Lecturer or Senior Lecturer

University of Canterbury

Applications are invited for a full-time, continuing (tenured) academic position at the level of Lecturer or Senior Lecturer (equivalent to US Assistant Professor or US Associate Professor, respectively, in the US system) in the area of Statistics.

Department of Mathematics and Statistics
University of Canterbury
New Zealand
http://www.math.canterbury.ac.nz/

Closing Date: 7 December 2007

Further Details

The Department maintains strong research and teaching links across the whole University, especially with the Colleges of Commerce, Engineering and Science, and internationally. The appointee will be expected to contribute to these links, and to teach in the Statistics programme at both undergraduate and postgraduate levels.
Preference will be given to candidates whose research profile enhances that of the present Department. The current range of departmental research interests and strengths can be found at:
http://www.math.canterbury.ac.nz/php/people/

As a Lecturer you will need a PhD degree, demonstrated ability and a commitment to research, and also have a commitment to teaching.

As a Senior Lecturer, you will be well established as a researcher and teacher. You will need a PhD degree, and a record of publishing in internationally respected journals. You will also need to demonstrate a record of teaching at undergraduate and postgraduate levels, and an ability to attract and supervise postgraduate students is also expected.

The successful applicant will be encouraged to develop a strong externally-funded research programme, and will be expected to collaborate with other academics in the Department’s teaching and research.

The Department of Mathematics and Statistics is a strong, forward-looking department dedicated to excellence in research and teaching. More information on the Department is available at: http://www.math.canterbury.ac.nz/

See the following websites for full details and online application form:
http://vacancies.canterbury.ac.nz
http://vacancies.canterbury.ac.nz/positiondetail.asp?p=3721

Enquiries of an academic nature are to be made to Professor David Wall, email: hod@math.canterbury.ac.nz