maternal and Newborn Health) project, which is designed to provide a better evidence base to guide future maternal and newborn health programmes.

Between 2010 and 2015, IDEAS will work in partnership with innovative projects funded by the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation in three areas that suffer a high burden of maternal and newborn deaths: North-Eastern Nigeria, Uttar Pradesh in India, and Ethiopia.

The IDEAS lecturer/senior lecturer in statistics will be responsible for ensuring high quality statistical practice across all aspects of the IDEAS project, including providing advice and support, capacity development and dissemination. He/she will also be expected to contribute to teaching, research supervision and research development at LSHTM. He/she will work closely with members of the IDEAS team in London, and the post will include overseas travel to Nigeria, India and Ethiopia, to work with Foundation implementation grantees and IDEAS in-country staff and partners. The post holder will report to the PI and will be deputised by members of the IDEAS scientific support team.

The post is available until November 2015. Salary is on the Academic Pathway salary scale 7 from £41,477 to 47,502 per annum inclusive, or scale 8 from £50,183 - £57,621 per annum inclusive. Annual leave entitlement is 30 working days per year for all staff. In addition to this there are 6 fixed-date "Director's Days".

Applications should be made on-line via our website at http://jobs.lshtm.ac.uk. The reference for this post is IDEAS-Stat. Any queries regarding the application process may be addressed to jobs@lshtm.ac.uk.

This post will close at 11.00pm on 20 January 2012.

The London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine is committed to being an equal opportunities employer