Location: | York |
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Salary: | £34,308 to £42,155 per annum |
Hours: | Full Time |
Contract Type: | Fixed-Term/Contract |
Placed On: | 10th January 2023 |
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Closes: | 6th February 2023 |
Job Ref: | 11758 |
Department of Health Sciences
An exciting opportunity has arisen in the Department of Health Sciences for an enthusiastic and motivated researcher to work in Epidemiology & Cancer Statistics Group (https://www.york.ac.uk/healthsciences/research/ecsg/).
Specialising in population-based research of haematological and childhood cancers, ECSG’s multidisciplinary team comprises epidemiologists, statisticians, health service researchers, data managers and IT professionals. The successful candidate will have the opportunity to work on the newly formed national biobank for children and young people with cancer - VIVO Biobank (https://vivobiobank.org), as well as other projects embedded within the group (https://www.york.ac.uk/healthsciences/research/ecsg/), including the Haematological Malignancy Research Network (https://hmrn.org).
This exciting project will involve working in partnership with collaborators from other organisations including Newcastle University, Bristol Royal Hospital for Children, Genomics England and UK Biocentre.
The University of York offers flexible working patterns and a number of family friendly initiatives. As a Department we are proud to foster a supportive culture that helps staff and students contribute fully, flourish and excel, to reach their full potential. We embrace equality, diversity and inclusion as well as the values of the Athena SWAN Charter in all our Departmental activities.
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This is a fixed term post until 30 June 2027.
Interview date: to be confirmed
For informal enquiries: please contact Alex Smith on 01904 321884 alexandra.smith@york.ac.uk
Condition of employment
This role is exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act. Consequently, all applicants will be asked to declare both unspent and spent convictions on their application form.
Appointment of the successful candidate will be conditional on a Disclosure and Barring Service check.
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