Assistant Professor (teaching-focused) at Warwick

The International Society for Bayesian Analysis; Coventry; On-site; GBP 40,000 - 60,000; Full time

Job summary

The Department of Statistics at Warwick seeks an enthusiastic Assistant Professor in a teaching-focused role. The successful candidate will have a strong track record in university-level teaching and will contribute to the delivery and enhancement of degree courses. With an emphasis on student engagement and quality education, this position is pivotal for promoting a diverse academic environment.

Benefits

Flexible working patterns

Career development opportunities

Childcare provision

Qualifications

• Enthusiastic academic with a strong university teaching record.
• Experience in developing educational strategies and engaging students.
• Ability to work collaboratively within a diverse academic department.

Responsibilities

• Deliver high-quality education in statistics and probability.
• Contribute to the development of educational strategies.
• Engage in activities promoting equality and diversity in education.

Skills

High-quality university teaching

Statistical knowledge

Adaptability

Education

PhD in Statistics or related field

Job description

Assistant Professor (teaching-focused) at Warwick

This is an opportunity to join the Department of Statistics at Warwick at the Assistant Professor level, in an education-focused role.

The Department’s teaching programmes attract exceptional students at all levels. It comprises around 800 undergraduate students on degree courses in MORSE, Mathematics and Statistics and Data Science and 120 postgraduate students on the MSc Statistics, MSc Mathematical Finance and PhD degree streams. The Department has close relations with the co-located Mathematics Institute and Department of Computer Science and with other departments such as Economics and the Warwick Business School and is strongly engaged with the Alan Turing Institute in London. Its research spans a broad range of areas in applied, computational, methodological and theoretical statistics, data science, theoretical and applied probability, finance and interdisciplinary collaboration.

We are looking for an excellent academic with the enthusiasm and drive to help deliver the Department’s internationally renowned degree courses (both undergraduate and postgraduate). The successful applicant will have a track record of high-quality university teaching in statistics (to be interpreted broadly to include underpinning mathematics). They will work closely with other departmental academic and administrative staff, contributing directly to the delivery of high-quality education in statistics and probability at Warwick, developing appropriate responses to new challenges and ensuring the continued smooth running of all courses. This post has been created as part of a strategic development to enhance student engagement activities in the Department and the postholder will be expected to play a leading role in developing this element of our education strategy.

The Department of Statistics is committed to promoting equality and diversity, holding an Athena SWAN Silver award which demonstrates this commitment. We welcome applicants from all sections of the community and will give due consideration to applicants seeking flexible working patterns, and to those who have taken a career break. Further information about working at the University of Warwick, including information about childcare provision, career development and relocation is at https://warwick.ac.uk/services/humanresources/workinghere/.

Informal enquires can be addressed to Professor Jon Forster ([e-mail]), Dr Dario Spano ([e-mail]), Dr Martyn Parker ([e-mail]) to any other senior member of the Warwick Statistics Department.