Associate Professorship (or Professorship) of Mathematics (with a preference for Numerical Analysis)

Location: New College, University of Oxford, Holywell St, Oxford OX1 3BN

Salary: University salary from £55,755 per annum, plus substantial additional benefits.

Contract type: Permanent upon completion of a successful review. The review is conducted during the first 5 years

The Mathematical Institute proposes to appoint an Associate Professor (or Professor) of Mathematics (with a preference for Numerical Analysis) from 1 September 2025 or as soon as possible thereafter. The successful candidate will be appointed to a Senior Research Fellowship at New College, under arrangements described in the attached job description.

The University salary scale has a minimum point of £55,755 per annum. An allowance of £3,155 per annum would be payable upon award of Full Professor title.

The Associate Professor will join a thriving research community of mathematicians at Oxford, at the world-leading Mathematical Institute. They will play a leading role in helping to build further collaborations across the global research community, in addition to engaging with outreach activities to support the department in achieving its strategic aim to improve the diversity of its undergraduate and postgraduate student body, and in particular its gender diversity. They will be responsible for carrying out, disseminating the results of, obtaining funding for, and supervising research at a high international standard in the field of Mathematics, with a preference for Numerical Analysis, and for teaching a range of topics in mathematics via lectures and classes. A complete list of duties and responsibilities is set out in the attached job description.

The successful candidate will have a PhD in mathematics or a closely related subject, and will be committed to improving diversity within the discipline. They will demonstrate the ability and/or potential to carry out research at a high international level in mathematics and to teach effectively across a range of topics in mathematics.

We proudly hold a departmental Athena SWAN Silver Award and an institutional Race Equality Charter Bronze Award, which guide our progress towards advancing racial and gender equality. As part of our strategic aim to improve staff equality and diversity, we would particularly welcome applications from women and BME candidates, who are currently under-represented in positions of this type within the department. We are committed to ensuring an inclusive interview process and will reimburse up to £250 towards any additional care costs (for a dependent child or adult) incurred as a result of attending an interview for this position, which may not be applicable if the interviews are held remotely.

Activities involving the promotion of diversity in mathematics will be taken into account when balancing overall workload. Departmental duties will be reduced in the first year of the appointment.

Informal enquiries regarding the application process should be directed to the Recruitment Administrator (email: recruitment@maths.ox.ac.uk), quoting vacancy reference 176730.

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Only applications received before 12.00 noon UK time on 7 February 2025 can be considered.

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