Senior Statistical Ecologist Id:275 - Sand Hutton, United Kingdom - Animal and Plant Health Agency

Animal and Plant Health Agency

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Sand Hutton, United Kingdom

2 weeks ago

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- £37,295 - £41,425

This post is eligible for an additional pay supplement of up to £3,000 (pro rata) upon appointment. See below under "salary" for more details.
A Civil Service Pension with an average employer contribution of 27%
Job grade:
Senior Executive Officer
Contract type:
Permanent
Business area:
APHA
Science
Type of role:
Science
Working pattern:
Flexible working, Fulltime, Job share, Parttime
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1Contents

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Sand Hutton, Yorkshire and the Humber, YO41 1LZAbout the job

Job summary:

The Animal and Plant Health Agency (APHA) are seeking an innovative, versatile, and highly numerate ecologist to have overall responsibility for statistics at the agency's National Wildlife Management Centre (NWMC). APHA is an executive agency of the Department for the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (Defra). Our role includes identifying, managing, and controlling incidents and outbreaks of endemic and exotic diseases and pests in animals, plants, and bees. We provide unique capabilities and an evidence base for UK government, together with international reference responsibilities. The APHA Wildlife department is a nationally important centre for wildlife disease management with multidisciplinary skills in epidemiology, statistics, and field ecology.

Job description:

This position will add to the department's role supporting Defra's policy making and disease outbreak response activities by the provision of statistical advice and expertise on experimental design and on the analysis of diverse sets of data.

It is expected that the post holder will extend the technical capability of NWMC by identifying and pursing a program of innovative research in an emerging area of statistics to support policy decision-making.

They will also be supporting the department's disease and population modelling.

The post holder will quality assure the work of other members of the NWMC to ensure statistical rigour is associated with all output.

They will contribute to the presentation and communication of results for both policy decision-making and scientific peer-review.

They will also develop and maintain shared activities with research at other sites in APHA and develop networks with statisticians and other collaborators across Defra and beyond.

Advise on statistical analysis at NWMC and coordinate with related activities across APHA
Innovate to create new opportunities and grow NWMCs capability in emerging areas (e.g., Bayesian analysis, machine learning, automation etc), advising on relevant programs of work to better support policy customers
Coordinate collection, quality assurance, and collation of key datasets within NWMC
Proactively engage with stakeholders to clearly communicate results and discuss recommendations, taking data limitations into account
Promote NWMC science at national and international meetings and conferences by presenting and publishing in reports and peer reviewed journals, etc.
Assume line management and mentoring responsibilities
Support the NWMC and APHA as a whole on issues of wildlife population and disease management

Person specification:

The following criteria are essential for this role:

Ability to deliver to tight deadlines, using forward planning to identify risks and issues, while including quality assurance and protection against errors; ability to work within a team and a strong sense of inter-disciplinary working
Good written and oral communication skills, with the ability to clearly explain complex data to nonspecialists and contribute effectively to discussions with external stakeholders and lay audiences on the outcomes of scientific study
Evidence of publishing research in peerreviewed journals
Extensive experience in the use of statistical analysis software packages, e.g., GenStat, R
Experience of project and/or people management

Experience:

Experience of using one or more of: statistical analysis of population or spatial data, Bayesian approaches in data analysis, automation, machine learning

Qualifications:

Behaviours:

We'll assess you against these behaviours during the selection process:

Working Together
Delivering at Pace
Changing and Improving
Working Together

Technical skills:

We'll assess you against these technical skills during the selection process:

Data Analysis.
Presenting and Disseminating Data Effectively.
Acquiring Data/Understanding Customer Needs.

Benefits:

Alongside your salary of £37,295, Animal and Plant Health Agency contributes £10,069 towards you being a member of the Civil Service Defined Benefit Pension scheme. Find out what benefits a Civil Service Pension provides.

A culture encouraging inclusion and diversity.

25 days annual leave, increasing by 1 extra day per year un