Intelligence Analyst (Health)

Thought there might be a lot of King’s interest in this job.

 £ 24,831 – 33,436
Full Time

West Midlands QI is a new service that has been established by NHS West Midlands in an ambitious response to the challenge of setting up a regional quality observatory as set out by Lord Darzi in his next stage review: ‘High Quality Care for All’.

Quality is at the heart of West Midlands QI. Its core purpose is to help understand quality and measure it – turning data into intelligence that will inspire clinical teams to seek improvements in the quality of services they offer
 
West Midlands QI is now seeking an outstanding analyst to become part of a small team that will deliver high quality information to clinical teams in the West Midlands.

• Are you motivated by achieving, empowering and informing?

• Do you have a strong track-record in clinical information analysis?

• Have you experience in developing and applying complex statistical methods to large datasets within complex computer software?

For further information about West Midlands QI, please visit www.wmqi.westmidlands.nhs.uk.

For an informal discussion regarding West Midlands QI please contact David Lane – Programme Coordinator on 0121 695 2580.

Medical Writing

www.caudex.com

Oxfordshire-based – currently recruiting.

Social media and your CV

Thought I would circulate this note from my colleague Hilary Moor.

“Interesting info from the AMBA event I attended last night, in which a senior headhunter and HR Director discussed student recruitment and concluded that managing your online profile is every bit as critical as a great CV if you’re trying to land a job.  Both these professional recruiters expressed concern (and amazement) that students seem largely unaware of the very real damage a questionable online presence can do to their career aspirations – cue 10 enthralling minutes of horror stories of offers lost and hearts broken.  Facebook photos, twitter comments, blogs and linked-in profiles are so easily searchable these days, and yes, employers really do do that kind of research on prospective employees.  The message to students?  Take responsibility for maintaining a professional online image: keep your status updates and twitter posts clean and for heaven’s sake get rid of those “interesting” photos from that hilaaaarious night out in the Student’s Union last year.”

For-warned is for-armed. Possibly more relevant if you are applying for the corporate world. Academia would not stoop that low, surely?

Forensic Science Jobs

or DNA analysis – Oxfordshire base.

at  www.orchid.co.uk

CV to UKHR@orchid.com

Recruiting now.

Alumnus to talk about his job as a consultant

Harald Nieber received his doctorate from KCL in October 2008 is now a consultant  with SimCorp

SimCorp develops and markets an investment management system, SimCorp Dimension, for the asset management industry, insurances, and banks.

He writes “Since SimCorp is continuously looking for consultants and developers who have obtained a degree in a quantitative subject, it might be interesting for some of your students to learn more about the chances offered by SimCorp.”

 Well yes it might, so he will be giving a talk about opportunities at Simcorp on

Tuesday 24^th November in the Graduate School Training Room, 4.14, Waterloo Bridge Wing, Franklin Wilkins Building. 5 – 6 pm

 

If you want to listen to Dr Nieber and are considering a job in the business seector after your PhD e-mail me on:

Phd-careers@kcl.ac.uk

 

There are some case studies of people working for the organisation on the company website.

Work in the Media?

Introducing Careers in the Media
10 – 11 November 2009
www.careers.lon.ac.uk/media

This two-day course introduces careers in television, radio, film, journalism and publishing. Take the opportunity to network with the speakers and peers, ask your questions to the panels and find out how to be successful in starting a career in this competitive sector.

Speakers last year included:

• Townhouse TV (makers of Trisha)
• Head of HR, Twentieth Century Fox
• Careers Adviser from University of the Arts
• PMA Training (Journalism courses)
• Freelance comedy writer
• Film producer
• Freelance writer
• Radio producer.

Last years attendees said:

“It is very useful as it gave me an insight of different areas in media. Advice on how to get into the industry and also the next step forward.”

“I found the course extremely useful as it has made getting a career in the media seem attainable for the first time. The speakers were all totally well-informed, high up in their fields and I feel that all areas of the media were very well represented.”

Join us on Facebook, where you’ll receive updates, can take part in discussions, ask us your questions and share the event with your friends and anyone who you think will be interested in applying to this course: www.careers.lon.ac.uk/facebook/media

This course will be held in Central London.

For further information and an application form visit: www.careers.lon.ac.uk/media Email cs@careers.lon.ac.uk with queries.

Systems Biology Research Editor

Advertised at last weeks excellent Source event: Research editor for ‘Molecular Systems Biology’. Details from

www.embo.org

www.nature.com/msb

Deadline 15/11/09

Sub-Saharan Africa Intern

AKE is looking for a specialist intern in the political and security issues of Sub-Saharan Africa, to support the analytical team of AKE Intelligence. Please note that this position is unpaid.

The internship program includes:

Collection and analysis for dissemination of AKE intelligence from a number of sources and for a variety of end purposes, including:

• Assisting with updating of AKE’s online country intelligence services
• Analytical intelligence for a range of public and private sector clients
• Political risk consultancy
• Internal company reports and briefings

Requirements:

• The successful candidate will be a specialist in the Sub-Saharan Africa region.
• They need to be able to produce (and prove the ability to produce) first class analysis of political and strategic events in the region.
• They will have at least an upper second-class Bachelors degree (but preferably educated to post-graduate level) in a relevant discipline. It would be advantageous to have some experience of the business sectors AKE works within.
• Further to this they will have a good appreciation of the business environment in Sub-Saharan Africa and a grasp of the security issues of the region.
• A good command of IT skills is essential, particularly the use of word processing and internet packages.

Please send your CV and covering letter to intel@akegroup.com.

Speech coaching

I have a King’s postgrad student who wants to do some work on his spoken English to improve the way he engages in discussion in the Viva /Upgrade situation. If anyone has done this kind of coaching before and is happy to offer some time then let me know and I will put you in touch with him. Have an idea of how much you would charge per hour as this will be a ‘business arrangement’.

contact

terry.jones@kcl.ac.uk

Assistant Graduate Research Officer

From £17,001 p.a. pro-rata including London Weighting

Do you have a good eye for detail?
Would you like to gain office experience?

We are looking for an enthusiastic individual to join our Graduate Research department. You will assist the Head of Graduate Research with all aspects of a major survey on graduate destinations and the production of other related reports.

You will have excellent time management, interpersonal and IT skills, including MS Office and database skills. This is a good opportunity to gain office experience as on-the-job training will be given. If you are meticulous, dedicated and reliable, then this is the job for you!

Closing date: 12pm, Monday 21 September
1st Interviews: 28 September

Further details can be found at www.careers.lon.ac.uk/recruitment