JOB: Harrison Early-Career Assistant Professor of Statistics, Univ. of Warwick, UK

The next opportunity to join the internationally renowned Department of Statistics, University of Warwick, for a 3 year fixed-term assistant professorship, is now available, as part of a rolling programme of Harrison early-career posts.

The appointment will be suitable for an outstanding early career academic in statistics (to be interpreted in the widest sense and to include both applied and methodological statistics, probability, probabilistic operational research and mathematical finance together with interdisciplinary topics involving one or more of these areas).

The appointment will carry a low teaching load (ca. 45 hours of lectures p.a.) and is intended for applicants with evidence or promise of world-class research excellence.

You should have a PhD in Statistics or Mathematics or an equivalent qualification.

Informal enquiries can be addressed to Professors Mark Steel (This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.) or Jim Smith (This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.) or to any other senior member of the Warwick Statistics Department.

Start date: Flexible, although we expect the successful candidate to be in post by 1 October, 2015.
Closing date: 14 December 2014. It is expected that interviews will take place in January 2015.
Please would all applicants ensure that their referees send a letter of reference by email to This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. (Department Administrator) by the closing date.

Job reference: 75298-104

More details and a link to the application form: http://warwick.ac.uk/statjobs
Further information about the University of Warwick: http://www2.warwick.ac.uk/services/humanresources/jobsintro/furtherparticulars
Further information about the Department of Statistics: http://warwick.ac.uk/stats