Lecturer, Senior Lecturer or Reader in Mathematical Sciences

Lecturer, Senior Lecturer or Reader in Mathematical Sciences
Lecturer: £43,414 – 51,805 per annum, Senior Lecturer and Reader: £54,949 – £61,823 per annum
Academic, Education, Research

Department of Mathematical Sciences (DMS)
This is an exciting opportunity to join the Department of Mathematical Sciences (DMS).  The Department is a growing and vibrant department in the Faculty of Science and Health. DMS is internationally known for its research in a range of areas and offers an excellent education to its students.

Up to five new academic posts have been allocated in the Research GroupData Science(RGDS) of the Department of Mathematical Sciences (DMS) and are part of a substantial growth of the capacity of DMS by 16 new and additional permanent posts in Data Science and Statistics to 32 permanent academic positions of RGDS in 2022. The vision of DMS as the vision of the University is excellence in education and excellence in research. DMS links to the Institute of Analytics and Data Science (IADS) of the University of Essex. The vision of IADS is to use Analytics and Data Science to develop lasting solutions that transform the world for the benefit of individuals and communities

DMS has three Research Groups (RG): Data Science, Mathematics and Mathematics Education and offers undergraduate and postgraduate courses in the fields of Actuarial Science (BSc Actuarial Science, BSc Finance and Mathematics, integrated MSci Actuarial Science and Data Science, MSc Actuarial Science, MSc Mathematics and Finance), Data Science (BSc Data Science and Analytics, BSc Statistics, MSc Data Science (1 year), MSc Data Science with Professional Placement (2 year), conversion MSc Applied Data Science, conversion MSc Data Science and Its Applications, MSc Optimisation and Data Analytics, MSc Statistics) and Mathematics (BSc Mathematics, BSc Mathematics with Physics, BSc Mathematics with Computing, BSc Economics and Mathematics, integrated MMath Mathematics, integrated MSci Mathematics and Data Science, MSc Mathematics).

The posts are part of the departments expansion strategy to improve its research profile in Data Science and Statistics, and to grow the capacity in the provision of Data Science education.

Duties will include designing, planning and delivering learning across a range of modules or within subject area, assess and feed back to learners, supervise student projects, fieldwork and placements, engaging successfully and effectively in substantive teaching and generating research income appropriate in scale to career stage.

At Senior Lecturer and Reader levelyou will make significant research-led and pedagogically informed contributions to module/curriculum design and development.

To be successful you will have evidence of a clear publication plan for submission to future Research Excellence Framework (REF) programmes and evidence of a research agenda, engagement in high-quality research activity and a developing research profile, along with a relevant doctoral level research degree or related discipline or equivalent professional experience or practice or be close to completion of PhD. You will also have experience of designing and planning learning activities, developing effective learning environments and approaches to student support and guidance and research interests.

A full list of duties and the person specifications can be found within the relevant job packs attached (Lecturer, Senior Lecturer, Reader). Please do note on your application form which you are applying for.

At the University of Essex, internationalism and diversity is central to who we are and what we do. We are committed to being a cosmopolitan, internationally oriented university that is welcoming to staff and students from all countries, faiths and backgrounds, where you can find the world in one place.

To support this commitment we have our Global Forum , a staff-led network that promotes and celebrates the rich cultural diversity among Essex staff, and our Colchester campus based Faith Centre , which hosts regular services, meetings and events organised by our chaplains and faith representatives.

Please see the attached job pack, which contains a full job description and person specification which outlines the full duties, skills, qualifications and experience needed for this role plus more information relating to the post. We recommend you read this information carefully before making an application.  Applications should be made on-line, but if you would like advice or help in making an application, or need information in a different format, please contact resourcing@essex.ac.uk

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