About the role
Applications are invited for a Lectureship (Teaching and Scholarship Role) in Mathematics. As the successful candidate, you will lead on the development and delivery of lectures related to professional skills, programming (in Python or R) and will develop and strengthen our statistics or finance portfolio and initiative to improve the student experience. For further details of the role and selection criteria please refer to the job specification attached.
About us
The School is part of the Faculty of Science and Engineering, which comprises of five schools and two institutes. It has large and popular undergraduate and graduate programmes, and aims to continue to expand its research profile as well as its study programmes across both UG and PGT.
The School is currently undergoing an organisational change, and will be organised into 5 Centres. This position will be based in the Centre for Mathematical Education. Research Centres include the Centre for Combinatorics, Algebra & Number Theory, the Centre for Geometry, Analysis and Gravitation, the Centre for Dynamical Systems, Statistical Physics and Complex Systems, and the Centre for Data Science, Statistics and Probability.
The School comprises 85 academic staff and associate lecturers, 16 research assistants and 14 members of professional services staff. The School is home to around 80 PhD students, and approximately 1,000 undergraduates and 100 master level students. Our areas of growth with greatest need of teaching support are in applied statistics, finance and computing, and we would expect the candidate to make significant contributions to one or more of these areas.
The School and Athena SWAN Charter for Women in Science
The School holds a departmental Bronze Athena SWAN Award and is a registered supporter of the LMS Good Practice scheme. Please visit www.qmul.ac.uk/maths for information about the School and https://www.qmul.ac.uk/maths/about-us/equality/ for our family friendly policies and parental leave.
Pay & Benefits
We offer competitive salaries, access to a generous pension scheme, 30 days’ leave per annum, a season ticket loan scheme, staff networks and access to a comprehensive range of personal and professional development opportunities. In addition, we offer a range of work life balance and family friendly, inclusive employment policies, flexible working arrangements, and campus facilities including an on-site nursery at the Mile End campus.
The post is full-time and permanent with an expected start date of 1 September 2023 or as soon as possible thereafter. Starting salary will be in the range of £47,178 – £58,595 per annum inclusive of London Allowance, subject to experience and qualifications.
Queen Mary’s commitment to our diverse and inclusive community is embedded in our appointments processes. Reasonable adjustments will be made at each stage of the recruitment process for any candidate with a disability. We are open to considering applications from candidates wishing to work flexibly. At Senior Lecturer level. we particularly welcome applications from people who identify as Black, Asian or Other Minority Ethnic groups as these groups are underrepresented at this level at Queen Mary.
Informal enquiries may be made to Professor Alex Clark, Head of School, at alex.clark@qmul.ac.uk.
Please ensure you include with your application your CV and teaching statement.
The closing date for applications is Sunday 13 August. Interviews are expected to be held shortly afterwards.