DIVISION OF STATISTICS AND SCIENTIFIC COMPUTATION POSTDOCTORAL FELLOWSHIP UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD MATHEMATICAL, PHYSICAL AND LIFE SCIENCES DIVISION

UNIVERSITY LECTURER IN STATISTICS IN OXFORD
The Department of Statistics proposes to appoint a University Lecturer in Statistics from 1 September 2012 or as soon as possible thereafter.  The successful candidate will work at the Department of Statistics and will be offered a Tutorial Fellowship at University College under arrangements described in the further particulars.  The combined University and College salary will be on a scale currently from £42,733 per annum with generous additional benefits. The appointment will be initially for five years at which point, upon completion of a successful review, the post-holder will be eligible for reappointment to the retiring age.


The successful candidate will have research interests that will augment, complement or build upon those of current members of the department, will have a PhD or equivalent degree in Statistics or related discipline, and a strong, relevant research record published in leading journals, as well as the potential to attract appropriate research funding. The appointee will also be expected to have the ability to lecture in a wide range of topics for the joint Mathematics and Statistics degree at Oxford, the MSc programme in Applied Statistics, provide relevant supervision of graduate students, tutorial teaching in the first and second year of the Mathematics degree, and to carry out relevant duties of a Tutorial Fellow.
The further particulars contain more details about the post.  Details of the application procedure, and full instructions before making an application, can be obtained from www.stats.ox.ac.uk/vacancies or jobs@stats.ox.ac.uk.
The closing date for applications is: 16 December 2011.
Interviews to take place on:    13/14 February 2012
Please quote reference MPLS/329/E on all correspondence.
Queries about the post should be addressed Personnel Administration, at jobs@stats.ox.ac.uk or telephone: +44 (0)1865 272869/66
Applications are particularly welcome from women and black and minority ethnic candidates, who are under-represented in academic posts in Oxford.
The University of Oxford and University College are Equal Opportunities Employers