Senior Scientist - Questionnaires
Senior Scientist - Questionnaires
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Job Description
Our Future Health will be the UKs largest ever health research programme bringing people together to develop new ways to detect prevent and treat diseases. Diseases like cancer dementia diabetes and heart disease affect the lives of many people in our communities. Our goal is to create a world-leading resource for health research to improve our understanding and spot the patterns of how and why common diseases start so treatments can begin sooner and be more effective.
We are hiring a Senior Scientist to support the development of new questionnaires on a range of health research topics. This is a key role which will enable us to significantly enhance the research value of the Our Future Health programme.
You will provide the expertise to design and develop these questionnaires assess their validity and support on scientific aspects of their implementation. As part of the Science team you will also provide scientific support to other cross-functional teams within Our Future Health. If you are looking for a new challenge working in an agile tech-enabled health research organisation wed like to see your application.
Your duties will include:
- Working with the Science team and the research community to prioritise additional questionnaire content
- Leading analyses to assess the validity of questionnaires and the quality of data as it is acquired
- Supporting cross-functional teams on scientific aspects of implementing new questionnaires
- Working with other teams to facilitate feedback and engagement with participants
- Helping to develop new research data products to maximise their scientific value
Requirements
- Experience of developing and deploying large-scale surveys for health-related research
- PhD and 3 years of research or other experience working with questionnaires/surveys
- Practical proficiency in data analysis and a working knowledge of R Python or other common statistical analysis tools
- Ability to work independently as well as part of cross-functional teams
- Excellent communication skills with scientific technical and non-technical colleagues
- Experience presenting research results and an ability to represent the team at external meetings
- Enthusiasm for working in agile cross-functional teams
- Interest in developing scientific data products to support research user needs
- A pragmatic outlook and ability to prioritise
Lets prevent disease together.
Please include in your application a cover letter stating why you would be suitable for this role.
Closing date for applications : 5th September.
We recommend you apply as soon as possible as occasionally due to high volumes of applications we need to close our postings early.
At Our Future Health we recognise the importance of having a diverse workforce and ensuring that all candidates regardless of their background have equitable access to our application process. We proactively encourage applicants who identify as having a disability neurodiversity or long-term health conditions to let us know if they require any reasonable adjustments as part of their application process.
If you do require any reasonable adjustments please email us at
Benefits
- Salary from 60000.
- Generous Pension Scheme We invest in your future with employer contributions of up to 12%.
- 30 Days Holiday pro rata Bank Holidays Enjoy a generous holiday allowance with the flexibility to take bank holidays when it suits you.
- Enhanced Parental Leave Supporting you during lifes biggest moments.
- Cycle to Work Scheme Save 25-39% on a new bike and accessories through salary sacrifice.
- Home & Tech Savings Get up to 8% off on IKEA and Currys products spreading the cost over 12 months through salary sacrifice
- 1000 Employee Referral Bonus Know someone amazing Get rewarded for bringing them on board!
- Wellbeing Support Access to Mental Health First Aiders plus 24/7 online GP services and an Employee Assistance Programme for you and your family.
- A Great Place to Work We have a lovely Central London office in Holborn and offer flexible and remote working arrangements.
Required Experience:
Senior IC
Employment Type
Full-Time
