Senior Lecturer/Lecturer/Junior Lecturer at Stellenbosch University

Duties/Pligte        

• Teaching and developing undergraduate and postgraduate module content in mathematical statistics and/or data science.
• Participating in the Department's teaching, academic support activities and research activities.

Assisting with:

• Junior Lecturer/Lecturer/Senior Lecturer: Administrative and tutorial support related to undergraduate modules, honours project supervision;
•  Lecturer/Senior Lecturer: Honours project and master's supervision; and
• Senior Lecturer: Honours project, master's and PhD supervision.

Job Requirements/Pos Vereistes        

Education:

• Junior Lecturer/Lecturer/Senior Lecturer: A completed bachelor's degree with a specialisation in mathematical statistics and/or data science, as well as a NQF 8   qualification (honours equivalent) in mathematical statistics and/or data science.
• Junior Lecturer: Currently enrolled for, or having completed all coursework requirements towards, a course-work master's degree (where coursework comprises at least 33% of the degree credits) in mathematical statistics and/or data science.
• Lecturer/Senior Lecturer: A completed course-work master's degree (where coursework comprises at least 33% of the degree credits) in mathematical statistics   and/or data science.
• Senior Lecturer: A completed PhD in mathematical statistics and/or data science.
• Evidence of substantial undergraduate-level training in pure mathematics, to at least second-year level (and preferably further), covering topics such as linear algebra, real analysis and/or advanced calculus.
• Evidence of substantial undergraduate-level training in postgraduate mathematical statistics topics such as:
• Probability theory (measure-theoretic or advanced calculus-based);
• Statistical inference (estimation theory, hypothesis testing);
• Asymptotic theory; and
• Linear models and/or multivariate analysis.
• Teaching ability and module development:
• Junior Lecturer: The ability to teach or tutor mathematical statistics and/or data science. The ability to develop undergraduate and postgraduate modules in         mathematical statistics and/or data science.
• Lecturer: The ability to teach mathematical statistics and/or data science, especially to large undergraduate classes. The ability to develop undergraduate and     postgraduate modules in mathematical statistics and/or data science.
• Senior Lecturer: Proven experience in teaching mathematical statistics and/or data science at undergraduate and postgraduate level, especially to large           undergraduate classes. Proven experience in developing undergraduate and postgraduate modules in mathematical statistics and/or data science.

Research supervision:

• Lecturer: The ability to supervise honours and master's students in mathematical statistics and/or data science.
• Senior Lecturer: The ability to supervise honours, master's (with proven experience) and PhD students in mathematical statistics and/or data science.
• Lecturer: Currently registered for or intending to register for a PhD in mathematical statistics or data science.

Research:

• Senior Lecturer: Research output with respect to mathematical statistics and/or data science in accredited scientific journals and the ability to independently         build a research profile.
• Experience in recognised modern statistical programming languages, for example: R, MATLAB, Python (NumPy, SciPy).
• Recommendation/Aanbeveling        
• Exposure to measure-theoretic probability and/or stochastic processes.

Junior Lecturer:

• Intention to complete a master's degree (shortly after appointment) in mathematical statistics and/or data science, with the intention of progressing to PhD studies.

Lecturer:

• PhD in mathematical statistics or data science.
• Proven experience in research supervision of honours and master's students.
• Research output with respect to mathematical statistics and/or data science in accredited scientific journal(s).

Senior Lecturer:

• Proven experience in the supervision of PhD students.

Closing Date: 24-Aug-2026