Research Associate/Assistant in Statistics

Newcastle University - School of Mathematics, Statistics & Physics

Location:	Newcastle upon Tyne
Salary:	£33,002 to £41,064 per annum
Hours:	Full Time
Contract Type:	Fixed-Term/Contract

Placed On: 28th October 2025

Closes: 12th December 2025

Job Ref: 28693

Company description:

We are a world class research-intensive university. We deliver teaching and learning of the highest quality. We play a leading role in economic, social and cultural development of the North East of England. Attracting and retaining high-calibre people is fundamental to our continued success.

Job description:

Salary:

Research Assistant: £33,002 to £34,610 per annum

Research Associate: £35,608 to £41,064 per annum

The Role

This is an exciting opportunity for a highly motivated and skilled Research Associate/Assistant in statistics to join the EPSRC funded project PINCODE: Pooling INference and COmbining Distributions Exactly: A Bayesian Approach.

The project aims to address the challenges in pooling inference, by developing and implementing either exact or asymptotically exact Monte Carlo algorithms in collaboration with the Department of Statistics at University of Warwick, Department of Mathematical Sciences at Durham University, and School of Mathematics, Statistics & Physics at Newcastle University.

You will contribute to the development of:

• An R package for path-space rejection sampling for diffusion processes
• An R package for Bayesian Fusion pooling inference, such as privacy Bayesian Fusion and constraint Bayesian Fusion

The position is available from 01 March 2026, and is full-time (37 hours per week) on a fixed-term basis until the project end date of 30 June 2028.

For informal enquiries about this vacancy, please contact Dr Murray Pollock (murray.pollock@ncl.ac.uk).

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Key Accountabilities

• Contribute to the research programme in the field of Bayesian computational statistics as part of the EPSRC funded ‘PINCODE' project (EP/X028712/1), under the clear guidance of Prof. Murray Pollock and Prof Hongsheng Dai
• Work closely with other members of PINCODE, including Prof. L. Aslett (Durham) and Prof G. O. Roberts (Warwick)
• Participate within the statistical community at Newcastle, including active involvement in seminars and research groups
• Publish research findings in leading journals
• Disseminate results widely, including at appropriate national/international conferences, and by making results and software available to applied practitioners