Employer: St Vincent’s Institute of Medical Research

Closing date: 24-01-2020

Brief position description: Details
This casual position for a data scientist/bioinformatician is at St Vincent's Institute of Medical Research. Your role will be in a dynamic research team focused on serious human diseases such as cancer and rare genetic conditions.

The job will primarily involve tidying data and data frame manipulation into a form that is ready to analyse. There is scope for data analysis too such as building weighted scoring models and other interesting biological problems.

The position will be casual part time over summer with an immediate start. Depending on the candidate and the project there may be scope for some work in the future. Initially it is anticipated that this project will require up to the equivalent of two weeks full time for completion.

Essential selection criteria:
Successful completion of 2nd or 3rd year of a data science or bioinformatics degree or similar with a WAM > 75
Proficient in an appropriate computer language such as R or Python
Familiarity with the concept of tidy data

Applications will be considered as they are received. Please use the word 'random' in your cover letter to demonstrate attention to detail.

Residency Requirements
All candidates considered including international students

Application procedures
To apply, please send an academic transcript, CV (one page max) and brief cover letter (1-2 paragraphs) on why you would be suited to this position. Please submit all documents as one PDF in the format LASTNAME_2020_ANALYST

Salary
$32.65/hr plus superannuation

Job website: http://Www.Svi.edu.au

Contact name: Wayne Crismani

Contact email: wcrismani@svi.edu.au