Job Description

Department
Department of Infection Biology
Salary
45,097 to 51,156 per annum pro rata inclusive
Closing Date
Wednesday 30 July 2025
Reference
ITD-DIB-2025-09



The London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine (LSHTM) is one of the world's leading public health universities. Our mission is to improve health and health equity in the UK and worldwide; working in partnership to achieve excellence in public and global health research, education and translation of knowledge into policy and practice.


We are seeking to appoint a Statistician (Research Fellow or Assistant Professor) to support primarily two new UKRI projects with additional ad hoc statistical analysis and epidemiological interpretation for projects in the thriving laboratories of Professor Chris Drakeley and Dr Julius Hafalla, primarily focused on immunoepidemiology, as needed.


The post holder will be responsible for the generation and curation of laboratory and epidemiological data from different studies and study sites.


The successful applicant must possess a postgraduate degree, ideally a doctoral degree, in a relevant topic, expertise in epidemiological knowledge of infectious diseases in humans including malaria, have experience and understanding in using multiple metrics for analysis, experience with design and implementation of study protocols, experience of data analysis in Stata and programming in R.


The post is fixed term for 2 years and full-time 35 hours per week, 1.0 FTE. The post is funded primarily through two UKRI grants, and one Bill and Melinda Gates grant. The salary will be on the LSHTM salary scale, Grade 6 in the range 45,097 - 51,156 or Grade 7 in the range 52,581 - 55,891 per annum pro rata (inclusive of London Weighting). The post is based in London at LSHTM.


The post will be subject to the LSHTM terms and conditions of service. Annual leave entitlement is 30 working days per year, pro rata for part time staff. In addition to this there are discretionary "Wellbeing Days". Membership of the Pension Scheme is available. The post is based in London at LSHTM.


Applications should be made on-line via our jobs website. Online applications will be accepted by the automated system until 10pm of the closing date. Any queries regarding the application process may be addressed to jobs@lshtm.ac.uk. Please quote reference ITD-DIB-2025-09

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The supporting statement section should set out how your qualifications, experience and training meet

each

of the selection criteria. Please provide one or more paragraphs addressing each criterion. The supporting statement is an essential part of the selection process and thus a failure to provide this information will mean that the application will not be considered. An answer to any of the criteria such as "Please see attached CV" will not be considered acceptable.


Please note that if you are shortlisted and are unable to attend on the interview date it may not be possible to offer you an alternative date.

The London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine is committed to being an equal opportunities employer. We believe that when people feel respected and included, they can be more creative, successful, and happier at work. While we have more work to do, we are committed to building an inclusive workplace, a community that everyone feels a part of, which is safe, respectful, supportive and enables all to reach their full potential.