Lecturer in Statistics

About the Role

Applications are invited for a Lecturer in Statistics. We are looking for candidates with research expertise in the broad area of Statistics.

About you

As the successful candidate, you will have strong leadership qualities and an interest in pursuing excellence in teaching and supervising graduate students, as well as having the ability and flexibility to teach across a range of topics in statistics and its applications at undergraduate and postgraduate level. Successful applicants will have demonstrated exceptional potential for achieving research excellence. 

About the School

The School is part of the Faculty of Science and Engineering, which comprises five schools and two institutes. The Faculty’s student population has grown in recent years, both within the UK and overseas, and its research profile has strengthened considerably.

The School has large and popular undergraduate and graduate programmes, and aims to continue to expand its research profile as well as its study programmes across both UG and PGT. The School is undergoing an organisational change, and will be organised into 5 Centres. This position will be based in the Centre for Data Science, Statistics and Probability. 

The School comprises 85 academic staff and teaching fellows, 16 research assistants and 14 members of professional services staff. The School is home to around 80 PhD students, and approximately 1,000 undergraduates and 100 master level students.  

About Queen Mary

At Queen Mary University of London, we believe that a diversity of ideas helps us achieve the previously unthinkable.

Throughout our history, we’ve fostered social justice and improved lives through academic excellence. And we continue to live and breathe this spirit today, not because it’s simply ‘the right thing to do’ but for what it helps us achieve and the intellectual brilliance it delivers.

We continue to embrace diversity of thought and opinion in everything we do, in the belief that when views collide, disciplines interact, and perspectives intersect, truly original thought takes form.

Benefits

We offer competitive salaries, access to a generous pension scheme, 30 days’ leave per annum (pro-rata for part-time/fixed-term), a season ticket loan scheme and access to a comprehensive range of personal and professional development opportunities. In addition, we offer a range of work life balance and family friendly, inclusive employment policies, flexible working arrangements, and campus facilities

Queen Mary’s commitment to our diverse and inclusive community is embedded in our appointments processes. Reasonable adjustments will be made at each stage of the recruitment process for any candidate with a disability. We are open to considering applications from candidates wishing to work flexibly. 

Informal enquiries may be made to Professor Boris Khoruzhenko (Head of School) at b.khoruzhenko@qmul.ac.uk and Dr Silvia Liverani (Head of the Centre in Probability, Statistics and Data Science) at s.liverani@qmul.ac.uk.

Please ensure you include with your application your CV, a research statement and a teaching statement.

The closing date for applications 12 September 2024.   

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