Graduate Statistician

This position offers a fantastic opportunity to join a dedicated clinical research Statistics department. As a Graduate Statistician, you will have the opportunity to further develop your clinical statistics knowledge as well as gain experience in multiple therapeutic areas.

This is an office based role, you will be expected to spend the first year with 5 days a week in office to aid in training and development. You will be following a development plan designed to give you the knowledge you need to excel within the company. Following your first year it would be a hybrid model with 2-3 days in the office.

You will gain exposure to a broad range of clinical trial studies, working across Phases I-IV in a wide variety of therapeutic areas. Working as part of local and global project teams, you will have the opportunity to work on high profile, global studies for major pharmaceutical clients.

Responsibilities include but not limited to:

• Provide high quality statistical support to clients, which conforms to current Quanticate and client-specific standard operating procedures (SOPs) and processes, and to applicable regulatory requirements.
• Carry out tasks relating to the programming requirements of statistical reporting.
• Provide quality statistical support to studies including production of tables, figures and listings, contributing to SAPs and statistical reports under the guidance of Senior and Principal Statisticians.
• Gain a good understanding of clinical trial processes and the relevant documents including protocol, CRF, Statistical Analysis Plan, relevant ICH standards, clinical trial reporting requirements.
• Gain knowledge on standard macros and other programming requirements.
• Work closely with line manager to review objectives, progress and development.
• Support the project statistician to ensure work sent to clients is of high quality.
• Externally, may involve dealing with correspondence, coordinating with the contribution of other team members.

The Statistics Group

The Statistics department at Quanticate has a well-balanced mix of qualified statisticians at all stages of their careers, from recent graduates to established consultants. Statistics has a presence in our offices in Hertfordshire, Manchester, Poland and India. We also have a significant proportion of home–based workers. We pride ourselves on fostering an inclusive and mutually-supportive team, and this also creates a varied and fulfilling work experience for our statisticians.

We have different teams within the department, allowing individuals to focus their career at any point in time. Currently the teams include Statistical Consultancy, Statistical Reporting, and number of multi-disciplinary teams dedicated to supporting to our major client portfolios. Statisticians looking to further their career within Quanticate will find different opportunities to learn and grow within an environment of like-minded statisticians.

Summary

This is a fantastic opportunity to begin a Statistics career within a CRO that specialises in data-related services. You will receive substantial training that will enable you to gain a clear appreciation and understanding of clinical trial reporting. You will have the opportunity to work as part of global project teams, gaining exposure to high profile, global studies for major pharmaceutical clients.

Qualifications

• ESSENTIAL: Qualified to minimum MSc level in Medical Statistics or Statistics
• Good PC skills including working knowledge of Microsoft Office
• Good written and oral communication skills
• Good organisational skills
• Good analytical and problem solving skills
• Strong interpersonal skills
• Relevant experience within the pharmaceutical or medical sector is desirable but not essential
• Experience using programming languages (Python, R, SAS etc) and other statistical software is desirable

• Salary £25,000 - £28,000
• Flexible working hours
• 25 days Annual leave plus bank holidays
• Option to purchase additional days holiday
• Pension with company matching
• Private medical Scheme with Bupa
• Free standard eye test every two years
• Employee Assistance Program – Available for employee and immediate family
• 5, 10, 15 years of service recognition awards
• Death in service scheme – 3x base salary
• Long Term Disability Insurance
• Quanticate offers a variety of different learning development opportunities to help you progress (mentoring, coaching, e-learning, job shadowing)