PhD Scholarship in Statistical Sciences

Here’s the deal. A five-year scholarship programme that’ll give you the chance to study part-time at University College London (UCL) towards a PhD. At the same time, you’ll build your skills and experience within our pioneering Audience Technology and Insight team. Plus we’ll be looking to fast-track you to a more senior leadership role as you help us reshape the broadcast landscape.

The details:

• A five year fixed term contract with a salary of £30,000 per year
• £2,100 per year support for you to study for an MPhil/PhD in Statistics at UCL
• Additional training and coaching throughout the programme
• Planned career development tailored to your needs, interests and professional ambitions

At Channel 4’s Audience Technology and Insight department, we’re looking for technical analysts to deeply mine the data we will collect on our viewers. Things are changing here, with a shift from relational databases and backward looking analytics to big data platforms with real time and predictive analytics. Applying analytics in a broadcast industry has never been done before, so it’s a significant step for us. But as well as making a major investment in technology, we’re investing in talented people too. People who have the skills and technical training, but possibly lack the practical industry experience.

If that sounds like you, and you’ve an MSc with merit or distinction in mathematics, statistics, computer science, or a related quantitative discipline, go to channel4.com/jobs.

Closing date: 12 August 2012