Associate Professor - Department of Statistics - Faculty of Natural and Agricultural Sciences at University of Pretoria/Universiteit van Pretoria

RESPONSIBILITIES:

The incumbent will be responsible for:

• Lecturing at undergraduate and postgraduate level on the Hatfield, Groenkloof and / or Mamelodi Campuses;
• Providing academic leadership as a teacher, researcher and manager;
• Conducting research in at least one of the departmental research focus areas and / or initiate a new research direction in Statistics that will lead to publications in reputable peer-reviewed journals;
• Supervise and mentor postgraduate students;
• Establish and maintain discipline specific and multi-disciplinary international partnerships and linkages;
• Initiating and delivering specialist courses at national and international levels;
• Be responsible for fundraising relating to academic research activities;
• Participate in departmental administration and managerial duties;
• Participate in faculty and institutional structures;
• Participate in community engagement and outreach activities. 

MINIMUM REQUIREMENTS:

• A PhD degree in Mathematical Statistics or Statistics;
• A minimum of 10 years’ experience at an academic institution;
• Experience as an independent researcher at an international level, based on a recent body of quality work within Statistics that attests to on-going engagement;
• Excellent teaching experience in learning facilitation, subject mastery, curriculum development, development of learning materials and assessment techniques;
• Proven experience in supervising Master’s and PhD students to completion.