HEOR Statistician (Associate Consultant)

Location - London or Winchester

Hybrid working available with a minimum 40% (2 days a week) in office and Tuesday as a team day

In 2020 LCP launched our Heath Analytics practice, providing analytical and research services for organisations across the life sciences and healthcare industries. Our team brings together clinicians, statisticians, epidemiologists, health economists, bioinformaticians and health data scientists alongside our established actuarial, analytics and technology teams to deliver new solutions to the fundamental challenges in health.

Our team’s mission is to help move health systems from importers of illness to exporters of health and to support our clients to deliver value to patients. We have already developed a track record for leading approaches to real world evidence generation, health economic modelling, evidence strategy, medical affairs and genetics.

We have been growing the team quickly in response to the demand we are seeing for the service offerings we have developed and now have an exciting opportunity for a Statistician, with a focus on Health Economics and Outcomes Research (HEOR) projects, to join our team of experts and strengthen our capabilities in this area.

You will play a key role in providing statistics expertise across the department’s projects, with a focus on Health Economics and Outcomes Research (HEOR) projects. We are looking for someone who can bring scientific rigor to statistical analyses and who is motivated to work at the cutting edge of methods. This opportunity will require someone who can apply their statistical expertise to the analysis of clinical trial data and real-world data alike.

Who are the team?

LCP’s Health Analytics team works across the healthcare and life sciences markets, combining health expertise with innovative approaches from our work in other sectors to tackle leading health issues. Examples of the types of projects that we undertake for our clients include:

• Analysis of clinical trial data for use in health economic modelling
• Evidence synthesis projects including indirect treatment comparisons
• Advanced study designs including external comparator arms and quantitative bias analysis
• Real world evidence studies using electronic healthcare records, registries, biobanks and databases
• Innovative approaches to identifying and quantifying unmet need and inequalities
• Manuscript writing

What will you be doing?

As an Associate Consultant you will be involved in a diverse range of projects, covering both client and non-client work. Your key responsibilities will be to:

• Demonstrate expertise in statistical methods
• Contribute to various stages of projects including:
  • Proposal development
  • Protocol development
  • Execution of statistical analyses
  • Quality control
  • Report writing
• Support the development of other team members, including:
  • Contributing to team training
  • Contributing to the development of internal resources, tools and processes
• Contribute to developing innovative technology and advanced methods capabilities in this space (e.g. machine learning, quantitative bias analysis, Bayesian methods)
• Demonstrate and develop your expertise by contributing to thought leadership activities

What experience, skills and qualities are we looking for?

• A 2:1 degree or better in a numerate or science subject, a health- or statistics-related Masters degree or PhD is desirable
• Demonstrable experience in a statistical role, with consultancy experience preferable
• An excellent grounding in relevant methods and analytical best practice with demonstrated experience in conceptualising and delivering previous studies and projects
• Experience in methods for indirect comparison or external comparator arms (e.g. NMA, MAIC and similar methods) is desirable
• Experience of analysing patient-level data from clinical trials and using survival analysis methods is desirable
• Excellent Microsoft Office skills and be highly competent in the use of Outlook, Excel, Word, and PowerPoint
• Programming experience in R or Python is highly desirable
• Ability to demonstrate initiative and creativity in your work
• Excellent communication skills, both written and oral
• Excellent organisational and time management skills
• A team player that thrives in a dynamic environment

What’s in it for you?

Take a look at our and Career stories pages to see why our people love being here! As well as joining a multi-award winning, fun, collaborative, people first organisation where your personal and professional skills will be developed to make you the best you can be, we offer an attractive benefits package designed to promote your overall wellbeing so that you are able to perform to your full potential both in and out of work. Currently our core benefits package includes:

For you:

• Hybrid working (varies by role and department)
• 26 days annual leave (pro-rata for part-time working) plus bank holidays (most of which can be taken flexibly!) with options to buy &sell holiday
• Private medical insurance
• Discounted gym memberships, critical illness and dental insurance through our flexible benefits
• Cycle to work scheme
• Digital GP services
• Access to our internal Wellbeing, LGBTQ+, Multicultural and Women’s networks

For your family:

• Life assurance
• Income protection
• Enhanced maternity/paternity/adoption and shared parental leave

For your wealth:

• Competitive pension scheme
• Discretionary bonus scheme
• High street discounts
• Season ticket loans

For others:

• Volunteering opportunities

And much more!

We continuously strive to build an inclusive workplace where all forms of diversity are valued, including age, background, disability, gender, gender identity, gender expression, race, religion or sexual orientation.

LCP is committed to making our opportunities accessible to all and would welcome you getting in touch to let us know if an adjustment can be made to help with your application. This may be extra time for assessments, pre-interview site visits, interview structure or questions, or asking us about building accessibility. Whatever it may be, please get in touch via our dedicated email address - to discuss how we can support you with your application.

LCP currently holds a sponsorship license for skilled worker visas, allowing us to assist with applications aligning with the UK Government's criteria for skilled worker sponsorship. If you anticipate needing sponsorship for a skilled worker visa, we recommend reviewing the sponsorship criteria for your desired role before applying to LCP.