About usThe Department of Statistical Science at UCL is the longest established university statistics department in the world and has played a pioneering role in the development of the subject since its foundation in 1911. It is one of nine departments in the UCL Faculty of Mathematical and Physical Sciences and has close links with many other departments, both within the Faculty and outside of it. We teach statistical science at all levels (undergraduate single/combined honours, service courses, MSc and PhD) and carry out research across a wide range of theoretical and applied areas. In the last Research Excellence Framework exercise (2021/22), over 97% of our output was classified as “world-leading” or “internationally excellent” in terms of originality, significance and rigour. We consistently score highly in the National Student Survey in the Postgraduate Taught Experience Survey.About the roleThe post is an exciting opportunity for a researcher with a strong background in causal inference in (bio)statistics to undertake research combining state-of-the-art causal inference and machine learning approaches for treatment effect estimation, especially relating to time-to-event and competing events settings, using observational data. This post is funded by a Royal Society-Wellcome Trust Sir Henry Dale Fellowship, awarded to Professor Karla DiazOrdaz. The Research Fellow will be part of a methodologically focused research group.The post is available as soon as possible and it is funded for until 31st October 2026.Salary: Grade 7 spine point 31 £45,103 per annumAbout youApplicants will need a PhD degree in (Bio)statistics and knowledge of causal inference methods as well as experience in the development of novel statistical causal inference methodology. Previous research experience in a time-to-event data a health-related area would be an advantage.What we offerAs well as the exciting opportunities this role presents, we also offer some great benefits some of which are:
41 Days holiday (27 days annual leave 8 bank holiday and 6 closure days)
Additional 5 days’ annual leave purchase scheme
Defined benefit career average revalued earnings pension scheme (CARE)
Cycle to work scheme and season ticket loan
Immigration loan
Relocation scheme for certain posts
On-Site nursery
On-site gym
Enhanced maternity, paternity and adoption pay
Employee assistance programme: Staff Support Service
Discounted medical insurance
Visit https://www.ucl.ac.uk/work-at-ucl/reward-and-benefits to find out more.Our commitment to Equality, Diversity and InclusionThe department holds a Bronze Athena SWAN award in recognition of our commitment to advance the representation of women in science, mathematics, engineering and technology. We strongly support UCL’s Equalities and Diversity Strategy, and encourage applications to our vacancies from under-represented groups.Available documents
