Associate Professor (or Professor) of Statistics, University of Oxford

UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD
MATHEMATICAL, PHYSICAL AND LIFE SCIENCES DIVISION

ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR (OR PROFESSOR) OF STATISTICS

DEPARTMENT OF STATISTICS in association with Keble College

Salary from £46,164 p.a. plus generous substantive benefits

The Department of Statistics seeks to employ an Associate Professor (or Professor) of Statistics. This is an exciting time for the Department. In 2015, it will move to a new home in a prominent building in the centre of Oxford. This move will further enhance the Department’s vibrant research environment. The Department has also recently secured funding for a new Oxford-Warwick EPSRC/MRC doctoral training centre in Statistical Science which has enabled this post to be created.

You will be an outstanding individual who is, or has the potential to become, a leader in your field of statistics. You will work at the Department of Statistics and be offered a Tutorial Fellowship at Keble College. An additional housing allowance of £8,708 per annum is available if you choose not to reside in College. The appointment, which is available from 1 January 2015 is 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.

You will have research interests in modern statistical science (Computational Statistics, Statistical Machine Learning, Statistical Methodology and Theoretical and Mathematical Statistics) that build upon those of current members of the department. You have a PhD or equivalent degree in Statistics or a related discipline, and an outstanding research record, as well as the potential to attract research funding. You will have the skills and enthusiasm to lecture at undergraduate and advanced graduate level, over a wide range of topics within the field of modern statistical science, provide supervision of students and undertake tutorial teaching. The teaching workload will be at a reduced level for the first few years. The Department is actively seeking to provide an excellent work life balance for all of its employees.

Further particulars, containing details of the application procedure and duties, may be obtained from www.stats.ox.ac.uk/vacancies or jobs@stats.ox.ac.uk.

The closing date for applications is 12:00 noon (UK time) Monday 29 September 2014.

Interviews are planned for the week of 27 – 31 October 2014.

Please mark any correspondence: AM14001. Queries about the post should be addressed to Personnel Administration at jobs@stats.ox.ac.uk or telephone: +44 (0) 1865 272866.

Applications are particularly welcome from women and black and minority ethnic candidates, who are under-represented in academic posts in Oxford.