Principal Statistician and Methodological Lead for Preventative Interventions
St Helena Island, South Atlantic
2-year Fixed Term Contract available immediately
Total package value up to £79k per annum depending on experience and qualifications. The package is inclusive of International Supplement based on family status, Relocation costs and Pension contribution.
This post will be up to 30 hours a week pro-rate
Offering unique lifestyle opportunities, St Helena Island is a self-governing overseas territory of the United Kingdom. Although better placed to develop economically and socially as a result of the opening of our international airport in 2017, we are not yet at the stage of self-sufficiency and therefore remain dependent on UK government aid.
Are you an experienced statistician with a background in health and resource-limited environments, ideally with experience in digital transformation? In this exciting role you will offer strategic direction and scientific leadership in advanced statistical and epidemiological methods in public health.
You will provide senior statistical and methodological leadership across the preventative health team. You will advise on study design, analysis and interpretation, challenge assumptions where needed, and help ensure that evaluations are robust, practical and appropriate for St Helena.
A key part of the role will be strengthening local capability. You will mentor the health data team, support the development of quantitative and analytical skills, and help establish reliable approaches to evaluation and data quality. You may also contribute to succession planning.
You will lead the evaluation of preventative health initiatives, including studies delivered in remote and real-world settings. This will include addressing practical issues such as recruitment, retention, adherence, outcome measurement, missing data and uncertainty.
You should hold a PhD in statistics, epidemiology or a closely related quantitative discipline, with strong expertise in applied medical statistics. You will need substantial experience of designing, analysing and interpreting health or public health studies, and of working with complex healthcare datasets.
Experience of evaluating public health or behavioural interventions is important, together with a strong understanding of bias, confounding and other common sources of uncertainty in observational and real-world data.
You should also have sound knowledge of data governance, research ethics and the management of sensitive health data. Experience of assuring the quality and integrity of complex datasets is essential.
You must be able to explain complex statistical issues clearly to non-specialist audiences. As mentoring is an important part of the role, experience in teaching, supervision or staff development is also required. Experience with REDCap or a similar research data platform would be an advantage.
In addition, you must demonstrate our core values of fairness, integrity and teamwork and use your expertise and experience to ensure your time on the Island has the broadest possible benefit to St Helena. As an officer funded through the Technical Co-Operation Programme, you will be expected to share your knowledge and skills beyond the workplace, contributing to workforce, community and capacity development in St Helena.
Our Benefits Package Includes:
- Economy class flights from your home country to St Helena at the start and end of the tour of duty
- Mid-term fare-paid flights for tours of 18 months or more
- A freight allowance of up to a standard 20ft container at the start and end of the tour of duty
- An International Supplement, full details of which are in the Overseas Vacancy Information
- Relocation Allowances, full details of which are in the Overseas Vacancy Information
- Annual Pension Contribution of 7.5% of the basic aggregate salary
- Employees and accompanying dependant/s will be entitled to medical and dental treatment under the SHG Public Health Scheme at the rate applied to resident St Helenians.
- Free schooling for dependent children from 3 to 16 years
- Annual Leave of 30 days per annum (with an additional 9 days of public holidays).
The appointment will be subject to:
- Satisfactory employment references
- DBS check
- Satisfactory medical and dental clearances
How to Apply:
An application form is available below, where further information can also be found, or you may contact Kedell Worboys on 0203 818 7610 or via email: shgukrep@sthelenagov.com.
Applications must be sent to recruitment@sainthelena.gov.sh and received by 18th September 2026.
Interviews will be held week commencing 28 September 2026
To be considered for this role, you must complete our application form. Failure to do so will mean that your application will not be considered. Please do not submit your CV.
The Public Service welcomes applications from all members of the community regardless of race, gender, disability, age, sexual orientation, religion or belief, and will consider all applications on the basis of merit, in accordance with the person specification.
The St Helena Public Service welcomes all applications from across our whole community, including our St Helenian diaspora wishing to return to St Helena. If you are a St Helenian currently living and working overseas, please contact us at recruitment@sainthelena.gov.sh to discuss how we can support you.
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