Senior Statistician

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Senior Statistician

Application Deadline: 22 January 2025

Department: Social Surveys

Employment Type: Full Time

Location: London/Edinburgh

Reporting To: Head of Statistics

Description

Role: Senior Statistician
Location: London/Edinburgh
Department: Social Surveys - Statistics
Contract: Permanent

NatCen is a leading social research organization that works to provide valuable insights and data for a better understanding of society. We are seeking a Senior Statistician to join our dynamic team. This role offers an exciting opportunity for an experienced statistician to make a significant impact on survey design and data analysis.

What you will do...

• Design complex sampling and weighting schemes from scratch with minimal input from other statisticians.
• Select survey samples using statistical software with minimal input from other statisticians; check/QA samples generated by other statisticians.
• Generate survey weights for survey analysis with minimal input from other statisticians; check/QA weights generated by other statisticians.
• Review, develop, and implement new methodology related to survey design and analysis with minimal supervision.
• Undertake complex data analysis using techniques such as logistic regression and Latent Class Analysis (LCA).
• Advise/teach researchers and customers on statistical and methodological issues with support from other statisticians (where required).
• Be part of the tendering process for research projects - both contributing to Research Proposals and being a member of the team for tendering interviews.
• Lead on the tendering process for methods projects, including grant applications.
• Write sections/chapters for research and technical reports with minimal input from other statisticians.
• Contribute to the development and mentoring of more junior staff.
• Disseminate statistical work via conferences and written reports/papers.
• Support the Head of Statistics with line management.
• Perform any other reasonable duties that NatCen may require that are consistent with the broad nature of the job role.

What you will need...

• Good academic background, preferably including a degree with substantial statistical content.
• Substantial experience working in survey research; for example, in social/market research, government, other public/voluntary sector, or academia.
• Knowledge of survey statistics, with practical experience of survey sampling and weighting.
• Familiarity with SPSS, R, Stata, or a similar statistical package (with substantial experience of scripting/coding using the relevant command language).
• Good standard of written English.
• Aptitude for explaining complex statistical issues in a clear and comprehensible manner, with experience of doing this in a professional environment.
• Ability to work well under pressure and manage multiple deadlines, with experience of doing this in a professional environment.
• Keen eye for detail.

Nice to Have:

• Experience with sampling/weighting on probability panels would be an advantage but is not essential.
• Experience of line management is not essential but would be an advantage.

NatCen Requirements:

• Maintain high ethical standards.
• Demonstrate knowledge and awareness of all responsibilities in relation to maintaining confidentiality with both written and oral communication.
• Actively conform to the legislative and procedural requirements in relation to the collection, management, storage, and destruction of data.
• Follow the requirements of our Operating Standards and also meet the requirements of all our ISO standards.
• Other duties which may be required from time to time.

What you'll get...

As well as a competitive salary and an excellent working environment (including a home/office hybrid working environment), you will be working for the largest independent social research organisation in the UK. We are proud of the benefits we offer our employees which include:

• 25 days holiday (plus bank holidays) rising to 30 days holiday after three years' service
• An excellent defined contribution pension scheme with NatCen contributing 7.5% of your salary
• Extensive flexible working arrangements, including part-time and remote working, suiting people at different stages in their life and career
• Personal and professional development
• Enhanced maternity, paternity and adoption pay
• Discount packages with a range of retailers, e.g. shopping, utilities and leisure
• Cycle to Work scheme
• Season Ticket Loan
• Free eye tests
• Health Cash Plan
• Payment of one professional subscription
• Group Life Assurance paying up to 5 x the annual salary to nominated beneficiaries in the event of death in service