Lecturer/Senior Lecturer in Statistics (2 positions; both confirmation Path)

DEPARTMENT OF MATHEMATICS AND STATISTICS
UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO
Te Whare Wananga o Otago
Dunedin, New Zealand

To build our Statistics Group we are offering an opportunity for two permanent academic appointments that would suit motivated persons who wish to live in the vibrant southern city of Dunedin, gateway to the beautiful Otago Region of New Zealand.

These positions are ideal for active researchers who want to further their career in an academic environment, particularly those interested in collaborative research with academics in medical and scientific fields. University of Otago is one of New Zealand's most research intensive Universities and members of the Department are well-placed to collaborate.

Research interests of staff at Otago include environmental and ecological statistics, Bayesian inference, statistical theory, point processes, spatial statistics, biostatistics and bioinformatics. We welcome applications from candidates wishing to extend their research in any area of statistics.

The successful applicants will teach statistics at the undergraduate and postgraduate levels, and supervise postgraduate research students. The research/teaching nexus is emphasised at Otago and we structure teaching loads to facilitate personal scholarship of our academics as well as to expose our students to research-informed teaching.

Candidates should have a PhD in Statistics, a commitment to ongoing statistical research, and experience in teaching. We welcome international candidates and can provide financial assistance for relocation and visa applications. We encourage academics to maintain international research connections and support this with generous research and study leave provisions.

The Department is committed to diversity in staffing and we encourage applications from women and other groups who are under-represented in the mathematical and statistical sciences. The University has generous parental leave provisions and operates childcare centres covering the period birth to eight years.

The salary range for a Lecturer is $76,595 to $91,971 and for an exceptional candidate the Senior Lecturer salary range is $96,832 to $120,931. The positions are full time and permanent subject to the satisfactory completion of the confirmation path objectives for new appointees.

Note that the U.S. equivalent level of appointment (for Lecturer) is Assistant Professor and that confirmation path is equivalent to tenure-track.

Specific enquiries about these positions may be directed to Professor Richard Barker (phone +64 3 479 7756, email rbarker@maths.otago.ac.nz).

Further details: https://otago.taleo.net/careersection/2/jobdetail.ftl?lang=en&job=1501638

Information about the Department: www.maths.otago.ac.nz.

Applications quoting reference number 1501638 close on Friday 15 January 2016.

Please apply online at: www.otago.ac.nz/jobs

Equal opportunity in employment is University policy. E tautoko ana Te Whare Wananga o Otago i te kaupapa whakaorite whiwhinga mahi.

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Dunedin City Council: www.dunedin.govt.nz/
Otago: www.otago.co.nz/
University of Otago: www.otago.ac.nz/
Immigration New Zealand: www.immigration.govt.nz/