Job title: Statistician (Grade A1/2) – Fixed term contract (full time)
Place: Strasbourg (France)
Reference: Vacancy Notice n° e145/2015
The Council of Europe www.coe.int and its European Directorate for the Quality of Medicines & HealthCare
(EDQM) http://www.edqm.eu are looking for an experienced biostatistician. The successful applicant will play an
important role providing statistical input and support to a range of scientific programs, in particular in the field of
quality control of biologicals, and to the elaboration and revision of monographs and chapters of the European
Pharmacopoeia.
Main missions
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advises, designs, plans and carries out the collection, compilation, analysis and dissemination of statistical
data including: advising on the design and analysing of scientific projects in the field of quality control of
medicines, in particular of biologicals, from a statistical point of view;
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initiates and moderates scientific discussions in the European Pharmacopoeia (Ph. Eur.) Working Party
“Statistics” and assists in drafting relevant reports and scientific papers;
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participates in the development, implementation, management and promotion of statistical tools for data
analysis in the field of quality control of medicines; participates in seminars and training sessions and provides
guidance and technical support on statistics and EDQM statistical tools to users both internally and externally;
and provides user support for CombiStats, the EDQM software for statistical analysis of results of biological
assays and promotes its use.
Required competencies
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a completed higher education degree or qualification in statistics, mathematics, or subject related to the
duties of a biostatistician;
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at least 4 years’ experience in the collection, compilation, analysis and dissemination of statistical data related
to biostatistics or methods applied in the quality control of medicines acquired in either a licensing authority,
an official medicines control laboratory, a university or the pharmaceutical industry;
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excellent knowledge of statistical principles and practices in the field of biostatistics; good knowledge of
biological and physico-chemical methods used for the quality control of medicines; ability to use statistical
software packages such as SAS, R, CombiStats, etc.; knowledge of Visual Basic would be an advantage;
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excellent work planning skills; initiative and responsibility; result orientation and sense of continuous
improvement;
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very good knowledge of one of the official languages (English) in oral and written communication; knowledge
of the other (French).
What we offer:
 a variety of challenging and interesting statistical projects in a number of the EDQM’s work areas; exposure to
an ISO certified environment;
 the possibility to develop both your statistical and language competencies; the chance to work in a multinational/multi-cultural workplace – over 20 nationalities work at the EDQM situated in the European quarter of
Strasbourg;
 highly competitive, income tax free salaries - monthly salary from € 4,556.171, an attractive benefits package
including health insurance, pension and additional allowances such as family and expatriation allowances (as
appropriate).
More details and information on the recruitment process to apply can be found on our Employment website
http://www.coe.int/web/jobs. Applications must be submitted by 26/01/2016 (midnight Central European
Time) at the latest. Please note we only accept applications posted via our online recruitment web-site.
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